1 Changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.0-git:
2 --------------------------------
5 * The licenses of more modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
8 * Partial fix of playback of short audio samples
9 * Add extensions download from external repositories
12 * Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access.
13 New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes.
14 * MMS audio selection on split audio streams
15 * Blu-Ray: support overlays, preferred menu languages, region selection and navigation
16 * Digital Cinema Package support
19 * Partial support for Voxware MetaSound
20 * libvpx decoder for VP8 and VP9
21 * Support MSN Audio, DK3, DK4, IMC, Vivo g723.1, Bink
22 * Teletext subtitles display improvements
23 * Mediacodec speed improvements on x86
24 * Support setting the post processing level in Theora
25 * OpenMax IL imrpovements, notably for RaspberryPi
26 * Fix channel ordering of LPCM codec in m2ts files
27 * New jpeg image decoder
30 * Support for MPEG-2 encoding using x262
31 * Support for HEVC/H.265 encoding using x265
32 * Support for Opus encoding using libopus
33 * New jpeg image encoder using libjpeg
36 * New CAF format module
37 * Important rework of the Ogg demuxer, notably for seeking
38 * Important rework of the ASF/WMV demuxer, notably for seeking
39 * Support microseconds in SubRip subtitles
40 * FLAC packets validation using CRC
43 * Basic support for WebVTT
44 * Handle support for ISO/IEC 14496-3 Audio stream type in TS
45 * Support HDPR TS files
46 * Improvements in metadata support in Ogg/Opus/Vorbis files
47 * Fix encoding issues in some XML playlist formats
48 * Support THP Wii/Gamecube, RenderWare and Escape Replay game video files
49 * New HEVC raw packetizer and demuxer
52 * Important rework of the Ogg muxer, notably for skeleton
53 * Fixes for the AVI muxer for specification respect
57 * Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration
58 * New CoreGraphics video output module for NPAPI plugins
59 * New CoreAnimation OpenGL video output module for NPAPI plugins
60 * New OpenGL ES 2.0 through EGL video output module for Android
61 * New Android native window provider module
62 * Direct rendering for MediaCodec Android hardware acceleration
63 * Support for loading HLSL shaders in Direct3D video output
66 * New Oldmovie effect filter
67 * New VHS effect filter
68 * New Freeze effect filter
69 * Support I422 and J422 in transform
70 * NEON optimizations for deinterleaving chroma, notably NV12->I420
73 * Allow setting volume while not connected with PulseAudio
76 * Important rework of the transcoding module to fix numerous bugs
77 * WebM streaming, including live sources, compatible with all major browsers
78 vlc <your-source> vlc://quit --sout '#transcode{vcodec=VP80,vb=1000,acodec=vorb,ab=128}
79 :std{access=http{mime=video/webm},mux=webm,dst=:4212}'
80 * GSM, VP8, Opus and JPEG RTP packetization
81 * HLS: Allow setting the first segment number and numerous improvements
82 * new stats module to output block timing values and md5 sums
83 * transcode module access fps values as rationals now, eg 30000/1001
86 * add equalizer API libvlc_audio_equalizer_* functions
87 * add libvlc_media_player_program_scrambled function
90 * Add a 3D OpenGL spectrum visualization.
