1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.75 2003/11/23 14:28:15 gbazin Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
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7 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
8 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
9 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
10 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
11 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
12 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
13 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
16 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
21 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
22 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
23 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
24 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
25 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
26 * Reworked DVB tuning.
27 * Better Icecast support.
28 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
31 * Support for Theora video encoding.
32 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
33 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
34 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
35 * Support for AAC + SBR.
36 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
37 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
40 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
41 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
42 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
43 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
44 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
45 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
46 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
47 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
48 * Preliminary RTP support.
49 * Fixes to SAP announces.
54 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
55 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
57 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
58 - Improvements and help in preferences
59 - New streaming wizard
61 - Improvements of the standard pages
62 - Support for new commands
63 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
66 * Many fixes to the SAP module
67 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
70 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
71 * Text subtitles autodetection.
72 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
73 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
74 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
75 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
76 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
77 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
78 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
81 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
83 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
84 * Support for Panther.
85 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
86 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
89 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams...).
90 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
91 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
92 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
93 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
94 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
97 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
98 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
99 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
102 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
103 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
104 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
105 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
107 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
108 ---------------------------------
111 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
114 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
115 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
118 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
119 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
122 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
125 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
126 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
129 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
132 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
135 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
136 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
139 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
140 ---------------------------------
143 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
144 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
148 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
149 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
150 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
152 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
153 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
156 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
159 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
162 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
163 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
166 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
167 ---------------------------------
170 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
171 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
175 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
176 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
177 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
178 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
179 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
182 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
183 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
184 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
187 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
188 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
189 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
192 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
193 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
194 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
195 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
196 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
199 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
200 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
201 * A new CORBA control plugin.
204 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
207 * Improved build system.
208 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
209 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
210 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
211 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
214 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
215 ---------------------------------
218 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
221 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
222 * Fixed large file support on Windows
223 * Video 4 Linux support
224 * CD Digital Audio support
225 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
228 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
229 * Support for OpenDML avi files
230 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
231 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
234 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
235 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
236 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
237 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
238 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
239 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
240 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
243 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
244 * New HTTP remote control interface
247 * 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.
248 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
249 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
250 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
253 * New reset option for the preferences
254 * You can set your language in the prefences
255 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
256 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
257 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
258 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
261 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
262 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
263 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
266 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
267 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
268 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
269 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
270 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
271 * New icons by Davor Orel.
272 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
273 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
274 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
275 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
278 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
279 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
280 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
281 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
282 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
283 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
284 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
287 * Interface localization
288 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
289 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
290 * New full-featured Preferences window
292 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
293 ---------------------------------
296 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
297 * support for skins at the interface level
298 * new OSD module using Freetype2
299 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
300 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
301 input level before dropping out of date frames.
302 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
305 * fixed HTTP redirects
306 * support for opening an entire directory
307 * EOF should be detected more reliably
308 * new video4linux access plug-in
309 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
312 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
313 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
314 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
317 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
318 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
319 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
320 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
321 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
322 * new codec for raw I420 video
323 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
326 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
327 (although it still misses some important features)
328 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
331 * new HTTP output support
332 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
333 * fixed AV synchronization issues
336 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
339 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
342 * reorderable playlist
343 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
344 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
345 * support for mono audio output devices
346 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
347 * fixed several cosmetic issues
348 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
349 * the messages window remembers more lines
350 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
351 * http and ogg stream output options
352 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
355 * new skinnable interface
356 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
358 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
359 * support for FLAC audio format
360 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
362 * network tab in the interface
363 * "apply" handling in preferences
366 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
367 ---------------------------------
370 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
371 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
372 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
373 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
375 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
379 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
380 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
381 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
382 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
385 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
386 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
389 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
392 * fixed the GNU-pth support
395 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
397 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
398 * rc interface is now fully useable
399 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
402 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
403 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
404 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
405 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
406 * VLC now uses the default audio device
408 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
409 * support for mouse gestures
410 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
413 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
414 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
417 * improved ID3 tag detection
418 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
419 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
420 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
422 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
425 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
426 ---------------------------------
429 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
430 English was set as the preferred language
433 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
434 --------------------------------
437 * new mouse gesture interface
438 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
442 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
443 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
444 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
447 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
448 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
452 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
455 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
456 without the user consent
459 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
461 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
462 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
463 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
466 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
467 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
468 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
469 * playlist enhancements
470 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
471 * new step forward/step backward commands
472 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
473 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
474 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
477 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
478 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
479 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
482 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
483 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
486 * native video output is working again
487 * only commandline interface support
488 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
491 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
492 --------------------------------
495 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
496 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
497 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
498 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
499 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
500 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
501 and A/52 streams are supported)
502 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
507 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
508 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
509 * VCD entry points support
510 * VCD image file support
513 * support for *.asf format
514 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
515 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
516 * support for ogg encapsulation
517 * support for raw DV format
518 * support for *.wav format
519 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
522 Stream discovery & playlists:
523 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
524 * support for .m3u file format
525 * support for .asx file format
526 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
529 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
530 (only available with the .avi demux)
531 * support for ADPCM audio codec
532 * support for raw PCM data
533 * support for Cinepak video codec
534 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
535 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
536 * support for Xvid codec
537 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
538 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
539 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
541 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
543 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
546 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
549 * new WxWindows interface
550 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
551 device and the channels configuration
552 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
553 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
554 format that VLC can play
555 * new swedish translation
556 * enhancements of the playlist window
557 * new messages window to see debug info
558 * fixed a few crashes
561 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
562 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
563 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
564 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working