1 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.1.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
6 * Support for the sftp protocol
7 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on Windows version
8 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
9 * New memory input (imem) module to feed VLC from data in memory
10 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams
14 * HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment support
15 * PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
16 * Invmem module improvements
17 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities
20 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
21 * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM)
22 (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
23 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
24 * Various EGP improvements
27 * WPL playlist support
28 * ZPL playlist support
29 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
30 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
31 * Podcast images are now displayed
34 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
35 * 3F1R to stereo downmix filter
36 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited resampler,
37 linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_float, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF and
38 * NEON assembly audio converter module
41 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
42 * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example
43 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
44 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
45 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
46 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
49 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
50 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
51 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
52 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
53 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
54 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
57 * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries
60 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
61 * Service discovery based on libudev
64 * New smem module, streaming to memory
67 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
69 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
72 * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008)
75 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
78 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
85 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo (use XCB instead)
86 * HAL (use libudev instead)
87 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
88 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed. Use the ugly one.
89 * XvMC accelerated modules
91 * opie, qte and qte_main
94 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
95 --------------------------------
98 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
99 regressions in most popular drivers
100 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
103 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
104 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
105 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
108 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
109 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
112 * Update for appletrailers lua script
113 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
114 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
115 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
116 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
119 * New udev module for linux
122 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
125 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
128 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
129 --------------------------------
132 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
133 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
134 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
137 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
138 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
141 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
142 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
145 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
148 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
149 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
150 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
151 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
154 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
155 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
156 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
157 - no support for Goom and SDL
158 - limited text rendering support
159 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
162 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
163 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
164 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
165 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
166 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
167 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
168 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
169 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
170 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
174 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
177 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
180 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
181 --------------------------------
184 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
185 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
186 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
187 * Fix Dailymotion access script
188 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
189 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
192 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
193 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
196 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
197 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
198 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
201 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
204 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
205 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
208 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
209 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
210 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
211 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
212 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
213 * Fix various crashes
216 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
218 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
221 Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0:
222 ---------------------------------
226 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
227 See 'Access:' for more info.
228 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
231 * Instantaneous pausing
232 * Frame-by-Frame playback
233 * Finer speed control
234 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
235 * Timeshift for most medias
236 * RTSP trickplay support
237 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
240 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
241 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
242 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
243 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
244 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
245 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
246 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
247 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
248 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
249 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
252 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
253 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
254 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
255 * Metadata for mod files are supported
256 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
257 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
258 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
261 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
262 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
265 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
266 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
267 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
268 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
269 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
270 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
271 * DVB scanning on linux
272 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
273 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
274 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
275 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
276 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
277 * MTP device access on Unix
278 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
279 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
282 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
283 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
284 Windows and Mac OS X.
287 * Export the playlist in HTML
288 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
289 * Better metadata handling and reading
291 Linux/Windows interface:
292 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
293 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
294 * Recently played items list
295 * Interface toolbar customizations
296 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
299 - Improvements on many dialogs
300 - New dialog for plugins listing
301 - Fixed-size mode for videos
302 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
303 * Better integration in GTK environments
306 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
307 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
308 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
309 * Additional usability improvements
312 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
313 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
314 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
315 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
316 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
319 * New Maemo port with:
320 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
321 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
324 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
327 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
328 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
329 * Support for latest iSight models
332 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
333 * Surround support for PulseAudio
336 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
337 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
338 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
339 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
340 The old image video output has been removed.
341 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
342 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
345 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
350 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
351 ---------------------------------
354 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
355 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
358 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
359 ---------------------------------
362 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
365 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
368 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
369 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
370 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
371 main controller window.
372 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
375 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
380 * Updates of other localizations
383 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
384 * Lots of small bugfixes.
385 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
386 * Telnet fixes on Windows
387 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
389 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
390 ---------------------------------
393 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
395 Bunch of small bugfixes.
398 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
399 --------------------------------
404 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
405 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
408 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
409 --------------------------------
411 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
412 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
415 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
418 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
419 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
422 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
423 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
426 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
427 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
428 * Various fixed in playlist
431 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
434 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
437 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
438 ------------------------------------
440 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
441 * Fixes several memory leaks.
444 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
445 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
446 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
449 * Stability fix for the video output.