91 * Allow setting the FFT windowing style for 3D and normal spectrum
94 * Add support for subtitles drag 'n drop in skins2
97 * New module for TLS on OS X and iOS
100 * ios video output: use ios2
101 * OpenMash H.261 video decoder
102 * dirac encoder: use schroedinger
105 Changes between 2.1.0 and 2.1.1:
106 --------------------------------
109 * Fix random and reshuffling behaviour
111 * Fix some subtitles track selection
114 * VP9 support in WebM
115 * HEVC/H.265 support in MKV, MP4 and raw files
116 * Fix GPU decoding under Windows (DxVA2) crashes
119 * Fix crashes on wav, mlp and mkv and modplug files
120 * Support Speex in ogg files
121 * Fix some .mov playlists support
122 * Support Alac in mkv
123 * Fix WMV3 and palette in AVI
124 * Fix FLAC packetizer issues in some files
127 * Fix DVB options parsing
128 * Fix DeckLink HDMI input
129 * Fix HTTPS connectivity on OS X by loading root certificates from Keychain
132 * Fixes for DirectSound pass-through
133 * Fixes for OSS output, notably on BSD
136 * Fix HTTP interface infinite loop
137 * Fix D-Bus volume setting
140 * Reinstore right click subtitle menu to open a subtitle
141 * Fix saving the hotkeys in preferences
142 * Fix saving the audio volume on Win32, using DirectSound
143 * Fix play after drag'n drop
144 * Fix streaming options edition and scale parameter
147 * Fix transcoding audio drift issues
148 * Fix numerous audio encoding issues
151 * Important rewrite to fix numerous bugs, notably about updates
152 * Simplification of the upgrade mechanism
155 * Reintroduce the language selector known from pre-2.1 releases
156 * Fix fullscreen behaviour and various crashes
157 * Fix about dialog crash in Japanese
158 * Fix crashes on proxy lookups
159 * Fixes on the playlist and information behaviours
160 * Fixes on the streaming dialogs
161 * Improves interface resizings
164 * Update of Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French,
165 Galician, Gujarati, Hindi, hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
166 Lithuanian, Marathi, Modern Greek, Norwegian Bokmål, Occitan, Persian,
167 Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish,
168 Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
172 Changes between 2.0.9 and 2.1.0:
173 --------------------------------
176 * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
177 * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based Macs; VLC now requires Mac OS X 10.6+
178 Moreover, the official builds will be 64bit only
179 * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed; to tune
180 compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually
182 3rd party libraries (contrib):
183 * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a cleaner build system in /contrib
186 * Audio core rewrite, supporting higher samplerates, better volume management,
187 better device selection, new channel layouts and new output capabilities
188 * Fix support for .001, .00x split files on Windows
189 * Full support for UNICODE Windows mode
190 * Disable and mark obsolete --language selection
193 * Partial support for Windows Store App / WinRT
194 * Add an audio fingerprinter, using AcoustID!
198 * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec
199 * Numerous improvements on the OpenMAX IL codec module
200 * Support for Ulead DV audio
201 * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen,
202 Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) and 2 (MSS2)
203 * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless
204 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder
205 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Android Jelly Bean using MediaCodec
206 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Linux using VDPAU
207 * Support for SCTE-27 subtitles
208 * Split G.711 decoder from Araw decoder
209 * X Window system raster image dump pseudo-decoder
210 * Support for Webinar GoToMeeting 4 (G2M4)
213 * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
214 * QuickSyncVideo Encoding (Intel Media SDK) support using Intel GPU on Windows
215 * New AAC encoder using the fdk-aac library (non-free)
218 * Screen: add support for OS X Lion and later,
219 remove support for previous OS X releases
220 * Major improvements in DASH support
221 * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
222 * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module
223 * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
224 * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developed by Viotech.net
225 * NTSC EIA-608 closed caption input support via V4L2 VBI devices
226 * Add support for VNC/rfb in view only mode
227 * Add support for Remote Desktop/RDP in view only mode
228 * Timecode: generate a clock/timecode as a subtitle track
229 vlc video.mkv --input-slave timecode:// --timecode-fps 30/1001
230 * New video capture module for OS X based on AVFoundation, named AVcapture
231 * New shared memory framebuffer access module, named shm
234 * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
235 * Vorbis: better support for metadata and cover art
236 * AVI: better support for tags and extended metadata
237 * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI
238 * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio
239 * Support for total number of tracks in major container
240 * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV
241 * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras
242 * Support for more MJPEG streams
243 * Add support for liveleak streams
244 * Add support for Wave/RF64 files
245 * Prevent numerous uncaught exceptions in MKV
246 * Add protection against several potential heap buffer overflow in libebml
249 * Windows Audio Session API audio output support
250 * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
251 * Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES audio output
252 * Android AudioTrack audio output support
253 * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1, 7.1, 8.0 and 8.1 playback and layouts
254 * Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4
255 * OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices
256 This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH
257 distributing such devices under the brand "TASCAM" (US-122, US-144, etc.).
