1 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
4 Important changes for packagers:
5 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
6 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
7 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
8 * The default tarballs are now .tar.xz
10 * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
11 * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git
14 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
15 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
16 * DVB-S scanning support
17 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
18 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
19 * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
20 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
21 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI card input support (Linux only currently)
22 * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
23 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
26 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
27 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
28 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
29 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
30 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
33 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
34 * Major Video Output and Video Core reworks and rewrites
35 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
38 * id3tag plugin is now removed (superseded by taglib)
39 * new images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
40 * Ogg seeking improvements
41 * C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2
44 * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one
45 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
46 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
47 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
48 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
49 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
52 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
53 * New video output for iOS platform
54 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
55 * Various vmem improvements
58 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
59 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
60 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
61 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
62 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
65 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
68 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
71 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
72 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
73 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
74 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
75 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
76 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
77 * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
78 * Major rework of VoD support
81 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
84 * New capabilities for libVLC:
85 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
86 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
87 list of available audio and video filters
90 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
91 ----------------------------------
94 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
98 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
101 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
104 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
105 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
106 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
107 * Taglib thread-safety fix
110 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
114 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
117 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
120 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
121 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
123 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
127 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
128 * Miscellaneous fixes
131 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
132 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
134 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
135 * New Asturian translation
138 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
139 ----------------------------------
142 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
144 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
147 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
150 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
151 * Various fixes for Windows
154 * New Armenian translation
155 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
156 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
159 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
160 --------------------------------
163 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
165 * Fix folders opening from the interface
168 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
169 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
172 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
173 --------------------------------
176 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
177 * fix for podcasts parsing
178 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
181 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
182 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
185 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
186 * fix m3u playlists exports
189 * fix video autoresize behaviour
192 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
195 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
198 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
201 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
204 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
205 --------------------------------
208 * Avformat fps displaying fix
209 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
212 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
213 of mono streams, especially on Windows
216 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
217 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
218 * fix console output encoding
220 Interface and extensions:
221 * Youtube and other scripts updates
222 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
225 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
226 --------------------------------
229 * New capabilities for libVLC:
230 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
231 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
232 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
233 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
234 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
235 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
236 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
237 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
238 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
239 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
240 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
241 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
242 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
243 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
244 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
248 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
249 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
250 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
251 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
252 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
255 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
258 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
259 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
260 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
264 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
267 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
268 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
269 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
272 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
273 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
274 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
275 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
278 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
279 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
282 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
283 --------------------------------
285 Important changes for users:
286 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
287 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
289 Important changes for packagers:
290 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
291 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
292 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
293 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
294 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
296 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
298 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
299 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
300 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
301 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
302 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
305 * Support for the sftp protocol
306 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
307 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
308 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
309 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
310 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
313 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
314 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
315 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
317 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
318 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
319 * Invmem module improvements
320 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
321 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
322 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
323 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
324 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
325 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
326 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
327 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
328 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
329 * Support for VP8 codec
330 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
333 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
334 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
335 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
336 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
337 * Various EGP improvements
338 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
339 * Metadata and cover art improvements
342 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
343 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
344 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
345 * Podcast images are now displayed
348 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
349 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
350 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
351 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
352 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
353 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
354 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
355 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
356 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
357 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
358 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
361 * New content extensions lua framework
364 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
365 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
366 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
367 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
368 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
369 * NEON assembly audio converter module
370 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
373 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
374 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
375 * Service discovery based on libudev
376 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
379 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
380 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
381 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
382 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
383 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
384 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
385 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
388 * New smem module, streaming to memory
389 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
390 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
393 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
395 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
396 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
399 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
402 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
403 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
404 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
405 by Andy Matuschak et al.
406 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
407 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
408 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
411 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
412 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
415 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
416 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
417 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
421 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
422 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
423 * Improved Solaris port
426 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
427 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
430 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
431 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
432 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
433 * transrate: broken since too long
434 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
435 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
436 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
437 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
438 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
439 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
440 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
441 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
442 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
443 * cddax: use cdda instead.
