3 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5-svn (not yet released):
4 --------------------------------------------------------
7 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
10 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
11 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
12 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
13 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
14 * Improved subtitles encoding support
17 * Cook (Real audio) support
19 Playlist / Services discovery :
23 * New JACK audio output
26 * New video filters: magnify, gradient, edge detection and bluescreen
27 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
28 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
31 * System to inform the user and request information
36 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
38 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
39 - Improved playlist handling
40 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
43 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
44 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
46 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM
47 - A bunch of new RPN functions
50 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
56 * Ability to log to syslog
57 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
60 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
63 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
64 ---------------------------------
67 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
68 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
71 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
72 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
75 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
78 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
79 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
85 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
87 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
88 --------------------------------
91 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
95 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
96 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
97 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
100 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
101 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
102 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
103 * GnomeVFS input module
104 * Support for RTP packet reordering
105 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
108 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
109 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
110 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
113 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
114 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
120 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
121 Mixer and Dolby Surround
124 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
125 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
126 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
129 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
131 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
132 - New extended controls panel
133 - New bookmarks window
134 - Fixed playlist sorting
135 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
137 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
138 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
139 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
140 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
144 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
145 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
147 - Include macro to include other files
151 * Should now work outside IE as well
154 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
157 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
158 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
161 The following languages were added:
166 The following languages were re-added:
169 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
170 --------------------------------
173 * Rewrite of the playlist
175 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
176 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
177 * Preferences improvements:
178 - New organization, designed to improve usability
179 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
181 * Core image manipulation support
182 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
183 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
184 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
185 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
186 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
187 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
188 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
189 now separated by ':' instead of ','
190 * Access filter architecture
191 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
192 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
196 * Support for SOCKS proxy
197 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
198 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
199 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
200 * Better support for Kasenna streams
201 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
202 * Massive Matroska improvements
203 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
205 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
206 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
207 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
208 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
209 * Support for FTP over IPv6
212 * Dirac decoder and encoder
213 * PNG decoder/encoder
214 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
215 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
218 * New Record and Timeshift filters
221 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
222 * Brand new SAP module
223 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
224 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
225 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
226 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
227 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
228 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
232 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
235 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
236 * Image file video output (png)
237 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
238 * Improvements to wall video filter
239 * Support for font color and opacity
245 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
246 - Seeking support in VoD streams
247 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
251 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
252 - Improved preferences
253 - Improvements to the wizard
254 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
256 - Redesigned playlist
257 - Improved preferences
259 - Support for multiple actions
262 - Support for the new playlist system
264 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
267 * Screensaver disabling fix
268 * DirectShow tuner configuration
269 * Support for no-decoration windows
272 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
273 * The OpenGL video output is back
274 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
275 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
276 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
277 is not yet available in the new module
278 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
281 * Support for single-buffered overlay
290 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
293 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
296 The following languages were added:
302 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
303 -----------------------------------------------------
306 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
307 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
310 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
311 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
312 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
315 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
318 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
321 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
324 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
325 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
326 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
330 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
332 * Support of playlist group announcement
334 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
335 -----------------------------------------------------
338 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
339 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
340 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
341 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
342 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
343 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
346 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
347 (Stream your desktop)
348 * Improved DVD support:
349 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
350 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
351 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
352 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
353 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
354 (selection of titles/chapters).
357 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
358 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
359 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
360 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
361 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
362 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
363 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
364 * Improved Ogg demuxer
365 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
366 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
369 * G.726 audio support
370 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
371 * MPEG-4 text support
372 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
373 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
374 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
378 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
379 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
380 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
381 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
382 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
383 * DVB subtitles encoder
384 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
385 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
387 * Text track muxing for mp4
388 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
389 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
390 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
391 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
392 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
395 * H.263 RTP streaming support
396 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
397 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
400 * New audio equalizer filter
401 * Very trivial volume normalizer
402 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
403 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
404 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
407 * Roku HD1000 Video output
408 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
409 with support for effects.
