1 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.1.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
8 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
11 * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008)
14 * WPL playlist support
15 * ZPL playlist support
18 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
21 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
24 * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries
26 Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0:
27 ---------------------------------
31 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
32 See 'Access:' for more info.
33 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
36 * Instantaneous pausing
37 * Frame-by-Frame playback
39 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
40 * Timeshift for most medias
41 * RTSP trickplay support
42 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
45 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
46 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
47 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
48 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
49 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
50 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
51 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
52 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
53 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
54 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
57 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
58 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
59 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
60 * Metadata for mod files are supported
61 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
62 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
63 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
66 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
67 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
70 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
71 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
72 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
73 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
74 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
75 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
76 * DVB scanning on linux
77 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
78 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
79 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
80 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
81 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
82 * MTP device access on Unix
83 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
84 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
87 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
88 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
92 * Export the playlist in HTML
93 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
94 * Better metadata handling and reading
96 Linux/Windows interface:
97 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
98 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
99 * Recently played items list
100 * Interface toolbar customizations
101 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
104 - Improvements on many dialogs
105 - New dialog for plugins listing
106 - Fixed-size mode for videos
107 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
108 * Better integration in GTK environments
111 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
112 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
113 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
114 * Additional usability improvements
117 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
118 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
119 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
120 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
121 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
124 * New Maemo port with:
125 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
126 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
129 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
132 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
133 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
134 * Support for latest iSight models
137 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
138 * Surround support for PulseAudio
141 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
142 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
143 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
144 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
145 The old image video output has been removed.
146 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
147 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
150 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
153 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
154 ---------------------------------
157 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
158 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
161 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
162 ---------------------------------
165 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
168 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
171 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
172 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
173 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
174 main controller window.
175 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
178 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
183 * Updates of other localizations
186 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
187 * Lots of small bugfixes.
188 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
189 * Telnet fixes on Windows
190 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
192 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
193 ---------------------------------
196 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
198 Bunch of small bugfixes.
201 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
202 --------------------------------
207 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
208 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
211 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
212 --------------------------------
214 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
215 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
218 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
221 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
222 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
225 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
226 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
229 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
230 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
231 * Various fixed in playlist
234 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
237 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
240 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
241 ------------------------------------
243 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
244 * Fixes several memory leaks.
247 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
248 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
249 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
252 * Stability fix for the video output.
255 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
256 --------------------------------
259 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
260 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
261 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
262 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
263 * Fixed update system bugs
264 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
267 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
268 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
269 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
270 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
271 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
272 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
273 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
274 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
275 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
276 modern Mac OS X versions
279 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
280 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
282 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
283 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
286 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
287 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
288 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
289 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
290 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
291 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
294 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
295 --------------------------------
297 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
298 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
302 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
303 --------------------------------
305 * Multiple bug fixes.
308 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
309 ---------------------------------
313 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
314 recent to work correctly
315 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
316 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
317 edit the ".hosts" file.
318 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
319 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
320 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
321 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
322 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
323 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
324 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
325 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
326 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
327 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
328 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
329 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
330 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
331 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
332 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
333 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
334 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
335 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
336 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
337 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
338 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
339 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
340 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
341 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
342 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
343 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
344 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
345 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
346 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
347 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
348 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
349 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
350 and postproc modules.
351 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
352 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
353 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
354 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
356 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
358 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
359 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
361 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
362 * Glide video output module has been removed.
368 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
370 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
371 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
374 * Vastly improved playlist support:
375 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
377 * Shoutcast TV listings
378 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
380 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
381 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
383 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
386 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
387 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
388 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
389 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
390 * JACK audio input support
391 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
392 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
393 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
394 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
395 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
396 * Experimental EyeTV access module
397 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
398 (available as a separate download).
