1 Changes between 1.1.0 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
11 * Multiple files are supported from RAR files
12 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
13 * DVB-S scanning support
14 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
17 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
20 * id3tag plugin is removed (superseded by taglib).
21 * Ogg seeking improvements
24 * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one
25 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements
26 * Qt: port to Mac platform
29 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
32 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
35 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streamin (iphone-stuff),
36 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
37 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
38 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
39 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
40 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
43 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
44 --------------------------------
47 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
48 * fix for podcasts parsing
49 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
52 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
53 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
56 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
57 * fix m3u playlists exports
60 * fix video autoresize behaviour
63 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
66 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
69 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
72 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
75 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
76 --------------------------------
79 * Avformat fps displaying fix
80 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
83 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
84 of mono streams, especially on Windows
87 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
88 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
89 * fix console output encoding
91 Interface and extensions:
92 * Youtube and other scripts updates
93 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
96 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
97 --------------------------------
100 * New capabilities for libVLC:
101 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
102 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
103 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
104 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
105 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
106 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
107 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
108 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
109 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
110 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
111 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
112 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
113 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
114 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
115 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
119 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
120 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
121 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
122 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
123 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
126 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
129 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
130 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
131 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
135 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
138 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
139 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
140 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
143 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
144 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
145 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
146 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
149 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
150 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
153 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
154 --------------------------------
156 Important changes for users:
157 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
158 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
160 Important changes for packagers:
161 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
162 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
163 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
164 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
165 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
167 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
169 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
170 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
171 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
172 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
173 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
176 * Support for the sftp protocol
177 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
178 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
179 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
180 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
181 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
184 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
185 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
186 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
188 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
189 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
190 * Invmem module improvements
191 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
192 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
193 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
194 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
195 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
196 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
197 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
198 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
199 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
200 * Support for VP8 codec
201 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
204 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
205 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
206 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
207 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
208 * Various EGP improvements
209 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
210 * Metadata and cover art improvements
213 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
214 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
215 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
216 * Podcast images are now displayed
219 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
220 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
221 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
222 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
223 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
224 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
225 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
226 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
227 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
228 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
229 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
232 * New content extensions lua framework
235 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
236 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
237 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
238 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
239 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
240 * NEON assembly audio converter module
241 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
244 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
245 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
246 * Service discovery based on libudev
247 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
250 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
251 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
252 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
253 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
254 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
255 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
256 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
259 * New smem module, streaming to memory
260 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
261 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
264 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
266 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
267 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
270 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
273 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
274 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
275 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
276 by Andy Matuschak et al.
277 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
278 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
279 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
282 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
283 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
286 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
287 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
288 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
292 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
293 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
294 * Improved Solaris port
297 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
298 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
301 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
302 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
303 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
304 * transrate: broken since too long
305 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
306 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
307 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
308 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
309 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
310 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
311 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
312 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
313 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
314 * cddax: use cdda instead.