444 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
445 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
446 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
447 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
450 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
451 --------------------------------
454 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
456 Decoders/Packetizers:
457 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
460 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
461 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
462 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
463 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
464 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
467 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
468 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
471 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
472 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
475 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
476 and Walloon translations updated
477 * Sinhala translation started
480 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
481 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
484 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
485 --------------------------------
488 * SubRip extra styles improvements
489 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
492 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
495 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
496 increase performance and fix x264 issues
499 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
500 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
501 Russian, Slovak translation updates
502 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
505 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
506 --------------------------------
509 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
510 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
513 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
514 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
517 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
518 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
521 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
524 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
525 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
528 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
529 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
532 * New Walloon translation
533 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
536 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
537 --------------------------------
540 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
541 regressions in most popular drivers
542 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
545 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
546 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
547 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
550 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
551 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
554 * Update for appletrailers lua script
555 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
556 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
557 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
558 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
561 * New udev module for linux
564 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
567 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
570 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
571 --------------------------------
574 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
575 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
576 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
579 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
580 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
583 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
584 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
587 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
590 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
591 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
592 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
593 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
596 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
597 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
598 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
599 - no support for Goom and SDL
600 - limited text rendering support
601 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
604 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
605 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
606 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
607 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
608 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
609 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
610 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
611 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
612 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
616 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
619 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
622 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
623 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
624 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
625 Arabic and French translation updates
628 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
629 --------------------------------
632 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
633 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
634 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
635 * Fix Dailymotion access script
636 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
637 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
640 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
641 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
644 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
645 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
646 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
649 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
652 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
653 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
656 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
657 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
658 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
659 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
660 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
661 * Fix various crashes
664 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
666 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
669 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
670 ---------------------------------
674 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
675 See 'Access:' for more info.
676 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
679 * Instantaneous pausing
680 * Frame-by-Frame playback
681 * Finer speed control
682 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
683 * Timeshift for most medias
684 * RTSP trickplay support
685 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
688 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
689 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
690 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
691 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
692 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
693 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
694 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
695 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
696 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
697 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
700 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
701 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
702 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
703 * Metadata for mod files are supported
704 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
705 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
706 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
709 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
710 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
713 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
714 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
715 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
716 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
717 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
718 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
719 * DVB scanning on linux
720 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
721 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
722 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
723 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
724 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
725 * MTP device access on Unix
726 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
727 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
730 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
731 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
732 Windows and Mac OS X.
735 * Export the playlist in HTML
736 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
737 * Better metadata handling and reading
739 Linux/Windows interface:
740 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
741 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
742 * Recently played items list
743 * Interface toolbar customizations
744 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
747 - Improvements on many dialogs
748 - New dialog for plugins listing
749 - Fixed-size mode for videos
750 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
751 * Better integration in GTK environments
754 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
755 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
756 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
757 * Additional usability improvements
760 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
761 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
762 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
763 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
764 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
767 * New Maemo port with:
768 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
769 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
772 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
775 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
776 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
777 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
778 * Support for latest iSight models
781 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
782 * Surround support for PulseAudio
785 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
786 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
787 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
788 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
789 The old image video output has been removed.
790 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
791 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
794 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
802 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
803 --------------------------------------
809 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
810 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
811 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
812 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
813 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
814 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
815 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
817 Various fixes to the following modules:
820 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
821 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
824 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
829 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
830 ---------------------------------
833 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
834 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
837 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
838 ---------------------------------
841 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
844 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
847 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
848 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
849 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
850 main controller window.
851 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
854 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
859 * Updates of other localizations
862 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
863 * Lots of small bugfixes.
864 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
865 * Telnet fixes on Windows
866 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
869 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
870 ---------------------------------
873 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
875 Bunch of small bugfixes.
878 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
879 --------------------------------
884 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
885 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
888 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
889 --------------------------------
891 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
892 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
895 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
898 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
899 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
902 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
903 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
906 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
907 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
908 * Various fixed in playlist
911 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
914 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
917 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
918 ------------------------------------
920 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
921 * Fixes several memory leaks.
924 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
925 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
926 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
929 * Stability fix for the video output.
932 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
933 --------------------------------
936 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
937 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
938 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
939 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
940 * Fixed update system bugs
941 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
944 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
945 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
946 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
947 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
948 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
949 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
950 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
951 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
952 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
953 modern Mac OS X versions
956 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
957 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
959 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
960 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
963 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
964 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
965 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
966 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
967 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
968 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
971 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
972 --------------------------------
974 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
975 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
979 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
980 --------------------------------
982 * Multiple bug fixes.