452 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
453 --------------------------------
456 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
457 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
458 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
459 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
460 * Fixed update system bugs
461 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
464 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
465 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
466 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
467 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
468 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
469 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
470 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
471 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
472 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
473 modern Mac OS X versions
476 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
477 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
479 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
480 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
483 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
484 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
485 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
486 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
487 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
488 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
491 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
492 --------------------------------
494 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
495 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
499 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
500 --------------------------------
502 * Multiple bug fixes.
505 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
506 ---------------------------------
510 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
511 recent to work correctly
512 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
513 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
514 edit the ".hosts" file.
515 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
516 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
517 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
518 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
519 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
520 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
521 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
522 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
523 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
524 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
525 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
526 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
527 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
528 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
529 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
530 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
531 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
532 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
533 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
534 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
535 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
536 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
537 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
538 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
539 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
540 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
541 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
542 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
543 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
544 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
545 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
546 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
547 and postproc modules.
548 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
549 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
550 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
551 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
553 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
555 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
556 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
558 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
559 * Glide video output module has been removed.
565 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
567 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
568 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
571 * Vastly improved playlist support:
572 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
574 * Shoutcast TV listings
575 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
577 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
578 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
580 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
583 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
584 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
585 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
586 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
587 * JACK audio input support
588 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
589 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
590 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
591 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
592 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
593 * Experimental EyeTV access module
594 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
595 (available as a separate download).
596 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
598 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
599 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
600 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
602 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
603 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
606 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
607 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
608 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
609 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
611 * APEv1/2 tags support
612 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
613 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
615 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
616 * TiVo Series 2 support
617 * CD+G karaoke Files support
622 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
623 * Flash Screen Video support
624 * CamStudio Screen Video support
625 * DosBox Capture support
626 * Karl Morton's Video support
627 * limited atrac3 support
629 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
630 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
631 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
633 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
634 * NellyMoser ASAO support
635 * APE (Monkey audio) support
636 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
637 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
640 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
641 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
642 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
643 * AQTitle subtitles support
644 * MKV USF subtitles support
645 * HTML-based subtitles support
646 * MPSub subtitles support
647 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
648 * MPL2 subtitles support
649 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
650 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
651 * Realtext subtitle support
652 * DKS subtitle support
653 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
654 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
657 * Flash Screen Video support
658 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
660 Video outputs and filters:
661 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
662 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
663 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
664 * New puzzle video output filter
665 * Re-written motion detection video filter
666 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
668 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
669 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
670 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
671 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
672 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
673 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
674 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
675 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
676 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
677 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
678 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
679 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
680 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
681 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
683 Audio outputs and filters:
684 * Replay gain support
685 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
686 new scaletempo audio filter)
687 * New spatializer audio filter
688 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
691 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
692 * New RTP payload formats:
693 * Speex voice audio codec
694 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
695 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
696 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
697 * DCCP transport for RTP
698 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
703 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
704 end-user suitable way.
705 * Improved user interaction
706 * Improved mouse gestures
707 * Vastly improved Update checker
708 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
710 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
711 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
713 * Improved video output features
714 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
715 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
716 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
717 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
718 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
720 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
721 if libncursesw is available.