399 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
401 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
402 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
403 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
405 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
406 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
409 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
410 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
411 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
412 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
414 * APEv1/2 tags support
415 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
416 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
418 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
419 * TiVo Series 2 support
420 * CD+G karaoke Files support
425 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
426 * Flash Screen Video support
427 * CamStudio Screen Video support
428 * DosBox Capture support
429 * Karl Morton's Video support
430 * limited atrac3 support
432 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
433 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
434 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
436 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
437 * NellyMoser ASAO support
438 * APE (Monkey audio) support
439 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
440 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
443 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
444 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
445 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
446 * AQTitle subtitles support
447 * MKV USF subtitles support
448 * HTML-based subtitles support
449 * MPSub subtitles support
450 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
451 * MPL2 subtitles support
452 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
453 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
454 * Realtext subtitle support
455 * DKS subtitle support
456 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
457 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
460 * Flash Screen Video support
461 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
463 Video outputs and filters:
464 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
465 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
466 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
467 * New puzzle video output filter
468 * Re-written motion detection video filter
469 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
471 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
472 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
473 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
474 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
475 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
476 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
477 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
478 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
479 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
480 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
481 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
482 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
483 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
484 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
486 Audio outputs and filters:
487 * Replay gain support
488 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
489 new scaletempo audio filter)
490 * New spatializer audio filter
491 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
494 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
495 * New RTP payload formats:
496 * Speex voice audio codec
497 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
498 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
499 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
500 * DCCP transport for RTP
501 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
506 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
507 end-user suitable way.
508 * Improved user interaction
509 * Improved mouse gestures
510 * Vastly improved Update checker
511 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
513 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
514 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
516 * Improved video output features
517 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
518 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
519 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
520 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
521 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
523 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
524 if libncursesw is available.
525 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
526 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
527 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
529 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
530 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
531 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
532 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
533 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
534 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
535 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
536 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
539 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
540 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
541 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
544 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
545 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
546 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
547 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
548 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
549 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
552 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
553 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
563 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
564 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
565 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
568 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
569 ----------------------------------
572 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
575 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
576 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
577 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
578 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
579 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
580 * Updated Polish translation
583 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
584 ----------------------------------
587 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
588 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
589 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
592 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
593 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
594 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
595 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
596 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
597 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
598 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
599 to an unexpected application termination
600 * New Serbian translation
601 * Updated Romanian translation
604 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
605 ----------------------------------
608 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
609 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
610 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
611 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
612 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
613 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
614 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
615 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
618 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
619 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
620 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
621 * Fixed AAC resampling
622 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
623 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
626 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
627 ----------------------------------
630 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
631 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
632 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
633 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
634 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
637 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
638 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
639 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
640 * Close MMS access on network timeout
641 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
644 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
645 ----------------------------------
648 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
649 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
652 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
653 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
654 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
655 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
657 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
661 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
664 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
667 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
670 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
673 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
674 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
675 encoding on multi-cpu systems
676 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
677 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
679 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
680 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
681 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
682 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
685 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
688 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
689 ----------------------------------
692 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
693 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
694 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
696 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
697 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
699 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
700 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
703 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
705 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
706 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
707 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
708 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
709 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
710 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
712 * Support for current Ogg file formats
713 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
714 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
717 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
720 * The automatic updating facility was removed
721 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
722 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
723 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
726 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
727 ----------------------------------
729 Various bugfixes, notably:
730 * Windows Vista compatibility
731 * Cropping in Direct3D
732 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
733 * RSS filter string overflow
735 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
737 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
738 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
741 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
742 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
745 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
748 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
751 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
754 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
755 ----------------------------------
757 Various bugfixes, notably:
758 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
759 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
760 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
761 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
762 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
763 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
766 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
767 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
770 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
772 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
773 * Diverse usability improvements
774 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