985 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
986 ---------------------------------
990 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
991 recent to work correctly
992 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
993 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
994 edit the ".hosts" file.
995 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
996 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
997 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
998 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
999 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1000 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1001 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1002 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1003 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1004 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1005 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1006 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1007 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1008 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1009 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1010 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1011 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1012 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1013 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1014 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1015 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1016 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1017 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1018 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1019 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1020 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1021 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1022 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1023 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1024 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1025 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1026 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1027 and postproc modules.
1028 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1029 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1030 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1031 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1033 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1034 filter. For example:
1035 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1036 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1038 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1039 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1045 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1047 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1048 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1051 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1052 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1054 * Shoutcast TV listings
1055 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1057 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1058 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1060 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1063 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1064 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1065 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1066 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1067 * JACK audio input support
1068 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1069 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1070 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1071 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1072 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1073 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1074 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1075 (available as a separate download).
1076 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1077 * RTMP input support
1078 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1079 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1080 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1082 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1083 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1086 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1087 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1088 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1089 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1091 * APEv1/2 tags support
1092 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1093 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1095 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1096 * TiVo Series 2 support
1097 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1102 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1103 * Flash Screen Video support
1104 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1105 * DosBox Capture support
1106 * Karl Morton's Video support
1107 * limited atrac3 support
1109 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1110 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1111 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1112 * H.264 PAFF support
1113 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1114 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1115 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1116 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1117 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1120 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1121 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1122 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1123 * AQTitle subtitles support
1124 * MKV USF subtitles support
1125 * HTML-based subtitles support
1126 * MPSub subtitles support
1127 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1128 * MPL2 subtitles support
1129 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1130 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1131 * Realtext subtitle support
1132 * DKS subtitle support
1133 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1134 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1137 * Flash Screen Video support
1138 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1140 Video outputs and filters:
1141 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1142 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1143 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1144 * New puzzle video output filter
1145 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1146 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1148 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1149 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1150 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1151 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1152 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1153 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1154 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1155 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1156 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1157 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1158 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1159 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1160 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1161 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1163 Audio outputs and filters:
1164 * Replay gain support
1165 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1166 new scaletempo audio filter)
1167 * New spatializer audio filter
1168 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1171 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1172 * New RTP payload formats:
1173 * Speex voice audio codec
1174 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1175 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1176 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1177 * DCCP transport for RTP
1178 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1183 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1184 end-user suitable way.
1185 * Improved user interaction
1186 * Improved mouse gestures
1187 * Vastly improved Update checker
1188 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1190 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1191 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1193 * Improved video output features
1194 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1195 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1196 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1197 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1198 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1200 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1201 if libncursesw is available.
1202 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1203 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1204 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1206 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1207 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1208 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1209 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1210 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1211 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1212 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1213 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1216 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1217 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1218 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1221 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1222 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1223 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1224 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1225 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1226 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1229 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1230 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1240 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1241 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1242 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1245 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1246 ----------------------------------
1249 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1252 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1253 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1254 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1255 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1256 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1257 * Updated Polish translation
1260 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1261 ----------------------------------
1264 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1265 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1266 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1269 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1270 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1271 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1272 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1273 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1274 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1275 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1276 to an unexpected application termination
1277 * New Serbian translation
1278 * Updated Romanian translation
1281 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1282 ----------------------------------
1285 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1286 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1287 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1288 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1289 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1290 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1291 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1292 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1295 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1296 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1297 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1298 * Fixed AAC resampling
1299 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1300 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1303 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1304 ----------------------------------
1307 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1308 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1309 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1310 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1311 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1314 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1315 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1316 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1317 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1318 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1321 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1322 ----------------------------------
1325 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1326 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1329 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1330 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1331 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1332 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1334 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1338 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1341 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1344 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1347 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1350 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1351 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1352 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1353 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1354 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1356 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1357 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1358 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1359 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1362 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1365 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1366 ----------------------------------
1369 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1370 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1371 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1373 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1374 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1376 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1377 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1380 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1382 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1383 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1384 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1385 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1386 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1387 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1388 two different movies