315 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
316 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
317 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
318 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
321 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
322 --------------------------------
325 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
327 Decoders/Packetizers:
328 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
331 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
332 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
333 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
334 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
335 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
338 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
339 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
342 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
343 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
346 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
347 and Walloon translations updated
348 * Sinhala translation started
351 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
352 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
355 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
356 --------------------------------
359 * SubRip extra styles improvements
360 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
363 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
366 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
367 increase performance and fix x264 issues
370 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
371 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
372 Russian, Slovak translation updates
373 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
376 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
377 --------------------------------
380 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
381 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
384 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
385 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
388 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
389 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
392 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
395 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
396 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
399 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
400 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
403 * New Walloon translation
404 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
407 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
408 --------------------------------
411 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
412 regressions in most popular drivers
413 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
416 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
417 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
418 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
421 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
422 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
425 * Update for appletrailers lua script
426 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
427 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
428 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
429 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
432 * New udev module for linux
435 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
438 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
441 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
442 --------------------------------
445 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
446 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
447 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
450 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
451 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
454 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
455 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
458 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
461 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
462 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
463 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
464 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
467 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
468 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
469 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
470 - no support for Goom and SDL
471 - limited text rendering support
472 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
475 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
476 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
477 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
478 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
479 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
480 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
481 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
482 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
483 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
487 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
490 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
493 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
494 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
495 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
496 Arabic and French translation updates
499 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
500 --------------------------------
503 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
504 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
505 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
506 * Fix Dailymotion access script
507 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
508 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
511 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
512 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
515 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
516 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
517 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
520 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
523 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
524 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
527 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
528 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
529 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
530 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
531 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
532 * Fix various crashes
535 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
537 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
540 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
541 ---------------------------------
545 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
546 See 'Access:' for more info.
547 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
550 * Instantaneous pausing
551 * Frame-by-Frame playback
552 * Finer speed control
553 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
554 * Timeshift for most medias
555 * RTSP trickplay support
556 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
559 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
560 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
561 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
562 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
563 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
564 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
565 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
566 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
567 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
568 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
571 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
572 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
573 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
574 * Metadata for mod files are supported
575 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
576 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
577 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
580 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
581 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
584 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
585 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
586 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
587 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
588 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
589 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
590 * DVB scanning on linux
591 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
592 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
593 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
594 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
595 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
596 * MTP device access on Unix
597 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
598 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
601 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
602 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
603 Windows and Mac OS X.
606 * Export the playlist in HTML
607 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
608 * Better metadata handling and reading
610 Linux/Windows interface:
611 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
612 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
613 * Recently played items list
614 * Interface toolbar customizations
615 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
618 - Improvements on many dialogs
619 - New dialog for plugins listing
620 - Fixed-size mode for videos
621 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
622 * Better integration in GTK environments
625 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
626 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
627 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
628 * Additional usability improvements
631 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
632 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
633 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
634 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
635 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
638 * New Maemo port with:
639 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
640 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
643 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
646 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
647 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
648 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
649 * Support for latest iSight models
652 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
653 * Surround support for PulseAudio
656 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
657 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
658 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
659 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
660 The old image video output has been removed.
661 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
662 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
665 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
673 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
674 --------------------------------------
680 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
681 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
682 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
683 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
684 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
685 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
686 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
688 Various fixes to the following modules:
691 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
692 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
695 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
700 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
701 ---------------------------------
704 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
705 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
708 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
709 ---------------------------------
712 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
715 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
718 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
719 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
720 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
721 main controller window.
722 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
725 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
730 * Updates of other localizations
733 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
734 * Lots of small bugfixes.
735 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
736 * Telnet fixes on Windows
737 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
740 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
741 ---------------------------------
744 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
746 Bunch of small bugfixes.
749 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
750 --------------------------------
755 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
756 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
759 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
760 --------------------------------
762 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
763 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
766 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
769 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
770 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
773 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
774 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
777 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
778 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
779 * Various fixed in playlist
782 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
785 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
788 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
789 ------------------------------------
791 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
792 * Fixes several memory leaks.
795 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
796 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
797 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
800 * Stability fix for the video output.
803 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
804 --------------------------------
807 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
808 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
809 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
810 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
811 * Fixed update system bugs
812 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
815 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
816 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
817 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
818 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
819 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
820 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
821 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
822 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
823 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
824 modern Mac OS X versions
827 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
828 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
830 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
831 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
834 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
835 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
836 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
837 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
838 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
839 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
842 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
843 --------------------------------
845 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
846 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
850 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
851 --------------------------------
853 * Multiple bug fixes.
856 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
857 ---------------------------------
861 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
862 recent to work correctly
863 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
864 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
865 edit the ".hosts" file.
866 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
867 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
868 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
869 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
870 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
871 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
872 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
873 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
874 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
875 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
876 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
877 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
878 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
879 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
880 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
881 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
882 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
883 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
884 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
885 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
886 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
887 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
888 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
889 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
890 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
891 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
892 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
893 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
894 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
895 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
896 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
897 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
898 and postproc modules.
899 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
900 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
901 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
902 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
904 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
906 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
907 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
909 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
910 * Glide video output module has been removed.