775 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
776 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
779 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
780 ---------------------------------
783 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
786 * Fullscreen controller improvements
789 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
790 --------------------------------
793 * Shoutcast TV listings support
796 * Support for RTSP authentication
797 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
798 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
799 * ATSC support for DVB input
800 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
801 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
802 * Improved support for Flash Video files
805 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
806 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
807 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
808 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
809 * Matroska WavPack support
810 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
811 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
812 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
815 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
816 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
817 * Improved libcaca support
821 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
822 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
824 * Systray support in skins
826 * Support for Apple Remote control
827 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
828 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
829 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
830 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
832 * Notifications using notification-daemon
835 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
837 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
838 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
839 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
840 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
841 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
843 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
844 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
853 * Updates to the libvlc API
854 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
857 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
858 --------------------------------
861 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
862 * Support for downloading updates
866 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
867 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
868 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
869 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
871 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
872 * Improved subtitles encoding support
873 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
876 * Cook (Real audio) support
878 Playlist / Services discovery:
879 * XSPF playlist support
881 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
884 * New JACK audio output
888 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
889 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
890 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
891 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
892 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
893 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
896 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
899 * System to inform the user and request information
900 - HTTP authentication
904 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
905 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
906 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
909 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
910 - Improved playlist handling
911 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
913 - Embedded Video output
914 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
915 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
916 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
917 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
918 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
920 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
921 - A bunch of new RPN functions
924 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
927 * Mac-Intel compatibility
928 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
929 * Growl "Now playing" support
932 * Ability to log to syslog
933 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
936 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
938 * A bit more automatic testing
941 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
942 ---------------------------------
945 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
946 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
949 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
950 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
953 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
956 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
957 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
963 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
966 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
967 --------------------------------
970 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
974 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
975 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
976 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
979 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
980 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
981 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
982 * GnomeVFS input module
983 * Support for RTP packet reordering
984 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
987 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
988 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
989 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
992 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
993 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
999 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1000 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1003 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1004 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1005 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1008 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1010 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1011 - New extended controls panel
1012 - New bookmarks window
1013 - Fixed playlist sorting
1014 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1016 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1017 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1018 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1019 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1023 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1024 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1026 - Include macro to include other files
1030 * Should now work outside IE as well
1033 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1036 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1037 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1040 The following languages were added:
1044 * Simplified Chinese
1045 The following languages were re-added:
1049 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1050 --------------------------------
1053 * Rewrite of the playlist
1055 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1056 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1057 * Preferences improvements:
1058 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1059 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1061 * Core image manipulation support
1062 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1063 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1064 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1065 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1066 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1067 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1068 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1069 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1070 * Access filter architecture
1071 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1072 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1076 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1077 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1078 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1079 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1080 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1081 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1082 * Massive Matroska improvements
1083 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1085 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1086 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1087 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1088 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1089 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1091 Decoders / Encoders:
1092 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1093 * PNG decoder/encoder
1094 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1095 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1098 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1101 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1102 * Brand new SAP module
1103 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1104 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1105 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1106 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1107 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1108 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1112 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1115 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1116 * Image file video output (png)
1117 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1118 * Improvements to wall video filter
1119 * Support for font color and opacity
1125 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1126 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1127 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1131 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1132 - Improved preferences
1133 - Improvements to the wizard
1134 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1136 - Redesigned playlist
1137 - Improved preferences
1139 - Support for multiple actions
1142 - Support for the new playlist system
1144 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1147 * Screensaver disabling fix
1148 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1149 * Support for no-decoration windows
1152 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1153 * The OpenGL video output is back
1154 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1155 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1156 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1157 is not yet available in the new module
1158 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1161 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1170 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1173 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1176 The following languages were added:
1182 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1183 --------------------------------
1186 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1187 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1190 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1191 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1192 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1195 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1198 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1201 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1204 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1205 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1206 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1210 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1212 * Support of playlist group announcement
1215 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1216 --------------------------------
1219 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1220 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1221 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1222 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1223 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1224 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1227 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1228 (Stream your desktop)
1229 * Improved DVD support:
1230 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1231 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1232 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1233 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1234 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1235 (selection of titles/chapters).