258 * Rewrite of the AudioQueue output for iOS (and OS X)
259 * New, simplified AudioUnit output for iOS
262 * New remapping channel filter
263 * New filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
264 * New VSXu visualization plugin
265 * ARM NEON acceleration of volume filter
266 * Rewrite of the simple downmixer filter
267 * New gain audio filter
270 * New output for Decklink Blackmagic cards
271 * New output using OpenMAX IL hardware acceleration API
272 * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
273 * OpenGLES: add support for color conversation shaders on Android and iOS
274 * Fix and enable the OpenGL ES1 and ES2 outputs
275 * Support for subpictures in the OpenGL ES2 output
276 * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
277 * New output module for iOS using OpenGL ES2
278 * Fix performance issue on Macs with multiple graphics cards
281 * New anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
282 anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images
283 * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats
284 and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits)
285 * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats
286 * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters
287 * ARM NEON acceleration of chroma filters
290 * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
291 * Options support for AVIO output module
292 * Livehttp places more accurate segments durations in playlist
293 * Livehttp allows setting cachin-variable in playlist
294 * Livehttp stream encryption support
295 * Livehttp supports changing encryption key and uri on segment change with key-loadfile option
296 * Added chromaprint based audio fingerprinting
299 * Add AcoustID/Musicbrainz based fingerprinter
302 * configurable password for the HTTP server
303 * .hosts removed from the HTTP server
304 * fix Lua command line interface console mode under Windows
305 * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
306 * Hotkey support for TS program selection
307 * Rewrite of D-Bus inhibit interface
308 * Improvements on motion sensing interface, fix orientation, move out
309 rotate mode into the rotate video filter
313 * Support for multiple UPnP resources on a single item
316 * Add support for multiple video outputs
317 * Add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
319 * Add a GUI to manage podcasts
320 * Add a new panel for media conversation and streaming
321 * Add a GUI for the QTSound access input to process audio captured locally
322 - This also allows to capture input from a webcam and a mic at the same time
323 * Add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
324 * Add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
325 VLC's internal volume level
326 * Add a new Subtitles menu to change Subtitles and their properties during
328 * Add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current
329 selection and to manage the list of presets
330 * Add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep
331 multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters
332 * Support for pausing iTunes during media playback with VLC
333 * Add support for video filters to clone the video output or split it in parts
334 * Add A->B loop feature known from the Qt interface
335 * Add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
336 * Add an option to show next / previous buttons
337 * Add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
338 * Add an option to hide the audio effects button (default enabled)
339 * Add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
341 * Add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
342 * Add an option to play videos as a desktop background
343 * Add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side
344 * improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
345 * rewrite of minimal macosx module for use within VLCKit
346 * Add support for 'macosx-autoplay' to the Apple Event / Apple Script bindings
347 when adding new inputs - this also affects network streams opened through
348 3rd party applications
349 * Add a UI to the preferences dialog to configure the default application
350 handler for ftp, mms, rtmp, rtp, rtsp, sftp, smb and udp streams
351 (system-wide settings)
352 * Add support for the Video Title option
353 * Add support for the Boss Key
354 * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
355 deprecated now and will be removed in a future release
358 * Partial support for Qt5.0
359 * Menus modifications and improvements
360 * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
361 * Streaming output wizard rewrite
362 * Add bitrate graph in information panels
363 * Filters panels improvements, notably Equalizer and Compressor
364 * EPG display fixes and improvements
365 * Add SD pixmap sources
366 * Preferences hotkeys management fixes
367 * Display playlist total duration
368 * Support for a Maximum volume in the UI
369 * Add audio track fingerprinting from media info
370 * New profiles format and dialog to handle filters and quality
375 * Extend sliders, offsets options
376 * New bitmaps caching mechanism
377 * Numerous fixes and improvements
378 * Skinning of the Fullscreen controller
381 * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions
382 to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname
383 and libvlc_audio_output_device_id
384 * libvlc_audio_output_get_device_type and libvlc_audio_output_set_device_type are now deprecated
385 * new libvlc_media_tracks_get and libvlc_media_tracks_release methods to get more info about the
386 media tracks. libvlc_media_get_tracks_info is now deprecated.