1389 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1390 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1391 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1394 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1397 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1398 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1399 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1400 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1403 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1404 ----------------------------------
1406 Various bugfixes, notably:
1407 * Windows Vista compatibility
1408 * Cropping in Direct3D
1409 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1410 * RSS filter string overflow
1412 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1414 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1415 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1418 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1419 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1422 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1425 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1428 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1431 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1432 ----------------------------------
1434 Various bugfixes, notably:
1435 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1436 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1437 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1438 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1439 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1440 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1443 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1444 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1447 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1449 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1450 * Diverse usability improvements
1451 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1452 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1453 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1456 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1457 ---------------------------------
1459 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1460 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1463 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1466 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1467 --------------------------------
1470 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1473 * Support for RTSP authentication
1474 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1475 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1476 * ATSC support for DVB input
1477 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1478 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1479 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1482 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1483 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1484 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1485 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1486 * Matroska WavPack support
1487 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1488 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1489 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1492 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1493 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1494 * Improved libcaca support
1498 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1499 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1501 * Systray support in skins
1503 * Support for Apple Remote control
1504 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1505 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1506 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1507 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1509 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1512 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1513 Windows 9x/ME users:
1514 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1515 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1516 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1517 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1518 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1520 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1521 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1530 * Updates to the libvlc API
1531 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1534 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1535 --------------------------------
1538 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1539 * Support for downloading updates
1543 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1544 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1545 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1546 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1548 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1549 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1550 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1553 * Cook (Real audio) support
1555 Playlist / Services discovery:
1556 * XSPF playlist support
1558 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1561 * New JACK audio output
1564 * New video filters:
1565 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1566 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1567 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1568 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1569 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1570 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1573 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1576 * System to inform the user and request information
1577 - HTTP authentication
1581 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1582 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1583 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1586 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1587 - Improved playlist handling
1588 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1590 - Embedded Video output
1591 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1592 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1593 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1594 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1595 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1597 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1598 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1601 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1604 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1605 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1606 * Growl "Now playing" support
1609 * Ability to log to syslog
1610 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1613 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1615 * A bit more automatic testing
1618 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1619 ---------------------------------
1622 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1623 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1626 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1627 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1630 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1633 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1634 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1640 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1643 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1644 --------------------------------
1647 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1651 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1652 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1653 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1656 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1657 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1658 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1659 * GnomeVFS input module
1660 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1661 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1664 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1665 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1666 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1669 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1670 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1676 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1677 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1680 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1681 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1682 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1685 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1687 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1688 - New extended controls panel
1689 - New bookmarks window
1690 - Fixed playlist sorting
1691 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1693 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1694 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1695 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1696 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1700 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1701 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1703 - Include macro to include other files
1707 * Should now work outside IE as well
1710 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1713 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1714 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1717 The following languages were added:
1721 * Simplified Chinese
1722 The following languages were re-added:
1726 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1727 --------------------------------
1730 * Rewrite of the playlist
1732 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1733 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1734 * Preferences improvements:
1735 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1736 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1738 * Core image manipulation support
1739 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1740 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1741 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1742 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1743 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1744 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1745 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1746 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1747 * Access filter architecture
1748 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1749 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1753 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1754 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1755 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1756 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1757 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1758 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1759 * Massive Matroska improvements
1760 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1762 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1763 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1764 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1765 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1766 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1768 Decoders / Encoders:
1769 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1770 * PNG decoder/encoder
1771 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1772 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1775 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1778 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1779 * Brand new SAP module
1780 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1781 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1782 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1783 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1784 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1785 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1789 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1792 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1793 * Image file video output (png)
1794 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1795 * Improvements to wall video filter
1796 * Support for font color and opacity
1802 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1803 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1804 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1808 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1809 - Improved preferences
1810 - Improvements to the wizard
1811 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1813 - Redesigned playlist
1814 - Improved preferences
1816 - Support for multiple actions
1819 - Support for the new playlist system
1821 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1824 * Screensaver disabling fix
1825 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1826 * Support for no-decoration windows
1829 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1830 * The OpenGL video output is back
1831 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1832 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1833 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1834 is not yet available in the new module
1835 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1838 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1847 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1850 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1853 The following languages were added:
1859 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1860 --------------------------------
1863 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1864 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1867 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1868 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1869 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1872 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1875 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1878 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1881 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1882 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1883 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1887 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1889 * Support of playlist group announcement
1892 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1893 --------------------------------
1896 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1897 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1898 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1899 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1900 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1901 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1904 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1905 (Stream your desktop)
1906 * Improved DVD support:
1907 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1908 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1909 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1910 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1911 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1912 (selection of titles/chapters).