1238 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1239 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1240 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1241 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1242 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1243 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1244 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1245 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1246 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1247 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1250 * G.726 audio support
1251 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1252 * MPEG-4 text support
1253 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1254 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1255 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1259 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1260 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1261 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1262 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1263 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1264 * DVB subtitles encoder
1265 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1266 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1268 * Text track muxing for mp4
1269 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1270 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1271 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1272 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1273 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1274 * Improved ASF muxer
1276 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1277 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1278 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1281 * New audio equalizer filter
1282 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1283 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1284 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1285 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1288 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1289 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1290 with support for effects.
1291 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1292 - New filters can be streamed.
1293 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1294 - Centralized scaling and blending
1296 - "time", to display current time
1297 - "marq", to display a marquee
1300 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1301 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1302 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1303 * A few skins2 improvements
1304 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1305 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1306 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1307 * Improved CORBA control module
1310 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1311 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1312 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1315 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1316 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1317 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1320 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1321 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1322 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1323 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1324 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1327 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1330 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1331 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1334 * Server/client network synchronization module
1335 * VBrick streams fully supported
1336 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1340 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1341 --------------------------------
1344 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1345 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1346 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1347 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1350 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1351 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1352 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1353 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1354 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1355 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1356 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1359 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1360 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1361 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1362 * Improved directory access module.
1363 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1364 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1365 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1366 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1367 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1370 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1371 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1372 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1375 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1376 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1377 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1380 * Improved session announcement system.
1381 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1382 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1383 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1384 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1385 * Improved transrater.
1386 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1387 * New configuration system.
1388 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1391 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1392 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1393 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1394 * Supports scheduling.
1395 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1396 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1399 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1400 - Ability to embed video output.
1401 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1402 - Lots of improvements.
1403 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1404 - New design and set of icons.
1405 - Ability to embed video output.
1406 - Support for hotkeys.
1407 - Support for bookmarks.
1409 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1410 - Better hotkeys handling.
1413 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1414 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1415 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1416 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1419 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1420 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1421 * Improved Windows installer.
1427 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1428 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1431 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1432 ---------------------------------
1435 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1436 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1439 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1440 --------------------------------
1443 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1444 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1447 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1448 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1449 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1450 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1453 * Internal improvments
1454 * Improved import/export
1457 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1459 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1460 small and strange formats.
1462 * New MOD audio demux.
1463 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1464 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1465 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1466 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1469 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1470 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1471 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1477 * New opengl video output plugin.
1480 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1481 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1484 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1485 --------------------------------
1488 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1489 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1490 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1491 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1492 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1493 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1494 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1495 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1498 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1503 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1504 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1505 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1506 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1507 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1508 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1509 * Better Icecast support.
1510 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1511 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1514 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1515 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1516 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1517 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1518 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1519 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1520 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1523 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1524 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1525 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1526 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1527 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1528 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1529 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1530 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1531 * Preliminary RTP support.
1532 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1537 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1538 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1540 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1541 - Improvements and help in preferences
1542 - New streaming wizard
1543 - Revised Disc Open menu
1545 - Improvements of the standard pages
1546 - Support for new commands
1547 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1550 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1551 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1554 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1555 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1556 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1557 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1558 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1559 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1560 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1561 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1562 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1565 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1567 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1568 * Support for Panther.
1569 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1570 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1573 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1574 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1575 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1576 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1577 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1578 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1579 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1580 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1583 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1584 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1585 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1588 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1591 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1592 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1593 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1594 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1597 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1598 --------------------------------
1601 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1604 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1605 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1608 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1609 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1612 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1615 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1616 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1619 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1622 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1625 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1626 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1630 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1631 --------------------------------
1634 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1635 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1639 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1640 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1641 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1643 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1644 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1647 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1650 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1653 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1654 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1658 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1659 --------------------------------
1662 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1663 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1667 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1668 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1669 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1670 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1671 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1674 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1675 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1676 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1679 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1680 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1681 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1684 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1685 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1686 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1687 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1688 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1691 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1692 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1693 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1696 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1699 * Improved build system.