916 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
918 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
919 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
922 * Vastly improved playlist support:
923 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
925 * Shoutcast TV listings
926 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
928 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
929 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
931 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
934 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
935 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
936 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
937 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
938 * JACK audio input support
939 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
940 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
941 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
942 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
943 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
944 * Experimental EyeTV access module
945 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
946 (available as a separate download).
947 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
949 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
950 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
951 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
953 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
954 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
957 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
958 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
959 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
960 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
962 * APEv1/2 tags support
963 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
964 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
966 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
967 * TiVo Series 2 support
968 * CD+G karaoke Files support
973 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
974 * Flash Screen Video support
975 * CamStudio Screen Video support
976 * DosBox Capture support
977 * Karl Morton's Video support
978 * limited atrac3 support
980 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
981 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
982 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
984 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
985 * NellyMoser ASAO support
986 * APE (Monkey audio) support
987 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
988 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
991 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
992 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
993 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
994 * AQTitle subtitles support
995 * MKV USF subtitles support
996 * HTML-based subtitles support
997 * MPSub subtitles support
998 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
999 * MPL2 subtitles support
1000 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1001 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1002 * Realtext subtitle support
1003 * DKS subtitle support
1004 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1005 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1008 * Flash Screen Video support
1009 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1011 Video outputs and filters:
1012 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1013 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1014 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1015 * New puzzle video output filter
1016 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1017 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1019 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1020 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1021 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1022 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1023 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1024 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1025 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1026 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1027 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1028 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1029 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1030 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1031 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1032 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1034 Audio outputs and filters:
1035 * Replay gain support
1036 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1037 new scaletempo audio filter)
1038 * New spatializer audio filter
1039 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1042 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1043 * New RTP payload formats:
1044 * Speex voice audio codec
1045 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1046 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1047 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1048 * DCCP transport for RTP
1049 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1054 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1055 end-user suitable way.
1056 * Improved user interaction
1057 * Improved mouse gestures
1058 * Vastly improved Update checker
1059 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1061 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1062 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1064 * Improved video output features
1065 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1066 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1067 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1068 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1069 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1071 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1072 if libncursesw is available.
1073 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1074 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1075 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1077 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1078 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1079 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1080 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1081 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1082 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1083 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1084 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1087 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1088 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1089 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1092 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1093 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1094 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1095 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1096 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1097 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1100 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1101 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1111 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1112 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1113 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1116 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1117 ----------------------------------
1120 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1123 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1124 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1125 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1126 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1127 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1128 * Updated Polish translation
1131 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1132 ----------------------------------
1135 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1136 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1137 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1140 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1141 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1142 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1143 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1144 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1145 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1146 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1147 to an unexpected application termination
1148 * New Serbian translation
1149 * Updated Romanian translation
1152 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1153 ----------------------------------
1156 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1157 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1158 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1159 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1160 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1161 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1162 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1163 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1166 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1167 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1168 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1169 * Fixed AAC resampling
1170 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1171 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1174 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1175 ----------------------------------
1178 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1179 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1180 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1181 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1182 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1185 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1186 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1187 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1188 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1189 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1192 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1193 ----------------------------------
1196 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1197 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1200 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1201 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1202 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1203 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1205 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1209 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1212 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1215 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1218 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1221 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1222 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1223 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1224 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1225 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1227 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1228 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1229 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1230 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1233 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1236 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1237 ----------------------------------
1240 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1241 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1242 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1244 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1245 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1247 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1248 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1251 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1253 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1254 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1255 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1256 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1257 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1258 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1259 two different movies
1260 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1261 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1262 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1265 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1268 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1269 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1270 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1271 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1274 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1275 ----------------------------------
1277 Various bugfixes, notably:
1278 * Windows Vista compatibility
1279 * Cropping in Direct3D
1280 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1281 * RSS filter string overflow
1283 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1285 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1286 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1289 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1290 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1293 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1296 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1299 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1302 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1303 ----------------------------------
1305 Various bugfixes, notably:
1306 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1307 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1308 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1309 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1310 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1311 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1314 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1315 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1318 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1320 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1321 * Diverse usability improvements
1322 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1323 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1324 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1327 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1328 ---------------------------------
1330 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1331 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1334 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1337 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1338 --------------------------------
1341 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1344 * Support for RTSP authentication
1345 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1346 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1347 * ATSC support for DVB input
1348 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1349 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1350 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1353 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1354 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1355 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1356 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1357 * Matroska WavPack support
1358 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1359 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1360 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1363 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1364 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1365 * Improved libcaca support
1369 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1370 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1372 * Systray support in skins
1374 * Support for Apple Remote control
1375 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1376 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1377 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1378 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1380 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1383 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1384 Windows 9x/ME users:
1385 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1386 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1387 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1388 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1389 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1391 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1392 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1401 * Updates to the libvlc API
1402 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1405 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1406 --------------------------------
1409 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1410 * Support for downloading updates
1414 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1415 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1416 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1417 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1419 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1420 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1421 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1424 * Cook (Real audio) support
1426 Playlist / Services discovery:
1427 * XSPF playlist support
1429 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1432 * New JACK audio output
1435 * New video filters:
1436 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1437 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1438 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1439 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1440 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1441 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1444 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1447 * System to inform the user and request information
1448 - HTTP authentication
1452 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1453 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1454 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1457 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1458 - Improved playlist handling
1459 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1461 - Embedded Video output
1462 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1463 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1464 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1465 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1466 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1468 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1469 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1472 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1475 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1476 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1477 * Growl "Now playing" support
1480 * Ability to log to syslog
1481 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1484 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1486 * A bit more automatic testing
1489 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1490 ---------------------------------
1493 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1494 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1497 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1498 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1501 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1504 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1505 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1511 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1514 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1515 --------------------------------
1518 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1522 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1523 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1524 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1527 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1528 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1529 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1530 * GnomeVFS input module
1531 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1532 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1535 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1536 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1537 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1540 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1541 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1547 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1548 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1551 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1552 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1553 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1556 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1558 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1559 - New extended controls panel
1560 - New bookmarks window
1561 - Fixed playlist sorting
1562 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1564 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1565 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1566 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1567 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1571 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1572 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1574 - Include macro to include other files
1578 * Should now work outside IE as well
1581 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1584 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1585 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1588 The following languages were added:
1592 * Simplified Chinese
1593 The following languages were re-added:
1597 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1598 --------------------------------
1601 * Rewrite of the playlist
1603 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1604 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1605 * Preferences improvements:
1606 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1607 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1609 * Core image manipulation support
1610 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1611 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1612 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1613 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1614 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1615 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1616 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1617 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1618 * Access filter architecture
1619 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1620 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1624 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1625 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1626 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1627 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1628 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1629 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1630 * Massive Matroska improvements
1631 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1633 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1634 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1635 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1636 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1637 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1639 Decoders / Encoders:
1640 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1641 * PNG decoder/encoder
1642 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1643 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1646 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1649 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1650 * Brand new SAP module
1651 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1652 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1653 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1654 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1655 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1656 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1660 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1663 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1664 * Image file video output (png)
1665 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1666 * Improvements to wall video filter
1667 * Support for font color and opacity
1673 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1674 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1675 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1679 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1680 - Improved preferences
1681 - Improvements to the wizard
1682 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1684 - Redesigned playlist
1685 - Improved preferences
1687 - Support for multiple actions
1690 - Support for the new playlist system
1692 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1695 * Screensaver disabling fix
1696 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1697 * Support for no-decoration windows
1700 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1701 * The OpenGL video output is back
1702 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1703 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1704 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1705 is not yet available in the new module
1706 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1709 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1718 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1721 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1724 The following languages were added:
1730 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1731 --------------------------------
1734 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1735 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1738 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1739 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1740 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1743 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1746 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1749 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1752 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1753 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1754 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1758 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1760 * Support of playlist group announcement
1763 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1764 --------------------------------
1767 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1768 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1769 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1770 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1771 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1772 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1775 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1776 (Stream your desktop)
1777 * Improved DVD support:
1778 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1779 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1780 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1781 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1782 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1783 (selection of titles/chapters).
