3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
11 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
12 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
13 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
16 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
17 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
18 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
19 * GnomeVFS input module
20 * Support for RTP packet reordering
21 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
24 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
25 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
26 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
29 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
30 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
36 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
37 Mixer and Dolby Surround
40 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
41 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
42 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
46 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
47 - New extended controls panel
48 - New bookmarks window
49 - Fixed playlist sorting
50 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
52 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
53 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
55 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
56 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
60 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
61 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
63 - Include macro to include other files
67 * Should now work outside IE as well
70 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
73 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
76 The following languages were added:
81 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
82 --------------------------------
85 * Rewrite of the playlist
87 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
88 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
89 * Preferences improvements:
90 - New organization, designed to improve usability
91 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
93 * Core image manipulation support
94 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
95 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
96 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
97 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
98 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
99 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
100 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
101 now separated by ':' instead of ','
102 * Access filter architecture
103 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
104 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
108 * Support for SOCKS proxy
109 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
110 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
111 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
112 * Better support for Kasenna streams
113 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
114 * Massive Matroska improvements
115 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
117 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
118 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
119 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
120 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
121 * Support for FTP over IPv6
124 * Dirac decoder and encoder
125 * PNG decoder/encoder
126 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
127 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
130 * New Record and Timeshift filters
133 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
134 * Brand new SAP module
135 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
136 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
137 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
138 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
139 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
140 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
144 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
147 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
148 * Image file video output (png)
149 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
150 * Improvements to wall video filter
151 * Support for font color and opacity
157 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
158 - Seeking support in VoD streams
159 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
163 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
164 - Improved preferences
165 - Improvements to the wizard
166 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
168 - Redesigned playlist
169 - Improved preferences
171 - Support for multiple actions
174 - Support for the new playlist system
176 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
179 * Screensaver disabling fix
180 * DirectShow tuner configuration
181 * Support for no-decoration windows
184 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
185 * The OpenGL video output is back
186 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
187 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
188 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
189 is not yet available in the new module
190 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
193 * Support for single-buffered overlay
202 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
205 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
208 The following languages were added:
214 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
215 -----------------------------------------------------
218 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
219 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
222 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
223 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
224 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
227 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
230 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
233 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
236 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
237 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
238 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
242 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
244 * Support of playlist group announcement
246 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
247 -----------------------------------------------------
250 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
251 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
252 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
253 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
254 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
255 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
258 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
259 (Stream your desktop)
260 * Improved DVD support:
261 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
262 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
263 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
264 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
265 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
266 (selection of titles/chapters).
269 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
270 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
271 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
272 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
273 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
274 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
275 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
276 * Improved Ogg demuxer
277 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
278 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
281 * G.726 audio support
282 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
283 * MPEG-4 text support
284 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
285 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
286 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
290 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
291 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
292 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
293 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
294 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
295 * DVB subtitles encoder
296 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
297 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
299 * Text track muxing for mp4
300 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
301 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
302 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
303 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
304 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
307 * H.263 RTP streaming support
308 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
309 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
312 * New audio equalizer filter
313 * Very trivial volume normalizer
314 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
315 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
316 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
319 * Roku HD1000 Video output
320 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
321 with support for effects.
322 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
323 - New filters can be streamed.
324 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
325 - Centralized scaling and blending
327 - "time", to display current time
328 - "marq", to display a marquee
331 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
332 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
333 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
334 * A few skins2 improvements
335 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
336 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
337 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
338 * Improved CORBA control module
341 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
342 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
343 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
346 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
347 * Experimental SVG rendering module
348 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
351 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
352 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
353 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
354 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
355 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
358 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
361 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
362 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
365 * Server/client network synchronization module
366 * VBrick streams fully supported
367 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
370 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
371 --------------------------------
374 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
375 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
376 * Improved HTTP daemon.
377 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
380 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
381 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
382 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
383 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
384 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
385 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
386 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
389 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
390 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
391 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
392 * Improved directory access module.
393 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
394 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
395 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
396 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
397 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
400 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
401 * mmsh streaming fixes.
402 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
405 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
406 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
407 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
410 * Improved session announcement system.
411 * Minimize threads usage by default.
412 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
413 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
414 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
415 * Improved transrater.
416 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
417 * New configuration system.
418 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
421 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
422 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
423 * Supports live streams and VoD.
424 * Supports scheduling.
425 * Telnet interface for vlm.
426 * HTTP interface for vlm.
429 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
430 - Ability to embed video output.
431 - Support for bitmap fonts.
432 - Lots of improvements.
433 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
434 - New design and set of icons.
435 - Ability to embed video output.
436 - Support for hotkeys.
437 - Support for bookmarks.
439 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
440 - Better hotkeys handling.
443 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
444 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
445 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
446 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
449 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
450 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
451 * Improved Windows installer.
457 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
458 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
460 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
461 ---------------------------------
464 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
465 * Playing MOD files is working now.
468 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
469 ---------------------------------
472 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
473 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
476 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
477 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
478 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
479 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
482 * Internal improvments
483 * Improved import/export
486 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
488 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
489 small and strange formats.
491 * New MOD audio demux.
492 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
493 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
494 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
495 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
498 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
499 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
500 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
506 * New opengl video output plugin.
509 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
510 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
512 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
513 ---------------------------------
516 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
517 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
518 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
519 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
520 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
521 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
522 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
523 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
526 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
531 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
532 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
533 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
534 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
535 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
536 * Reworked DVB tuning.