1915 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1916 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1917 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1918 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1919 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1920 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1921 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1922 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1923 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1924 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1927 * G.726 audio support
1928 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1929 * MPEG-4 text support
1930 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1931 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1932 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1936 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1937 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1938 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1939 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1940 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1941 * DVB subtitles encoder
1942 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1943 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1945 * Text track muxing for mp4
1946 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1947 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1948 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1949 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1950 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1951 * Improved ASF muxer
1953 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1954 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1955 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1958 * New audio equalizer filter
1959 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1960 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1961 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1962 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1965 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1966 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1967 with support for effects.
1968 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1969 - New filters can be streamed.
1970 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1971 - Centralized scaling and blending
1973 - "time", to display current time
1974 - "marq", to display a marquee
1977 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1978 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1979 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1980 * A few skins2 improvements
1981 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1982 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1983 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1984 * Improved CORBA control module
1987 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1988 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1989 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1992 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1993 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1994 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1997 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1998 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1999 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2000 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2001 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2004 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2007 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2008 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2011 * Server/client network synchronization module
2012 * VBrick streams fully supported
2013 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2017 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2018 --------------------------------
2021 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2022 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2023 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2024 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2027 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2028 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2029 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2030 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2031 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2032 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2033 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2036 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2037 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2038 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2039 * Improved directory access module.
2040 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2041 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2042 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2043 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2044 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2047 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2048 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2049 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2052 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2053 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2054 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2057 * Improved session announcement system.
2058 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2059 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2060 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2061 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2062 * Improved transrater.
2063 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2064 * New configuration system.
2065 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2068 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2069 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2070 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2071 * Supports scheduling.
2072 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2073 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2076 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2077 - Ability to embed video output.
2078 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2079 - Lots of improvements.
2080 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2081 - New design and set of icons.
2082 - Ability to embed video output.
2083 - Support for hotkeys.
2084 - Support for bookmarks.
2086 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2087 - Better hotkeys handling.
2090 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2091 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2092 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2093 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2096 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2097 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2098 * Improved Windows installer.
2104 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2105 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2108 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2109 ---------------------------------
2112 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2113 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2116 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2117 --------------------------------
2120 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2121 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2124 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2125 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2126 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2127 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2130 * Internal improvments
2131 * Improved import/export
2134 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2136 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2137 small and strange formats.
2139 * New MOD audio demux.
2140 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2141 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2142 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2143 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2146 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2147 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2148 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2154 * New opengl video output plugin.
2157 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2158 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2161 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2162 --------------------------------
2165 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2166 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2167 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2168 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2169 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2170 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2171 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2172 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2175 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2180 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2181 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2182 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2183 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2184 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2185 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2186 * Better Icecast support.
2187 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2188 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2191 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2192 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2193 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2194 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2195 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2196 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2197 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2200 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2201 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2202 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2203 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2204 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2205 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2206 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2207 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2208 * Preliminary RTP support.
2209 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2214 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2215 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2217 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2218 - Improvements and help in preferences
2219 - New streaming wizard
2220 - Revised Disc Open menu
2222 - Improvements of the standard pages
2223 - Support for new commands
2224 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2227 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2228 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2231 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2232 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2233 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2234 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2235 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2236 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2237 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2238 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2239 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2242 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2244 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2245 * Support for Panther.