410 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
411 - New filters can be streamed.
412 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
413 - Centralized scaling and blending
415 - "time", to display current time
416 - "marq", to display a marquee
419 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
420 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
421 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
422 * A few skins2 improvements
423 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
424 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
425 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
426 * Improved CORBA control module
429 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
430 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
431 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
434 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
435 * Experimental SVG rendering module
436 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
439 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
440 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
441 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
442 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
443 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
446 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
449 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
450 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
453 * Server/client network synchronization module
454 * VBrick streams fully supported
455 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
458 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
459 --------------------------------
462 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
463 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
464 * Improved HTTP daemon.
465 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
468 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
469 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
470 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
471 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
472 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
473 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
474 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
477 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
478 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
479 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
480 * Improved directory access module.
481 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
482 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
483 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
484 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
485 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
488 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
489 * mmsh streaming fixes.
490 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
493 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
494 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
495 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
498 * Improved session announcement system.
499 * Minimize threads usage by default.
500 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
501 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
502 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
503 * Improved transrater.
504 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
505 * New configuration system.
506 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
509 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
510 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
511 * Supports live streams and VoD.
512 * Supports scheduling.
513 * Telnet interface for vlm.
514 * HTTP interface for vlm.
517 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
518 - Ability to embed video output.
519 - Support for bitmap fonts.
520 - Lots of improvements.
521 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
522 - New design and set of icons.
523 - Ability to embed video output.
524 - Support for hotkeys.
525 - Support for bookmarks.
527 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
528 - Better hotkeys handling.
531 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
532 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
533 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
534 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
537 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
538 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
539 * Improved Windows installer.
545 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
546 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
548 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
549 ---------------------------------
552 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
553 * Playing MOD files is working now.
556 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
557 ---------------------------------
560 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
561 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
564 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
565 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
566 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
567 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
570 * Internal improvments
571 * Improved import/export
574 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
576 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
577 small and strange formats.
579 * New MOD audio demux.
580 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
581 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
582 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
583 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
586 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
587 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
588 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
594 * New opengl video output plugin.
597 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
598 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
600 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
601 ---------------------------------
604 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
605 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
606 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
607 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
608 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
609 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
610 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
611 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
614 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
619 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
620 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
621 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
622 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
623 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
624 * Reworked DVB tuning.
625 * Better Icecast support.
626 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
627 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
630 * Support for Theora video encoding.
631 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
632 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
633 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
634 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
635 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
636 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
639 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
640 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
641 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
642 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
643 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
644 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
645 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
646 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
647 * Preliminary RTP support.
648 * Fixes to SAP announces.
653 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
654 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
656 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
657 - Improvements and help in preferences
658 - New streaming wizard
659 - Revised Disc Open menu
661 - Improvements of the standard pages
662 - Support for new commands
663 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
666 * Many fixes to the SAP module
667 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
670 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
671 * Text subtitles autodetection.
672 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
673 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
674 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
675 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
676 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
677 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
678 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
681 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
683 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
684 * Support for Panther.
685 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
686 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
689 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
690 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
691 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
692 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
693 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
694 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
695 * Multimonitor support (untested).
696 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
699 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
700 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
701 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
704 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
707 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
708 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
709 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
710 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
712 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
713 ---------------------------------
716 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
719 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
720 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
723 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
724 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
727 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
730 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
731 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
734 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
737 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
740 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
741 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
744 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
745 ---------------------------------
748 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
749 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
753 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
754 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
755 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
757 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
758 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
761 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
764 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
767 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
768 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
771 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
772 ---------------------------------
775 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
776 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
780 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
781 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
782 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
783 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
784 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
787 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
788 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
789 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
792 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
793 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
794 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
797 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
798 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
799 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
800 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
801 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
804 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
805 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
806 * A new CORBA control plugin.
809 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
812 * Improved build system.