387 * new fingerprinter_Create and fingerprinter_Destroy for fingerprinter support
388 * new libvlc_log_set, libvlc_log_set_file, libvlc_log_unset, libvlc_log_get_context and
389 libvlc_log_get_object for a better logger mechanism
390 * new libvlc_set_app_id to complement libvlc_set_user_agent to set the icons
393 * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
394 * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
395 * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
396 * PVR: IVTV analog TV encoder - use V4L instead
397 * RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead
398 * RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead
400 * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
401 * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
402 * Nokia/Maemo MCE screen unblanking plugin
403 * Broken crop video filter
405 * OSD parser and menu
406 * Xscreensaver: use xdg-screensaver
407 * Removed DLL loader for non-Windows Operating Systems
408 * SQL Media Library (broken and unmaintained)
409 * SQL Lite (only used as SQL Media library backend)
413 * Update of all translations
416 Changes between 2.0.8 and 2.0.9:
417 --------------------------------
420 * Improve handling of corrupt ASF files
421 * Fix buffer overflow in the mp4a packetizer
424 * Fix modplug security issues
427 Changes between 2.0.7 and 2.0.8:
428 --------------------------------
432 * Fix crash in QTsound
433 * Fix screen mouse file location
434 * Fix invalid memcpy in MMS access
437 * Fix use after free in sgimb
438 * Improve resistance and checking against malformed MKV files
441 * Fix crash in the libavcodec module
444 * Fix interface crashes
445 * Fix autostart playback option
446 * Respect "playlist-autostart" option
449 * update Welsh translation
450 * New Kannada translation
453 Changes between 2.0.6 and 2.0.7:
454 --------------------------------
457 * Fix playback termination when switching ES tracks (PowerPC only)
458 * Fix memory exhaustion vulnerability when playing specifically crafted
462 * Fix WMA Pro, MPEG 4 ALS, APE, MLP and ADPCM-IMA4 playback
465 * Fix audio encoding for numerous codecs, notably mp3 and aac
468 * Fix noticeable memory leak when creating AVI files
471 * Fix crash when using libvlc in 3rd party applications (Mac only)
475 * Fix issue which could lead to loss of media files created through transcoding
478 * Fix two xss vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-3565)
481 * Update Basque, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Portuguese, Norwegian Bokmål,
482 Burmese, Lithuanian, Italian, Hindi, Spanish, German, Czech, Danish, Welsh translations
483 * New Azerbaijani, Kirgyz, Oriya translations
486 Changes between 2.0.5 and 2.0.6:
487 --------------------------------
490 * Fix HTTPS playback with some certificates previously rejected
493 * Improve lookup of human readable device names in AUHAL plugin (OS X)
496 * Fix crash with broken asf files (SA-1302)
497 * Fix MKV behaviour with unknown or new ebml elements
498 * Fix use-after-free crash in Ogg demuxer, found by Tomi Juntunen
499 * Fix regression on some paletted codecs in AVI
500 * Fix ALAC in mp4 regression
501 * Improvements to the vimeo playlist parser
504 * Fix GPU decoding on Intel HD 2000/3000 cards on Windows
505 * Fix FLAC 6.1 and 7.1 channel layout
506 * Fix crashes in HTML srt subtitles
507 * 3rd party codecs updates
510 * Fix subtitle rendering resolution when using OS X's native fullscreen mode
511 * Improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
512 * Fix listing of the lua interfaces (web, telnet and console)
513 in the advanced preferences panel
514 * Fix spatializer audio filter panel
515 * Fix crash within the video output code
516 * Fix BDMV folder selection issue on OS X Mountain Lion, which treats such
517 folders as a AVCHD file as soon as they include an item named INDEX.BDM
518 * Fix bug which caused a hidden fullscreen panel
519 * Fix various minor UI drawing issues (main window, fullscreen controller,
521 * Allow VLC to be associated with .dvdmedia packages
524 * Fix clearing of Media Info panel on dialog exit
527 * Numerous D-Bus and MPRIS2 improvements
528 * Reject broken versions of PulseAudio
531 * Fix uninstallation in different location than C:\
534 * Update of Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Portuguese,
535 Japanese, Italian, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish, Czech, Catalan, Bosnian,
536 Asturian, French, Romanian, Serbian, Russian, Hindi, Estonian, German
537 Slovenian Norwegian Bokmål, Khmer, Icelandic, Interlingua, Welsh, Ukrainian,
538 Dutch, Danish, translations
539 * New Gujarati, Aragonese translations
542 Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5:
543 --------------------------------
546 * Fix DVB-S delivery system detection
549 * Fix playback initial synchronization with PulseAudio
550 (however similar bugs in PulseAudio version 2.0 and later still exist)
551 * Fix file output bug affecting floating point on big endian systems
554 * Fix crash with some embedded subtitle fonts
555 * Fix buffer overflow in HTML subtitles parser
556 * Fix koreus lua parser
557 * Improve reliability for RTSP streams sent by some IP cameras
558 * Fix division by 0 in AIFF demuxer
559 * Fix some MKV crashes when ordered editions have empty or broken links
560 * Fix SWF potential crash on malformed files.
