1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.71 2003/11/07 13:31:26 massiot Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.6.3:
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7 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
8 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
9 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when these are used.
10 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
11 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
12 * Improved playlist core.
15 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
16 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
17 * Improved Ogg muxing and added theora, speex and subtitles support.
18 * Theora video encoding.
19 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
23 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 audio in DVB streams.
24 * Fixed seeking support in FLAC files.
25 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo.
26 * Reworked DVB tuning.
27 * Better Icecast support.
28 * Support for framerate setting in Video4Linux
29 * PVR input now supports all video connection types
33 * Vobsub subtitles support
35 * DVB Subtitles decoder
38 * Support for Speex audio.
39 * Support for AAC + SBR.
41 * Support for I422 chroma
42 * removed old a52, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio codecs, since we are using others now.
45 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
53 * Improvements to the wxwindows playlist (Sort,Search, mode buttons).
54 * Help in the preferences window.
57 * Stream seeking, playlist sorting and fullscreen support
58 * Improved default pages
62 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
64 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
68 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams...).
69 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
70 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
71 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
72 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
75 * Improvements in the GTK2 interface
78 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
79 * Text subtitles autodetection.
80 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
81 * Text subtitles for videofiles. Result may vary.
82 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
85 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
86 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
87 * Spanish and Portugese Brazilian translations.
88 * SAP now supports HTTP streams.
89 * VLC can now stream from the Dreambox.
91 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
92 ---------------------------------
95 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
98 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
99 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
102 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
103 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
106 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
109 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
110 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
113 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
116 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
119 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
120 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
123 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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127 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
128 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
132 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
133 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
134 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
135 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
136 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
139 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
140 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
141 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
144 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
145 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
146 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
149 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
150 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
151 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
152 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
153 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
156 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
157 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
158 * A new CORBA control plugin.
161 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
164 * Improved build system.
165 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
166 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
167 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
168 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
171 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
172 ---------------------------------
175 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
178 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
179 * Fixed large file support on Windows
180 * Video 4 Linux support
181 * CD Digital Audio support
182 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
185 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
186 * Support for OpenDML avi files
187 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
188 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
191 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
192 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
193 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
194 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
195 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
196 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
197 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
200 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
201 * New HTTP remote control interface
204 * 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.
205 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
206 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
207 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
210 * New reset option for the preferences
211 * You can set your language in the prefences
212 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
213 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
214 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
215 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
218 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
219 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
220 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
223 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
224 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
225 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
226 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
227 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
228 * New icons by Davor Orel.
229 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
230 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
231 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
232 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
235 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
236 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
237 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
238 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
239 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
240 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
241 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
244 * Interface localization
245 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
246 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
247 * New full-featured Preferences window
249 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
250 ---------------------------------
253 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
254 * support for skins at the interface level
255 * new OSD module using Freetype2
256 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
257 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
258 input level before dropping out of date frames.
259 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
262 * fixed HTTP redirects
263 * support for opening an entire directory
264 * EOF should be detected more reliably
265 * new video4linux access plug-in
266 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
269 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
270 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
271 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
274 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
275 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
276 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
277 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
278 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
279 * new codec for raw I420 video
280 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
283 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
284 (although it still misses some important features)
285 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
288 * new HTTP output support
289 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
290 * fixed AV synchronization issues
293 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
296 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
299 * reorderable playlist
300 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
301 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
302 * support for mono audio output devices
303 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
304 * fixed several cosmetic issues
305 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
306 * the messages window remembers more lines
307 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
308 * http and ogg stream output options
309 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
312 * new skinnable interface
313 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
315 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
316 * support for FLAC audio format
317 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
319 * network tab in the interface
320 * "apply" handling in preferences
323 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
324 ---------------------------------
327 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
328 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
329 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
330 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
332 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
336 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
337 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
338 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
339 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
342 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
343 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
346 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
349 * fixed the GNU-pth support
352 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
354 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
355 * rc interface is now fully useable
356 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
359 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
360 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
361 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
362 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
363 * VLC now uses the default audio device
365 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
366 * support for mouse gestures
367 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
370 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
371 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
374 * improved ID3 tag detection
375 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
376 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
377 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
379 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
382 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
383 ---------------------------------
386 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
387 English was set as the preferred language
390 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
391 --------------------------------
394 * new mouse gesture interface
395 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
399 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
400 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
401 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
404 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
405 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
409 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
412 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
413 without the user consent
416 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
418 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
419 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
420 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
423 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
424 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
425 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
426 * playlist enhancements
427 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
428 * new step forward/step backward commands
429 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
430 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
431 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
434 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
435 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
436 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
439 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
440 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
443 * native video output is working again
444 * only commandline interface support
445 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
448 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
449 --------------------------------
452 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
453 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
454 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
455 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
456 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
457 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
458 and A/52 streams are supported)
459 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
464 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
465 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
466 * VCD entry points support
467 * VCD image file support
470 * support for *.asf format
471 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
472 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
473 * support for ogg encapsulation
474 * support for raw DV format
475 * support for *.wav format
476 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
479 Stream discovery & playlists:
480 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
481 * support for .m3u file format
482 * support for .asx file format
483 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
486 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
487 (only available with the .avi demux)
488 * support for ADPCM audio codec
489 * support for raw PCM data
490 * support for Cinepak video codec
491 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
492 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
493 * support for Xvid codec
494 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
495 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
496 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
498 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
500 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
503 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
506 * new WxWindows interface
507 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
508 device and the channels configuration
509 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
510 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
511 format that VLC can play
512 * new swedish translation
513 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
515 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
516 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
517 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
520 * localization support via GNU gettext software
521 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
522 * new preferences panel
523 * new open panel with full features
524 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
525 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
526 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
529 * preferences dialog box redesigned
530 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
532 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
533 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
534 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
535 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
538 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
540 * enhancements of the playlist window
541 * new messages window to see debug info
542 * fixed a few crashes
545 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
546 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
547 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
548 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working