3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
10 * new --monitor-aspect-ratio option
13 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
14 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
17 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
20 * UPnP service discovery
27 - new streaming and transcoding wizard
28 - new extended controls panel
29 - new bookmarks window
31 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
32 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
35 - new RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
36 - facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
38 - include macro to include other files
41 The following language was added:
44 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
45 --------------------------------
48 * Rewrite of the playlist
50 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
51 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
52 * Preferences improvements:
53 - New organization, designed to improve usability
54 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
56 * Core image manipulation support
57 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
58 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
59 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
60 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
61 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
62 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
63 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
64 now separated by ':' instead of ','
65 * Access filter architecture
66 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
67 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
71 * Support for SOCKS proxy
72 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
73 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
74 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
75 * Better support for Kasenna streams
76 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
77 * Massive Matroska improvements
78 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
80 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
81 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
82 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
83 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
84 * Support for FTP over IPv6
87 * Dirac decoder and encoder
89 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
90 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
93 * New Record and Timeshift filters
96 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
97 * Brand new SAP module
98 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
99 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
100 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
101 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
102 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
103 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
107 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
110 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
111 * Image file video output (png)
112 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
113 * Improvements to wall video filter
114 * Support for font color and opacity
120 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
121 - Seeking support in VoD streams
122 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
126 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
127 - Improved preferences
128 - Improvements to the wizard
129 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
131 - Redesigned playlist
132 - Improved preferences
134 - Support for multiple actions
137 - Support for the new playlist system
139 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
142 * Screensaver disabling fix
143 * DirectShow tuner configuration
144 * Support for no-decoration windows
147 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
148 * The OpenGL video output is back
149 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
150 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
151 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
152 is not yet available in the new module
153 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
156 * Support for single-buffered overlay
165 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
168 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
171 The following languages were added:
177 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
178 -----------------------------------------------------
181 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
182 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
185 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
186 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
187 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
190 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
193 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
196 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
199 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
200 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
201 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
205 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
207 * Support of playlist group announcement
209 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
210 -----------------------------------------------------
213 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
214 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
215 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
216 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
217 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
218 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
221 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
222 (Stream your desktop)
223 * Improved DVD support:
224 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
225 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
226 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
227 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
228 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
229 (selection of titles/chapters).
232 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
233 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
234 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
235 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
236 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
237 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
238 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
239 * Improved Ogg demuxer
240 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
241 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
244 * G.726 audio support
245 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
246 * MPEG-4 text support
247 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
248 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
249 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
253 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
254 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
255 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
256 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
257 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
258 * DVB subtitles encoder
259 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
260 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
262 * Text track muxing for mp4
263 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
264 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
265 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
266 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
267 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
270 * H.263 RTP streaming support
271 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
272 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
275 * New audio equalizer filter
276 * Very trivial volume normalizer
277 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
278 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
279 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
282 * Roku HD1000 Video output
283 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
284 with support for effects.
285 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
286 - New filters can be streamed.
287 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
288 - Centralized scaling and blending
290 - "time", to display current time
291 - "marq", to display a marquee
294 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
295 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
296 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
297 * A few skins2 improvements
298 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
299 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
300 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
301 * Improved CORBA control module
304 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
305 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
306 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
309 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
310 * Experimental SVG rendering module
311 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
314 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
315 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
316 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
317 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
318 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
321 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
324 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
325 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
328 * Server/client network synchronization module
329 * VBrick streams fully supported
330 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
333 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
334 --------------------------------
337 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
338 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
339 * Improved HTTP daemon.
340 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
343 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
344 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
345 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
346 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
347 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
348 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
349 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
352 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
353 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
354 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
355 * Improved directory access module.
356 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
357 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
358 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
359 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
360 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
363 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
364 * mmsh streaming fixes.
365 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
368 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
369 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
370 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
373 * Improved session announcement system.
374 * Minimize threads usage by default.
375 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
376 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
377 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
378 * Improved transrater.
379 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
380 * New configuration system.
381 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
384 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
385 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
386 * Supports live streams and VoD.
387 * Supports scheduling.
388 * Telnet interface for vlm.
389 * HTTP interface for vlm.
392 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
393 - Ability to embed video output.
394 - Support for bitmap fonts.
395 - Lots of improvements.
396 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
397 - New design and set of icons.
398 - Ability to embed video output.
399 - Support for hotkeys.
400 - Support for bookmarks.
402 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
403 - Better hotkeys handling.
406 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
407 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
408 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
409 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
412 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
413 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
414 * Improved Windows installer.
420 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
421 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
423 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
424 ---------------------------------
427 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
428 * Playing MOD files is working now.
431 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
432 ---------------------------------
435 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
436 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
439 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
440 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
441 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
442 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
445 * Internal improvments
446 * Improved import/export
449 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
451 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
452 small and strange formats.
454 * New MOD audio demux.
455 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
456 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
457 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
458 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
461 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
462 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
463 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
469 * New opengl video output plugin.
472 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
473 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
475 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
476 ---------------------------------
479 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
480 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
481 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
482 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
483 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
484 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
485 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
486 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
489 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
494 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
495 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
496 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
497 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
498 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
499 * Reworked DVB tuning.
500 * Better Icecast support.
501 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
502 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
505 * Support for Theora video encoding.