813 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
814 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
815 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
816 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
819 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
820 ---------------------------------
823 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
826 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
827 * Fixed large file support on Windows
828 * Video 4 Linux support
829 * CD Digital Audio support
830 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
833 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
834 * Support for OpenDML avi files
835 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
836 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
839 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
840 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
841 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
842 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
843 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
844 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
845 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
848 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
849 * New HTTP remote control interface
852 * 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.
853 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
854 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
855 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
858 * New reset option for the preferences
859 * You can set your language in the prefences
860 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
861 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
862 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
863 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
866 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
867 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
868 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
871 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
872 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
873 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
874 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
875 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
876 * New icons by Davor Orel.
877 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
878 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
879 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
880 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
883 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
884 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
885 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
886 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
887 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
888 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
889 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
892 * Interface localization
893 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
894 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
895 * New full-featured Preferences window
897 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
898 ---------------------------------
901 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
902 * support for skins at the interface level
903 * new OSD module using Freetype2
904 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
905 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
906 input level before dropping out of date frames.
907 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
910 * fixed HTTP redirects
911 * support for opening an entire directory
912 * EOF should be detected more reliably
913 * new video4linux access plug-in
914 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
917 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
918 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
919 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
922 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
923 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
924 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
925 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
926 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
927 * new codec for raw I420 video
928 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
931 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
932 (although it still misses some important features)
933 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
936 * new HTTP output support
937 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
938 * fixed AV synchronization issues
941 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
944 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
947 * reorderable playlist
948 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
949 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
950 * support for mono audio output devices
951 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
952 * fixed several cosmetic issues
953 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
954 * the messages window remembers more lines
955 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
956 * http and ogg stream output options
957 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
960 * new skinnable interface
961 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
963 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
964 * support for FLAC audio format
965 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
967 * network tab in the interface
968 * "apply" handling in preferences
971 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
972 ---------------------------------
975 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
976 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
977 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
978 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
980 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
984 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
985 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
986 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
987 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
990 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
991 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
994 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
997 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1000 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1002 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1003 * rc interface is now fully useable
1004 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1007 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1008 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1009 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1010 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1011 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1013 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1014 * support for mouse gestures
1015 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1018 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1019 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1022 * improved ID3 tag detection
1023 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1024 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1025 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1027 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1030 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1031 ---------------------------------
1034 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1035 English was set as the preferred language
1038 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1039 --------------------------------
1042 * new mouse gesture interface
1043 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1047 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1048 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1049 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1052 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1053 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1057 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1060 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1061 without the user consent
1064 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1066 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1067 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1068 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1071 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1072 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1073 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1074 * playlist enhancements
1075 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1076 * new step forward/step backward commands
1077 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1078 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1079 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1082 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1083 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1084 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1087 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1088 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1091 * native video output is working again
1092 * only commandline interface support
1093 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1096 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1097 --------------------------------
1100 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1101 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1102 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1103 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1104 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1105 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1106 and A/52 streams are supported)
1107 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1112 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1113 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1114 * VCD entry points support
1115 * VCD image file support
1118 * support for *.asf format
1119 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1120 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1121 * support for ogg encapsulation
1122 * support for raw DV format
1123 * support for *.wav format
1124 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1127 Stream discovery & playlists:
1128 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1129 * support for .m3u file format
1130 * support for .asx file format
1131 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1134 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1135 (only available with the .avi demux)
1136 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1137 * support for raw PCM data
1138 * support for Cinepak video codec
1139 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1140 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1141 * support for Xvid codec
1142 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1143 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1144 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1146 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1148 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1151 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1154 * new WxWindows interface
1155 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1156 device and the channels configuration
1157 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1158 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1159 format that VLC can play
1160 * new swedish translation
1161 * enhancements of the playlist window
1162 * new messages window to see debug info
1163 * fixed a few crashes
1166 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1167 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1168 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1169 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working