1700 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1701 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1702 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1703 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1706 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1707 --------------------------------
1710 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1713 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1714 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1715 * Video 4 Linux support
1716 * CD Digital Audio support
1717 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1720 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1721 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1722 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1723 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1726 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1727 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1728 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1729 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1730 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1731 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1732 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1735 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1736 * New HTTP remote control interface
1739 * 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.
1740 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1741 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1742 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1745 * New reset option for the preferences
1746 * You can set your language in the prefences
1747 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1748 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1749 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1750 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1753 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1754 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1755 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1758 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1759 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1760 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1761 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1762 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1763 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1764 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1765 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1766 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1767 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1770 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1771 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1772 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1773 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1774 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1775 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1776 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1779 * Interface localization
1780 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1781 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1782 * New full-featured Preferences window
1785 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1786 --------------------------------
1789 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1790 * support for skins at the interface level
1791 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1792 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1793 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1794 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1795 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1798 * fixed HTTP redirects
1799 * support for opening an entire directory
1800 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1801 * new video4linux access plug-in
1802 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1805 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1806 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1807 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1810 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1811 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1812 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1813 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1814 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1815 * new codec for raw I420 video
1816 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1819 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1820 (although it still misses some important features)
1821 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1824 * new HTTP output support
1825 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1826 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1829 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1832 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1835 * reorderable playlist
1836 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1837 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1838 * support for mono audio output devices
1839 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1840 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1841 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1842 * the messages window remembers more lines
1843 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1844 * http and ogg stream output options
1845 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1848 * new skinnable interface
1849 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1851 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1852 * support for FLAC audio format
1853 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1855 * network tab in the interface
1856 * "apply" handling in preferences
1859 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1860 ---------------------------------
1863 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1864 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1865 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1866 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1868 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1869 * DTS S/PDIF support
1872 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1873 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1874 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1875 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1878 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1879 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1882 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1885 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1888 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1890 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1891 * rc interface is now fully useable
1892 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1895 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1896 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1897 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1898 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1899 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1901 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1902 * support for mouse gestures
1903 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1906 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1907 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1910 * improved ID3 tag detection
1911 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1912 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1913 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1915 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1918 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1919 ---------------------------------
1922 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1923 English was set as the preferred language
1926 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1927 --------------------------------
1930 * new mouse gesture interface
1931 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1935 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1936 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1937 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1940 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1941 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1945 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1948 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1949 without the user consent
1952 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1954 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1955 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1956 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1959 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1960 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1961 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1962 * playlist enhancements
1963 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1964 * new step forward/step backward commands
1965 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1966 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1967 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1970 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1971 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1972 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1975 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1976 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1979 * native video output is working again
1980 * only commandline interface support
1981 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1984 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1985 --------------------------------
1988 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1989 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1990 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1991 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1992 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1993 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1994 and A/52 streams are supported)
1995 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2000 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2001 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2002 * VCD entry points support
2003 * VCD image file support
2006 * support for *.asf format
2007 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2008 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2009 * support for ogg encapsulation
2010 * support for raw DV format
2011 * support for *.wav format
2012 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2015 Stream discovery & playlists:
2016 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2017 * support for .m3u file format
2018 * support for .asx file format
2019 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2022 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2023 (only available with the .avi demux)
2024 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2025 * support for raw PCM data
2026 * support for Cinepak video codec
2027 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2028 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2029 * support for Xvid codec
2030 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2031 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2032 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2034 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2036 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2039 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2042 * new WxWindows interface
2043 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2044 device and the channels configuration
2045 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2046 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2047 format that VLC can play
2048 * new swedish translation
2049 * enhancements of the playlist window
2050 * new messages window to see debug info
2051 * fixed a few crashes
2054 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2055 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2056 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2057 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working