1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.78 2003/12/13 15:28:41 rocky Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
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7 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
8 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
9 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
10 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
11 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
12 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
13 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
16 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
21 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
22 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
23 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
24 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
25 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
26 * Reworked DVB tuning.
27 * Better Icecast support.
28 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
29 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
32 * Support for Theora video encoding.
33 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
34 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
35 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
36 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
37 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
38 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
41 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
42 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
43 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
44 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
45 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
46 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
47 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
48 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
49 * Preliminary RTP support.
50 * Fixes to SAP announces.
55 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
56 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
58 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
59 - Improvements and help in preferences
60 - New streaming wizard
61 - Revised Disc Open menu
63 - Improvements of the standard pages
64 - Support for new commands
65 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
68 * Many fixes to the SAP module
69 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
72 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
73 * Text subtitles autodetection.
74 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
75 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
76 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
77 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
78 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
79 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
80 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
83 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
85 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
86 * Support for Panther.
87 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
88 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
91 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
92 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
93 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
94 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
95 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
96 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
97 * Multimonitor support (untested).
98 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
101 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
102 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
103 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
106 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
109 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
110 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
111 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
112 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
114 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
115 ---------------------------------
118 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
121 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
122 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
125 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
126 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
129 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
132 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
133 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
136 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
139 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
142 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
143 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
146 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
147 ---------------------------------
150 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
151 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
155 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
156 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
157 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
159 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
160 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
163 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
166 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
169 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
170 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
173 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
174 ---------------------------------
177 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
178 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
182 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
183 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
184 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
185 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
186 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
189 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
190 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
191 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
194 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
195 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
196 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
199 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
200 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
201 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
202 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
203 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
206 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
207 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
208 * A new CORBA control plugin.
211 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
214 * Improved build system.
215 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
216 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
217 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
218 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
221 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
222 ---------------------------------
225 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
228 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
229 * Fixed large file support on Windows
230 * Video 4 Linux support
231 * CD Digital Audio support
232 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
235 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
236 * Support for OpenDML avi files
237 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
238 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
241 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
242 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
243 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
244 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
245 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
246 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
247 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
250 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
251 * New HTTP remote control interface
254 * 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.
255 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
256 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
257 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
260 * New reset option for the preferences
261 * You can set your language in the prefences
262 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
263 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
264 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
265 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
268 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
269 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
270 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
273 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
274 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
275 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
276 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
277 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
278 * New icons by Davor Orel.
279 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
280 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
281 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
282 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
285 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
286 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
287 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
288 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
289 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
290 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
291 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
294 * Interface localization
295 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
296 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
297 * New full-featured Preferences window
299 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
300 ---------------------------------
303 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
304 * support for skins at the interface level
305 * new OSD module using Freetype2
306 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
307 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
308 input level before dropping out of date frames.
309 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
312 * fixed HTTP redirects
313 * support for opening an entire directory
314 * EOF should be detected more reliably
315 * new video4linux access plug-in
316 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
319 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
320 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
321 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
324 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
325 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
326 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
327 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
328 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
329 * new codec for raw I420 video
330 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
333 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
334 (although it still misses some important features)
335 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
338 * new HTTP output support
339 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
340 * fixed AV synchronization issues
343 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
346 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
349 * reorderable playlist
350 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
351 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
352 * support for mono audio output devices
353 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
354 * fixed several cosmetic issues
355 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
356 * the messages window remembers more lines
357 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
358 * http and ogg stream output options
359 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
362 * new skinnable interface
363 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
365 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
366 * support for FLAC audio format
367 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
369 * network tab in the interface
370 * "apply" handling in preferences
373 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
374 ---------------------------------
377 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
378 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
379 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
380 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
382 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
386 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
387 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
388 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
389 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
392 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
393 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
396 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
399 * fixed the GNU-pth support
402 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
404 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
405 * rc interface is now fully useable
406 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
409 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
410 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
411 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
412 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
413 * VLC now uses the default audio device
415 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
416 * support for mouse gestures
417 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
420 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
421 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
424 * improved ID3 tag detection
425 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
426 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
427 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
429 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
432 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
433 ---------------------------------
436 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
437 English was set as the preferred language
440 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
441 --------------------------------
444 * new mouse gesture interface
445 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
449 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
450 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
451 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
454 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
455 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
459 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
462 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
463 without the user consent
466 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
468 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
469 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
470 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
473 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
474 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
475 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
476 * playlist enhancements
477 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
478 * new step forward/step backward commands
479 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
480 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
481 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
484 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
485 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
486 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
489 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
490 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
493 * native video output is working again
494 * only commandline interface support
495 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
498 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
499 --------------------------------
502 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
503 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
504 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
505 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
506 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
507 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
508 and A/52 streams are supported)
509 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
514 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
515 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
516 * VCD entry points support
517 * VCD image file support
520 * support for *.asf format
521 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
522 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
523 * support for ogg encapsulation
524 * support for raw DV format
525 * support for *.wav format
526 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
529 Stream discovery & playlists:
530 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
531 * support for .m3u file format
532 * support for .asx file format
533 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
536 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
537 (only available with the .avi demux)
538 * support for ADPCM audio codec
539 * support for raw PCM data
540 * support for Cinepak video codec
541 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
542 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
543 * support for Xvid codec
544 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
545 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
546 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
548 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
550 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
553 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
556 * new WxWindows interface
557 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
558 device and the channels configuration
559 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
560 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
561 format that VLC can play
562 * new swedish translation
563 * enhancements of the playlist window
564 * new messages window to see debug info
565 * fixed a few crashes
568 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
569 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
570 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
571 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working