537 * Better Icecast support.
538 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
539 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
542 * Support for Theora video encoding.
543 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
544 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
545 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
546 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
547 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
548 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
551 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
552 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
553 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
554 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
555 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
556 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
557 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
558 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
559 * Preliminary RTP support.
560 * Fixes to SAP announces.
565 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
566 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
568 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
569 - Improvements and help in preferences
570 - New streaming wizard
571 - Revised Disc Open menu
573 - Improvements of the standard pages
574 - Support for new commands
575 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
578 * Many fixes to the SAP module
579 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
582 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
583 * Text subtitles autodetection.
584 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
585 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
586 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
587 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
588 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
589 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
590 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
593 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
595 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
596 * Support for Panther.
597 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
598 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
601 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
602 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
603 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
604 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
605 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
606 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
607 * Multimonitor support (untested).
608 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
611 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
612 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
613 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
616 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
619 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
620 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
621 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
622 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
624 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
625 ---------------------------------
628 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
631 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
632 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
635 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
636 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
639 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
642 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
643 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
646 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
649 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
652 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
653 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
656 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
657 ---------------------------------
660 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
661 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
665 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
666 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
667 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
669 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
670 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
673 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
676 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
679 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
680 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
683 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
684 ---------------------------------
687 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
688 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
692 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
693 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
694 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
695 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
696 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
699 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
700 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
701 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
704 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
705 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
706 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
709 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
710 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
711 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
712 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
713 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
716 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
717 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
718 * A new CORBA control plugin.
721 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
724 * Improved build system.
725 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
726 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
727 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
728 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
731 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
732 ---------------------------------
735 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
738 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
739 * Fixed large file support on Windows
740 * Video 4 Linux support
741 * CD Digital Audio support
742 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
745 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
746 * Support for OpenDML avi files
747 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
748 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
751 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
752 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
753 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
754 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
755 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
756 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
757 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
760 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
761 * New HTTP remote control interface
764 * 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.
765 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
766 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
767 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
770 * New reset option for the preferences
771 * You can set your language in the prefences
772 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
773 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
774 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
775 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
778 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
779 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
780 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
783 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
784 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
785 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
786 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
787 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
788 * New icons by Davor Orel.
789 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
790 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
791 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
792 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
795 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
796 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
797 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
798 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
799 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
800 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
801 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
804 * Interface localization
805 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
806 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
807 * New full-featured Preferences window
809 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
810 ---------------------------------
813 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
814 * support for skins at the interface level
815 * new OSD module using Freetype2
816 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
817 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
818 input level before dropping out of date frames.
819 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
822 * fixed HTTP redirects
823 * support for opening an entire directory
824 * EOF should be detected more reliably
825 * new video4linux access plug-in
826 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
829 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
830 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
831 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
834 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
835 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
836 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
837 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
838 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
839 * new codec for raw I420 video
840 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
843 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
844 (although it still misses some important features)
845 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
848 * new HTTP output support
849 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
850 * fixed AV synchronization issues
853 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
856 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
859 * reorderable playlist
860 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
861 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
862 * support for mono audio output devices
863 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
864 * fixed several cosmetic issues
865 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
866 * the messages window remembers more lines
867 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
868 * http and ogg stream output options
869 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
872 * new skinnable interface
873 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
875 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
876 * support for FLAC audio format
877 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
879 * network tab in the interface
880 * "apply" handling in preferences
883 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
884 ---------------------------------
887 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
888 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
889 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
890 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
892 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
896 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
897 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
898 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
899 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
902 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
903 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
906 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
909 * fixed the GNU-pth support
912 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
914 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
915 * rc interface is now fully useable
916 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
919 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
920 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
921 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
922 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
923 * VLC now uses the default audio device
925 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
926 * support for mouse gestures
927 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
930 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
931 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
934 * improved ID3 tag detection
935 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
936 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
937 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
939 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
942 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
943 ---------------------------------
946 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
947 English was set as the preferred language
950 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
951 --------------------------------
954 * new mouse gesture interface
955 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
959 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
960 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
961 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
964 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
965 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
969 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
972 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
973 without the user consent
976 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
978 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
979 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
980 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
983 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
984 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
985 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
986 * playlist enhancements
987 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
988 * new step forward/step backward commands
989 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
990 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
991 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
994 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
995 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
996 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
999 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1000 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1003 * native video output is working again
1004 * only commandline interface support
1005 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1008 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1009 --------------------------------
1012 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1013 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1014 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1015 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1016 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1017 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1018 and A/52 streams are supported)
1019 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1024 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1025 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1026 * VCD entry points support
1027 * VCD image file support
1030 * support for *.asf format
1031 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1032 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1033 * support for ogg encapsulation
1034 * support for raw DV format
1035 * support for *.wav format
1036 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1039 Stream discovery & playlists:
1040 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1041 * support for .m3u file format
1042 * support for .asx file format
1043 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1046 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1047 (only available with the .avi demux)
1048 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1049 * support for raw PCM data
1050 * support for Cinepak video codec
1051 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1052 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1053 * support for Xvid codec
1054 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1055 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1056 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1058 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1060 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1063 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1066 * new WxWindows interface
1067 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1068 device and the channels configuration
1069 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1070 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1071 format that VLC can play
1072 * new swedish translation
1073 * enhancements of the playlist window
1074 * new messages window to see debug info
1075 * fixed a few crashes
1078 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1079 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1080 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1081 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working