722 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
723 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
724 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
726 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
727 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
728 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
729 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
730 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
731 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
732 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
733 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
736 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
737 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
738 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
741 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
742 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
743 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
744 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
745 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
746 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
749 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
750 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
760 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
761 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
762 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
765 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
766 ----------------------------------
769 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
772 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
773 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
774 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
775 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
776 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
777 * Updated Polish translation
780 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
781 ----------------------------------
784 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
785 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
786 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
789 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
790 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
791 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
792 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
793 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
794 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
795 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
796 to an unexpected application termination
797 * New Serbian translation
798 * Updated Romanian translation
801 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
802 ----------------------------------
805 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
806 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
807 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
808 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
809 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
810 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
811 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
812 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
815 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
816 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
817 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
818 * Fixed AAC resampling
819 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
820 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
823 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
824 ----------------------------------
827 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
828 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
829 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
830 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
831 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
834 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
835 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
836 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
837 * Close MMS access on network timeout
838 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
841 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
842 ----------------------------------
845 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
846 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
849 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
850 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
851 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
852 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
854 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
858 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
861 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
864 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
867 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
870 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
871 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
872 encoding on multi-cpu systems
873 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
874 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
876 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
877 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
878 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
879 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
882 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
885 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
886 ----------------------------------
889 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
890 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
891 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
893 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
894 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
896 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
897 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
900 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
902 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
903 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
904 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
905 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
906 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
907 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
909 * Support for current Ogg file formats
910 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
911 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
914 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
917 * The automatic updating facility was removed
918 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
919 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
920 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
923 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
924 ----------------------------------
926 Various bugfixes, notably:
927 * Windows Vista compatibility
928 * Cropping in Direct3D
929 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
930 * RSS filter string overflow
932 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
934 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
935 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
938 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
939 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
942 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
945 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
948 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
951 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
952 ----------------------------------
954 Various bugfixes, notably:
955 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
956 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
957 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
958 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
959 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
960 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
963 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
964 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
967 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
969 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
970 * Diverse usability improvements
971 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
972 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
973 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
976 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
977 ---------------------------------
980 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
983 * Fullscreen controller improvements
986 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
987 --------------------------------
990 * Shoutcast TV listings support
993 * Support for RTSP authentication
994 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
995 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
996 * ATSC support for DVB input
997 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
998 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
999 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1002 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1003 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1004 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1005 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1006 * Matroska WavPack support
1007 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1008 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1009 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1012 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1013 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1014 * Improved libcaca support
1018 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1019 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1021 * Systray support in skins
1023 * Support for Apple Remote control
1024 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1025 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1026 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1027 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1029 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1032 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1033 Windows 9x/ME users:
1034 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1035 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1036 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1037 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1038 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1040 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1041 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1050 * Updates to the libvlc API
1051 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1054 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1055 --------------------------------
1058 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1059 * Support for downloading updates
1063 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1064 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1065 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1066 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1068 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1069 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1070 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1073 * Cook (Real audio) support
1075 Playlist / Services discovery:
1076 * XSPF playlist support
1078 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1081 * New JACK audio output
1084 * New video filters:
1085 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1086 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1087 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1088 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1089 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1090 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1093 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1096 * System to inform the user and request information
1097 - HTTP authentication
1101 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1102 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1103 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1106 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1107 - Improved playlist handling
1108 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1110 - Embedded Video output
1111 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1112 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1113 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1114 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1115 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1117 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1118 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1121 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1124 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1125 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1126 * Growl "Now playing" support
1129 * Ability to log to syslog
1130 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1133 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1135 * A bit more automatic testing
1138 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1139 ---------------------------------
1142 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1143 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1146 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1147 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1150 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1153 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1154 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1160 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1163 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1164 --------------------------------
1167 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1171 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1172 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1173 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1176 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1177 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1178 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1179 * GnomeVFS input module
1180 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1181 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1184 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1185 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1186 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1189 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1190 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1196 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1197 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1200 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1201 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1202 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1205 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1207 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1208 - New extended controls panel
1209 - New bookmarks window
1210 - Fixed playlist sorting
1211 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1213 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1214 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1215 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1216 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1220 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1221 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1223 - Include macro to include other files
1227 * Should now work outside IE as well
1230 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1233 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1234 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1237 The following languages were added:
1241 * Simplified Chinese
1242 The following languages were re-added:
1246 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1247 --------------------------------
1250 * Rewrite of the playlist
1252 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1253 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1254 * Preferences improvements:
1255 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1256 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1258 * Core image manipulation support
1259 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1260 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1261 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1262 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1263 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1264 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1265 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1266 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1267 * Access filter architecture
1268 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1269 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1273 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1274 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1275 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1276 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1277 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1278 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1279 * Massive Matroska improvements
1280 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1282 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1283 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1284 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1285 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1286 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1288 Decoders / Encoders:
1289 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1290 * PNG decoder/encoder
1291 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1292 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1295 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1298 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1299 * Brand new SAP module
1300 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1301 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1302 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1303 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1304 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1305 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1309 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1312 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1313 * Image file video output (png)
1314 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1315 * Improvements to wall video filter
1316 * Support for font color and opacity
1322 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1323 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1324 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1328 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1329 - Improved preferences
1330 - Improvements to the wizard
1331 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1333 - Redesigned playlist
1334 - Improved preferences
1336 - Support for multiple actions
1339 - Support for the new playlist system
1341 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1344 * Screensaver disabling fix
1345 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1346 * Support for no-decoration windows
1349 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1350 * The OpenGL video output is back
1351 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1352 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1353 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1354 is not yet available in the new module
1355 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1358 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1367 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1370 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1373 The following languages were added:
1379 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1380 --------------------------------
1383 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1384 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1387 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1388 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1389 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1392 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1395 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1398 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1401 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1402 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1403 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1407 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1409 * Support of playlist group announcement
1412 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1413 --------------------------------
1416 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1417 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1418 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1419 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1420 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1421 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1424 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1425 (Stream your desktop)
1426 * Improved DVD support:
1427 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1428 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1429 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1430 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1431 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1432 (selection of titles/chapters).