2246 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2247 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2250 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2251 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2252 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2253 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2254 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2255 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2256 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2257 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2260 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2261 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2262 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2265 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2268 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2269 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2270 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2271 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2274 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2275 --------------------------------
2278 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2281 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2282 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2285 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2286 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2289 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2292 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2293 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2296 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2299 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2302 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2303 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2307 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2308 --------------------------------
2311 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2312 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2316 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2317 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2318 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2320 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2321 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2324 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2327 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2330 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2331 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2335 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2336 --------------------------------
2339 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2340 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2344 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2345 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2346 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2347 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2348 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2351 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2352 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2353 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2356 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2357 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2358 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2361 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2362 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2363 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2364 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2365 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2368 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2369 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2370 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2373 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2376 * Improved build system.
2377 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2378 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2379 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2380 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2383 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2384 --------------------------------
2387 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2390 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2391 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2392 * Video 4 Linux support
2393 * CD Digital Audio support
2394 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2397 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2398 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2399 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2400 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2403 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2404 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2405 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2406 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2407 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2408 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2409 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2412 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2413 * New HTTP remote control interface
2416 * 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.
2417 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2418 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2419 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2422 * New reset option for the preferences
2423 * You can set your language in the prefences
2424 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2425 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2426 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2427 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2430 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2431 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2432 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2435 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2436 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2437 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2438 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2439 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2440 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2441 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2442 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2443 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2444 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2447 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2448 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2449 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2450 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2451 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2452 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2453 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2456 * Interface localization
2457 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2458 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2459 * New full-featured Preferences window
2462 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2463 --------------------------------
2466 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2467 * support for skins at the interface level
2468 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2469 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2470 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2471 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2472 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2475 * fixed HTTP redirects
2476 * support for opening an entire directory
2477 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2478 * new video4linux access plug-in
2479 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2482 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2483 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2484 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2487 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2488 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2489 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2490 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2491 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2492 * new codec for raw I420 video
2493 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2496 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2497 (although it still misses some important features)
2498 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2501 * new HTTP output support
2502 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2503 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2506 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2509 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2512 * reorderable playlist
2513 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2514 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2515 * support for mono audio output devices
2516 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2517 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2518 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2519 * the messages window remembers more lines
2520 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2521 * http and ogg stream output options
2522 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2525 * new skinnable interface
2526 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2528 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2529 * support for FLAC audio format
2530 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2532 * network tab in the interface
2533 * "apply" handling in preferences
2536 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2537 ---------------------------------
2540 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2541 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2542 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2543 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2545 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2546 * DTS S/PDIF support
2549 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2550 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2551 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2552 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2555 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2556 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2559 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2562 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2565 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2567 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2568 * rc interface is now fully useable
2569 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2572 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2573 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2574 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2575 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2576 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2578 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2579 * support for mouse gestures
2580 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2583 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2584 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2587 * improved ID3 tag detection
2588 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2589 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2590 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2592 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2595 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2596 ---------------------------------
2599 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2600 English was set as the preferred language
2603 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2604 --------------------------------
2607 * new mouse gesture interface
2608 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2612 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2613 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2614 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2617 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2618 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2622 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2625 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2626 without the user consent
2629 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2631 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2632 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2633 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2636 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2637 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2638 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2639 * playlist enhancements
2640 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2641 * new step forward/step backward commands
2642 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2643 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2644 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2647 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2648 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2649 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2652 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2653 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2656 * native video output is working again
2657 * only commandline interface support
2658 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2661 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2662 --------------------------------
2665 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2666 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2667 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2668 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2669 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2670 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2671 and A/52 streams are supported)
2672 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2677 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2678 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2679 * VCD entry points support
2680 * VCD image file support
2683 * support for *.asf format
2684 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2685 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2686 * support for ogg encapsulation
2687 * support for raw DV format
2688 * support for *.wav format
2689 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2692 Stream discovery & playlists:
2693 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2694 * support for .m3u file format
2695 * support for .asx file format
2696 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2699 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2700 (only available with the .avi demux)
2701 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2702 * support for raw PCM data
2703 * support for Cinepak video codec
2704 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2705 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2706 * support for Xvid codec
2707 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2708 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2709 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2711 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2713 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2716 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2719 * new WxWindows interface
2720 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2721 device and the channels configuration
2722 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2723 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2724 format that VLC can play
2725 * new swedish translation
2726 * enhancements of the playlist window
2727 * new messages window to see debug info
2728 * fixed a few crashes
2731 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2732 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2733 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2734 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working