563 * Fix crash in Freetype with embedded fonts
564 * Fix wrong aspect ratio in some cases
567 * Fix Mpeg-2 audio and video encoders initialization
570 * Fix Reveal-in-Finder for files with non-Western file names
571 * Fix crash with local statistics disabled
572 * Fix Time counter UI look
573 * Fix system sleep issue on OS X 10.5
576 * Fix https streaming
579 * Fix audio and video track selection:
580 The constant track identifier is now always used. Some functions previously
581 incorrectly used the (moving) index of the track in the table of tracks.
584 * Update of Asturian, Bengali (India), Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
585 Dutch, Estonian, French, Galician, Scottish Gaelic, German, Hebrew,
586 Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Malayalam, Polish, Slovak, Simplified Chinese,
587 Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Thai translations
588 * Initial translations for Welsh and Interlingua
591 Changes between 2.0.3 and 2.0.4:
592 --------------------------------
595 * Improve playback synchronization with PulseAudio.
596 * Fix ALSA digital pass-through ("S/PDIF").
597 * Fix live audio device selection on Mac OS X
598 * Fix detection of some 5.1 and 7.1 kits on Windows.
599 * Fix audio output behavior when the output device is plugged or unplugged
600 during playback on Mac OS X
603 * Fix numerous DVD (dvdnav) crashes
604 * Fix HTTP playback through proxy and advertise gzip correctly
605 * Fix TLS busy-loop during client-side handshake
608 * Support for Opus decoding via libopus, including multi-channel files
609 * Support MSS1 and MSS2 decoding through DMO libraries
610 * Fix Hebrew and Greek subtitles encoding
611 * Fix crashes on malformed subtitles and malformed png files
612 * Fix crashes when using hardware decoding
615 * Fix issues in Ogg with zero length packets
616 * Fix file duration of Ogg/Theora and Ogg/Vorbis files
617 * Fix vimeo, koreus and youtube lua parsers
618 * Support Youtube live streams
621 * Fix Wallpaper mode on Windows 7/8
624 * Fix media info dialog update
625 * Fix random/repeat preferences saving
626 * Fix crashes when opening audio effects dialog, with skins and playlist
627 * Fix crash on association dialog on Windows XP
628 * Fix album art display at start
631 * Fix command-line options to control the interface behavior
632 * Deactivate CoreAnimation effects on Leopard
633 * Fix menus display and behavior
634 * Fix various crashes and small issues including bookmarks, playlist, buttons,
635 streaming wizard, video size, hotkeys and fullscreen controller
636 * Fix font selection for Unicode subtitles
637 * Improve system sleep behavior when playing audio-only media. The screen is
638 allowed to sleep while the system is kept awake during playback.
639 * Fix code signing of Delete Preferences application
640 * Add option to Audio Effects panel to activate the Karaoke filter
643 * Fix Notify (D-Bus) plugin deadlock.