1435 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1436 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1437 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1438 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1439 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1440 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1441 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1442 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1443 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1444 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1447 * G.726 audio support
1448 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1449 * MPEG-4 text support
1450 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1451 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1452 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1456 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1457 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1458 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1459 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1460 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1461 * DVB subtitles encoder
1462 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1463 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1465 * Text track muxing for mp4
1466 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1467 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1468 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1469 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1470 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1471 * Improved ASF muxer
1473 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1474 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1475 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1478 * New audio equalizer filter
1479 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1480 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1481 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1482 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1485 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1486 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1487 with support for effects.
1488 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1489 - New filters can be streamed.
1490 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1491 - Centralized scaling and blending
1493 - "time", to display current time
1494 - "marq", to display a marquee
1497 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1498 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1499 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1500 * A few skins2 improvements
1501 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1502 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1503 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1504 * Improved CORBA control module
1507 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1508 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1509 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1512 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1513 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1514 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1517 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1518 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1519 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1520 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1521 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1524 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1527 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1528 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1531 * Server/client network synchronization module
1532 * VBrick streams fully supported
1533 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1537 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1538 --------------------------------
1541 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1542 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1543 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1544 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1547 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1548 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1549 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1550 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1551 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1552 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1553 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1556 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1557 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1558 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1559 * Improved directory access module.
1560 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1561 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1562 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1563 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1564 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1567 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1568 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1569 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1572 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1573 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1574 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1577 * Improved session announcement system.
1578 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1579 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1580 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1581 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1582 * Improved transrater.
1583 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1584 * New configuration system.
1585 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1588 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1589 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1590 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1591 * Supports scheduling.
1592 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1593 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1596 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1597 - Ability to embed video output.
1598 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1599 - Lots of improvements.
1600 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1601 - New design and set of icons.
1602 - Ability to embed video output.
1603 - Support for hotkeys.
1604 - Support for bookmarks.
1606 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1607 - Better hotkeys handling.
1610 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1611 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1612 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1613 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1616 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1617 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1618 * Improved Windows installer.
1624 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1625 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1628 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1629 ---------------------------------
1632 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1633 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1636 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1637 --------------------------------
1640 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1641 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1644 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1645 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1646 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1647 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1650 * Internal improvments
1651 * Improved import/export
1654 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1656 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1657 small and strange formats.
1659 * New MOD audio demux.
1660 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1661 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1662 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1663 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1666 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1667 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1668 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1674 * New opengl video output plugin.
1677 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1678 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1681 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1682 --------------------------------
1685 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1686 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1687 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1688 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1689 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1690 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1691 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1692 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1695 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1700 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1701 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1702 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1703 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1704 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1705 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1706 * Better Icecast support.
1707 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1708 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1711 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1712 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1713 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1714 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1715 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1716 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1717 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1720 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1721 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1722 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1723 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1724 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1725 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1726 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1727 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1728 * Preliminary RTP support.
1729 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1734 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1735 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1737 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1738 - Improvements and help in preferences
1739 - New streaming wizard
1740 - Revised Disc Open menu
1742 - Improvements of the standard pages
1743 - Support for new commands
1744 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1747 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1748 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1751 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1752 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1753 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1754 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1755 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1756 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1757 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1758 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1759 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1762 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1764 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1765 * Support for Panther.