1786 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1787 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1788 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1789 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1790 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1791 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1792 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1793 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1794 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1795 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1798 * G.726 audio support
1799 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1800 * MPEG-4 text support
1801 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1802 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1803 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1807 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1808 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1809 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1810 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1811 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1812 * DVB subtitles encoder
1813 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1814 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1816 * Text track muxing for mp4
1817 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1818 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1819 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1820 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1821 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1822 * Improved ASF muxer
1824 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1825 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1826 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1829 * New audio equalizer filter
1830 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1831 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1832 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1833 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1836 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1837 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1838 with support for effects.
1839 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1840 - New filters can be streamed.
1841 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1842 - Centralized scaling and blending
1844 - "time", to display current time
1845 - "marq", to display a marquee
1848 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1849 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1850 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1851 * A few skins2 improvements
1852 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1853 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1854 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1855 * Improved CORBA control module
1858 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1859 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1860 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1863 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1864 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1865 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1868 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1869 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1870 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1871 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1872 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1875 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1878 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1879 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1882 * Server/client network synchronization module
1883 * VBrick streams fully supported
1884 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1888 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1889 --------------------------------
1892 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1893 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1894 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1895 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1898 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1899 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1900 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1901 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1902 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1903 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1904 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1907 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1908 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1909 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1910 * Improved directory access module.
1911 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1912 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1913 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1914 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1915 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1918 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1919 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1920 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1923 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1924 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1925 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1928 * Improved session announcement system.
1929 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1930 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1931 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1932 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1933 * Improved transrater.
1934 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1935 * New configuration system.
1936 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1939 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1940 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1941 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1942 * Supports scheduling.
1943 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1944 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1947 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1948 - Ability to embed video output.
1949 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1950 - Lots of improvements.
1951 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1952 - New design and set of icons.
1953 - Ability to embed video output.
1954 - Support for hotkeys.
1955 - Support for bookmarks.
1957 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1958 - Better hotkeys handling.
1961 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1962 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1963 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1964 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1967 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1968 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1969 * Improved Windows installer.
1975 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1976 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1979 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1980 ---------------------------------
1983 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1984 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1987 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1988 --------------------------------
1991 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1992 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1995 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1996 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1997 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1998 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2001 * Internal improvments
2002 * Improved import/export
2005 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2007 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2008 small and strange formats.
2010 * New MOD audio demux.
2011 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2012 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2013 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2014 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2017 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2018 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2019 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2025 * New opengl video output plugin.
2028 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2029 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2032 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2033 --------------------------------
2036 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2037 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2038 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2039 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2040 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2041 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2042 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2043 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2046 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2051 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2052 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2053 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2054 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2055 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2056 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2057 * Better Icecast support.
2058 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2059 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2062 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2063 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2064 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2065 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2066 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2067 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2068 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2071 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2072 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2073 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2074 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2075 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2076 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2077 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2078 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2079 * Preliminary RTP support.
2080 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2085 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2086 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2088 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2089 - Improvements and help in preferences
2090 - New streaming wizard
2091 - Revised Disc Open menu
2093 - Improvements of the standard pages
2094 - Support for new commands
2095 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2098 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2099 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2102 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2103 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2104 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2105 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2106 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2107 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2108 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2109 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2110 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2113 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2115 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2116 * Support for Panther.
2117 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2118 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2121 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2122 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2123 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2124 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2125 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2126 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2127 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2128 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2131 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2132 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2133 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2136 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2139 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2140 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2141 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2142 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2145 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2146 --------------------------------
2149 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2152 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2153 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2156 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2157 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2160 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2163 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2164 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2167 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2170 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2173 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2174 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2178 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2179 --------------------------------
2182 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2183 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2187 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2188 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2189 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2191 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2192 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2195 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2198 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2201 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2202 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2206 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2207 --------------------------------
2210 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2211 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2215 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2216 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2217 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2218 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2219 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2222 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2223 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2224 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2227 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2228 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2229 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2232 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2233 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2234 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2235 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2236 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2239 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2240 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2241 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2244 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2247 * Improved build system.