644 * Fix buffer corruption in freetype and subtitles modules
645 * Improve Blu-Ray and HLS support
646 * Fix issues on selection of playlist items for WebUI
647 * Codec and other 3rd party library updates
648 * Fix swscale and canvas behavior with Aspect Ratio
649 * Fix mime-type when streaming Webm over HTTP
650 * Fix recording behaviour in Windows network environments
651 * Codecs and 3rd party libary updates
654 * Updates of Norwegian Bokmål, Korean, Slovak, Serbian, Russian, Traditional
655 Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Walloon, Turkish, Thai, Polish,
656 Dutch, Khmer, Hindi, Japanese, Galician, Hebrew, German, Breton, Scottish
657 Gaelic, Czech, Estonian translations
658 * Initial translations for Bengali, Fula, Gujarati and Bosnian
661 Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3:
662 --------------------------------
665 * Fix some HTTP request that broke some radio channels
668 * Fix support for some flv files (notably joined)
669 * Fix a crash when opening ape files with ID3v1 tags
672 * Add GateKeeper support
673 * Fix handling for some hotkeys
674 * Fix fullscreen toggle over extra interfaces
675 * Minor bugfixes and improvements
678 * Fix Windows 8 interface style
681 * Updates for Breton, Czech, Dutch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic,
682 Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian,
683 Thai, Turkish and Walloon
684 * New translations to Uzbek and Marathi
685 * Fix activation of Gaelic and Thai translations
688 Changes between 2.0.1 and 2.0.2:
689 --------------------------------
692 * XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, like in previous versions.
693 There were too many errors with broken drivers.
694 * More accurate colourspaces conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL
695 * Add menu support for libvlc / VLCKit applications on Mac OS X
696 * Various fixes on Mac OS X, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support
697 * Misc fixes in OpenGL module, on all platforms
698 * Fix video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500,
699 an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra.
700 * Fix video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped
701 with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later.
702 * Add support for the HiDPI mode used on recent Apple products with so-called
706 * Rework Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C should work again
707 * Fixes for RAR compressed files
708 * Fix DirectShow crashes on exit
709 * Improve PulseAudio input latency
710 * Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy
711 * v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264)
712 * Fix subtitles auto-detection in subfolders and detection behaviour
713 * IE http proxy is not used anymore by VLC on Win32
714 * Accept more extensions for DVD images
715 * Fix crash in VC1 packetizer
716 * Improvements in Blu-Ray playback
717 * Improvements and fixes in HLS support
720 * Fix crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams
721 * Fix compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions
723 * Fix MP3 free format support
726 * Fixes for MKV segments, seeking and MKV title display
727 * Fix for some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes
728 * Fix for Real .ram, .f4v, .avi and .ra files support
729 * Fix for DVB channels file support
730 * Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4
733 * Fix for MPEG Audio encoding, use layer2 when using fourcc "mp2 " and "mp2a"
734 * Fix for JPEG generation, when doing snapshots
736 Audio filters and output:
737 * Limitation of spatializer volume output
738 * Fix DirectSound device selection
739 * Correct PulseAudio volume control
740 * Do not apply volume in file output
741 * Fix sampling rate in JACK output
742 * Fixes in ALSA output for latency and for broken drivers
745 * Enable drag and drop of playlist items between the temporary playlist and
746 the persistant media library
747 * Enable import of playlist items taken from the service discovery modules
748 to the media library or the temporary playlist
749 * Media key support for keyboards by other manufacturers than Apple
750 This fix was facilitated through a hardware donation by ZF Friedrichshafen AG
751 manufacturing keyboards under the brand "Cherry".
752 * Add support for the Apple Remote to set the Mac to sleep using a longer
753 press on the Play/Pause button
754 * Remove libfontconfig's font cache by an Apple Type Services lookup.
755 This removes the "Updating Cache" dialog, before finding all fonts.
756 * Re-add an option to hide the window decoration during video playback
757 * Improve compatibility with other 3rd party apps using SPMediaKeyTap
758 * Many Fullscreen fixes
759 * Keep Aspect Ratio when resizing is back
760 * Add controls to manipulate the Subtitles Duration to the Track
761 Synchronization panel
762 * Hidden items in the sidebar are being retained for the next launch now
763 * Fix crash when trying to open an Audio CD by drag & drop
764 * Improve reliability when opening DVDs or BDs by drag & drop
765 * Fix crashes on exit
766 * Fix crash when mounting a device with multiple logical volumes while
768 * Chosen audio output device is retained throughout multiple sessions
769 * Since running the Mac OS X interface as an Extra Interface or Control
770 Interface can lead to undefined results, eventual settings will be
771 automatically reset on the first launch.