1766 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1767 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1770 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1771 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1772 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1773 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1774 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1775 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1776 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1777 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1780 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1781 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1782 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1785 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1788 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1789 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1790 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1791 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1794 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1795 --------------------------------
1798 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1801 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1802 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1805 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1806 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1809 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1812 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1813 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1816 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1819 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1822 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1823 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1827 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1828 --------------------------------
1831 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1832 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1836 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1837 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1838 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1840 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1841 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1844 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1847 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1850 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1851 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1855 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1856 --------------------------------
1859 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1860 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1864 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1865 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1866 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1867 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1868 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1871 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1872 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1873 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1876 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1877 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1878 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1881 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1882 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1883 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1884 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1885 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1888 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1889 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1890 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1893 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1896 * Improved build system.
1897 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1898 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1899 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1900 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1903 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1904 --------------------------------
1907 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1910 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1911 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1912 * Video 4 Linux support
1913 * CD Digital Audio support
1914 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1917 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1918 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1919 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1920 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1923 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1924 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1925 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1926 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1927 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1928 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1929 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1932 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1933 * New HTTP remote control interface
1936 * 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.
1937 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1938 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1939 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1942 * New reset option for the preferences
1943 * You can set your language in the prefences
1944 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1945 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1946 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1947 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1950 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1951 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1952 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1955 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1956 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1957 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1958 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1959 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1960 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1961 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1962 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1963 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1964 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1967 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1968 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1969 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1970 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1971 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1972 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1973 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1976 * Interface localization
1977 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1978 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1979 * New full-featured Preferences window
1982 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1983 --------------------------------
1986 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1987 * support for skins at the interface level
1988 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1989 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1990 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1991 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1992 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1995 * fixed HTTP redirects
1996 * support for opening an entire directory
1997 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1998 * new video4linux access plug-in
1999 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2002 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2003 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2004 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2007 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2008 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2009 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2010 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2011 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2012 * new codec for raw I420 video
2013 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2016 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2017 (although it still misses some important features)
2018 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2021 * new HTTP output support
2022 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2023 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2026 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2029 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2032 * reorderable playlist
2033 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2034 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2035 * support for mono audio output devices
2036 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2037 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2038 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2039 * the messages window remembers more lines
2040 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2041 * http and ogg stream output options
2042 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2045 * new skinnable interface
2046 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2048 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2049 * support for FLAC audio format
2050 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2052 * network tab in the interface
2053 * "apply" handling in preferences
2056 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2057 ---------------------------------
2060 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2061 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2062 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2063 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2065 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2066 * DTS S/PDIF support
2069 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2070 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2071 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2072 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2075 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2076 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2079 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2082 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2085 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2087 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2088 * rc interface is now fully useable
2089 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2092 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2093 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2094 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2095 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2096 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2098 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2099 * support for mouse gestures
2100 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2103 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2104 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2107 * improved ID3 tag detection
2108 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2109 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2110 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2112 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2115 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2116 ---------------------------------
2119 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2120 English was set as the preferred language
2123 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2124 --------------------------------
2127 * new mouse gesture interface
2128 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2132 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2133 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2134 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2137 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2138 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2142 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2145 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2146 without the user consent
2149 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2151 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2152 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2153 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2156 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2157 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2158 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2159 * playlist enhancements
2160 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2161 * new step forward/step backward commands
2162 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2163 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2164 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2167 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2168 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2169 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2172 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2173 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2176 * native video output is working again
2177 * only commandline interface support
2178 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2181 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2182 --------------------------------
2185 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2186 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2187 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2188 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2189 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2190 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2191 and A/52 streams are supported)
2192 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2197 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2198 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2199 * VCD entry points support
2200 * VCD image file support
2203 * support for *.asf format
2204 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2205 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2206 * support for ogg encapsulation
2207 * support for raw DV format
2208 * support for *.wav format
2209 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2212 Stream discovery & playlists:
2213 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2214 * support for .m3u file format
2215 * support for .asx file format
2216 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2219 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2220 (only available with the .avi demux)
2221 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2222 * support for raw PCM data
2223 * support for Cinepak video codec
2224 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2225 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2226 * support for Xvid codec
2227 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2228 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2229 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2231 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2233 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2236 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2239 * new WxWindows interface
2240 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2241 device and the channels configuration
2242 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2243 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2244 format that VLC can play
2245 * new swedish translation
2246 * enhancements of the playlist window
2247 * new messages window to see debug info
2248 * fixed a few crashes
2251 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2252 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2253 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2254 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working