2248 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2249 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2250 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2251 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2254 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2255 --------------------------------
2258 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2261 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2262 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2263 * Video 4 Linux support
2264 * CD Digital Audio support
2265 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2268 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2269 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2270 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2271 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2274 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2275 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2276 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2277 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2278 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2279 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2280 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2283 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2284 * New HTTP remote control interface
2287 * 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.
2288 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2289 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2290 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2293 * New reset option for the preferences
2294 * You can set your language in the prefences
2295 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2296 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2297 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2298 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2301 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2302 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2303 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2306 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2307 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2308 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2309 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2310 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2311 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2312 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2313 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2314 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2315 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2318 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2319 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2320 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2321 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2322 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2323 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2324 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2327 * Interface localization
2328 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2329 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2330 * New full-featured Preferences window
2333 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2334 --------------------------------
2337 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2338 * support for skins at the interface level
2339 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2340 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2341 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2342 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2343 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2346 * fixed HTTP redirects
2347 * support for opening an entire directory
2348 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2349 * new video4linux access plug-in
2350 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2353 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2354 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2355 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2358 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2359 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2360 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2361 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2362 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2363 * new codec for raw I420 video
2364 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2367 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2368 (although it still misses some important features)
2369 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2372 * new HTTP output support
2373 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2374 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2377 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2380 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2383 * reorderable playlist
2384 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2385 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2386 * support for mono audio output devices
2387 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2388 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2389 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2390 * the messages window remembers more lines
2391 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2392 * http and ogg stream output options
2393 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2396 * new skinnable interface
2397 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2399 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2400 * support for FLAC audio format
2401 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2403 * network tab in the interface
2404 * "apply" handling in preferences
2407 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2408 ---------------------------------
2411 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2412 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2413 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2414 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2416 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2417 * DTS S/PDIF support
2420 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2421 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2422 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2423 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2426 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2427 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2430 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2433 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2436 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2438 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2439 * rc interface is now fully useable
2440 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2443 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2444 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2445 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2446 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2447 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2449 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2450 * support for mouse gestures
2451 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2454 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2455 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2458 * improved ID3 tag detection
2459 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2460 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2461 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2463 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2466 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2467 ---------------------------------
2470 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2471 English was set as the preferred language
2474 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2475 --------------------------------
2478 * new mouse gesture interface
2479 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2483 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2484 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2485 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2488 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2489 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2493 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2496 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2497 without the user consent
2500 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2502 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2503 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2504 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2507 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2508 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2509 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2510 * playlist enhancements
2511 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2512 * new step forward/step backward commands
2513 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2514 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2515 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2518 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2519 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2520 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2523 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2524 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2527 * native video output is working again
2528 * only commandline interface support
2529 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2532 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2533 --------------------------------
2536 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2537 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2538 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2539 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2540 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2541 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2542 and A/52 streams are supported)
2543 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2548 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2549 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2550 * VCD entry points support
2551 * VCD image file support
2554 * support for *.asf format
2555 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2556 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2557 * support for ogg encapsulation
2558 * support for raw DV format
2559 * support for *.wav format
2560 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2563 Stream discovery & playlists:
2564 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2565 * support for .m3u file format
2566 * support for .asx file format
2567 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2570 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2571 (only available with the .avi demux)
2572 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2573 * support for raw PCM data
2574 * support for Cinepak video codec
2575 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2576 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2577 * support for Xvid codec
2578 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2579 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2580 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2582 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2584 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2587 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2590 * new WxWindows interface
2591 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2592 device and the channels configuration
2593 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2594 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2595 format that VLC can play
2596 * new swedish translation
2597 * enhancements of the playlist window
2598 * new messages window to see debug info
2599 * fixed a few crashes
2602 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2603 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2604 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2605 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working