506 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
507 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
508 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
509 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
510 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
511 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
514 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
515 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
516 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
517 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
518 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
519 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
520 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
521 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
522 * Preliminary RTP support.
523 * Fixes to SAP announces.
528 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
529 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
531 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
532 - Improvements and help in preferences
533 - New streaming wizard
534 - Revised Disc Open menu
536 - Improvements of the standard pages
537 - Support for new commands
538 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
541 * Many fixes to the SAP module
542 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
545 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
546 * Text subtitles autodetection.
547 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
548 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
549 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
550 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
551 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
552 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
553 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
556 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
558 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
559 * Support for Panther.
560 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
561 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
564 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
565 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
566 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
567 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
568 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
569 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
570 * Multimonitor support (untested).
571 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
574 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
575 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
576 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
579 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
582 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
583 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
584 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
585 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
587 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
588 ---------------------------------
591 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
594 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
595 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
598 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
599 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
602 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
605 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
606 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
609 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
612 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
615 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
616 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
619 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
620 ---------------------------------
623 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
624 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
628 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
629 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
630 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
632 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
633 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
636 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
639 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
642 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
643 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
646 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
647 ---------------------------------
650 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
651 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
655 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
656 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
657 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
658 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
659 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
662 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
663 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
664 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
667 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
668 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
669 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
672 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
673 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
674 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
675 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
676 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
679 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
680 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
681 * A new CORBA control plugin.
684 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
687 * Improved build system.
688 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
689 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
690 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
691 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
694 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
695 ---------------------------------
698 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
701 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
702 * Fixed large file support on Windows
703 * Video 4 Linux support
704 * CD Digital Audio support
705 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
708 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
709 * Support for OpenDML avi files
710 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
711 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
714 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
715 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
716 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
717 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
718 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
719 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
720 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
723 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
724 * New HTTP remote control interface
727 * 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.
728 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
729 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
730 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
733 * New reset option for the preferences
734 * You can set your language in the prefences
735 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
736 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
737 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
738 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
741 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
742 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
743 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
746 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
747 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
748 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
749 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
750 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
751 * New icons by Davor Orel.
752 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
753 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
754 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
755 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
758 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
759 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
760 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
761 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
762 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
763 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
764 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
767 * Interface localization
768 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
769 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
770 * New full-featured Preferences window
772 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
773 ---------------------------------
776 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
777 * support for skins at the interface level
778 * new OSD module using Freetype2
779 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
780 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
781 input level before dropping out of date frames.
782 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
785 * fixed HTTP redirects
786 * support for opening an entire directory
787 * EOF should be detected more reliably
788 * new video4linux access plug-in
789 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
792 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
793 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
794 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
797 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
798 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
799 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
800 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
801 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
802 * new codec for raw I420 video
803 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
806 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
807 (although it still misses some important features)
808 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
811 * new HTTP output support
812 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
813 * fixed AV synchronization issues
816 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
819 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
822 * reorderable playlist
823 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
824 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
825 * support for mono audio output devices
826 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
827 * fixed several cosmetic issues
828 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
829 * the messages window remembers more lines
830 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
831 * http and ogg stream output options
832 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
835 * new skinnable interface
836 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
838 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
839 * support for FLAC audio format
840 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
842 * network tab in the interface
843 * "apply" handling in preferences
846 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
847 ---------------------------------
850 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
851 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
852 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
853 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
855 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
859 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
860 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
861 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
862 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
865 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
866 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
869 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
872 * fixed the GNU-pth support
875 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
877 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
878 * rc interface is now fully useable
879 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
882 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
883 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
884 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
885 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
886 * VLC now uses the default audio device
888 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
889 * support for mouse gestures
890 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
893 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
894 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
897 * improved ID3 tag detection
898 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
899 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
900 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
902 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
905 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
906 ---------------------------------
909 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
910 English was set as the preferred language
913 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
914 --------------------------------
917 * new mouse gesture interface
918 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
922 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
923 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
924 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
927 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
928 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
932 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
935 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
936 without the user consent
939 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
941 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
942 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
943 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
946 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
947 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
948 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
949 * playlist enhancements
950 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
951 * new step forward/step backward commands
952 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
953 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
954 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
957 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
958 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
959 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
962 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
963 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
966 * native video output is working again
967 * only commandline interface support
968 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
971 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
972 --------------------------------
975 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
976 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
977 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
978 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
979 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
980 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
981 and A/52 streams are supported)
982 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
987 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
988 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
989 * VCD entry points support
990 * VCD image file support
993 * support for *.asf format
994 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
995 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
996 * support for ogg encapsulation
997 * support for raw DV format
998 * support for *.wav format
999 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1002 Stream discovery & playlists:
1003 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1004 * support for .m3u file format
1005 * support for .asx file format
1006 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1009 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1010 (only available with the .avi demux)
1011 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1012 * support for raw PCM data
1013 * support for Cinepak video codec
1014 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1015 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1016 * support for Xvid codec
1017 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1018 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1019 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1021 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1023 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1026 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1029 * new WxWindows interface
1030 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1031 device and the channels configuration
1032 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1033 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1034 format that VLC can play
1035 * new swedish translation
1036 * enhancements of the playlist window
1037 * new messages window to see debug info
1038 * fixed a few crashes
1041 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1042 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1043 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1044 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working