772 - This fixes issues with unresponsive playback controls and crashes on quit.
773 * Update Growl plugin for use with Growl 1.3
774 * Miscellaneous minor interface improvements
777 * Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues
778 * Fixes for icecast SD
781 * Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows
782 * Fix playlist search and selector behaviour
783 * Fix multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog
784 * Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog
785 * Fix tags and file names display
786 * Fix various crashes, display issues and usability issues
789 * Fix mousewheel on Windows
790 * Fix for key events and focus loss
793 * Fix display of some buttons
794 * Fix listing of files in the Open interface
795 * Fixes for widgets behaviour and vlm dialog
798 * Fix Ogg Heap buffer overflow
799 * Update taglib (CVE-2012-2396)
800 * Update libavcodec and other codecs libraries
803 * Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer,
804 Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish,
805 Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukrainian,
806 Thai translations update
807 * New Scottish Gaelic translation
810 Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1:
811 --------------------------------
814 * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
815 * fix the samba module compilation
816 * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
817 * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
818 * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
819 * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives
822 * Support for MXPEG files
823 * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
824 * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams
827 * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
828 * Fix a crash when seeking in mka
829 * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support
832 * Fix ogm header creation
835 * limit spatializer filter distortions
836 * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module
839 * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
840 * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection.
841 The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
842 * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X
845 * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform
848 * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
849 * allow to hide the sidebar
850 * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading
851 - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
852 * noticebly faster launch time
853 * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
854 * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
855 * improve track synchronization panel
856 * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
857 * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu
860 * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
861 * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar
862 the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
863 * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts
866 * fix for menus display
867 * Addition of $R to display current playback speed
868 * documentation update
871 * fix mobiles display for remote control mode
872 * support for .drc and .3ga extensions
875 * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
876 * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
877 * Update Jamendo selections
881 * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
882 * fix a crash on VLM close
885 * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
886 * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
887 * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201 - CVE-2012-1775)
888 * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202 - CVE-2012-1776)
891 * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations
894 Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0:
895 ---------------------------------
898 * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
899 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
900 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
901 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
902 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
903 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
904 - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
905 - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
906 - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
907 - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
908 All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
909 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
910 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
911 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
912 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
913 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
914 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
915 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
916 --http-crl (optional CRL).
917 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
918 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
919 * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
920 output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
921 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
922 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
923 * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines.
925 Important changes for packagers:
926 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
927 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
928 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
929 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
930 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
931 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
932 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
933 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
934 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
935 * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
938 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
939 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs
940 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
941 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
942 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
943 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
944 * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64.
947 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
948 * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module
949 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
950 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
951 * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
952 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
953 * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray
954 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
955 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
956 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
957 * PulseAudio audio input support
958 * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
959 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
960 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
961 * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture
962 * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound
963 * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input
964 * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
965 * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
968 * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
969 on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
970 are notably concerned.
971 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
972 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
973 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
974 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
975 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
976 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
977 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
978 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
979 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
980 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
981 * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits
982 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
983 * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
984 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
985 * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
988 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
989 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
990 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
991 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
992 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
993 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
994 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
995 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
996 * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
997 * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
998 * Improved support of tracker files
999 * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat
1002 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
1003 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
1004 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
1005 * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar
1006 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
1007 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
1008 and important cleanups and optimisations
1009 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
1010 It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style)
1011 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
1012 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
1013 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
1014 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
1015 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
1016 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
1017 * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions
1018 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
1019 * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
1020 -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
1021 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
1022 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
1023 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
1024 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
1025 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
1026 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
1027 * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
1028 * Qt: preferences are now searchable
1029 * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom
1032 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
1033 * New video output for iOS platform
1034 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
1035 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
1036 * Various vmem improvements
1037 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
1038 chroma conversion between YUV and RGB
1039 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
1040 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
1041 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
1042 * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
1044 Audio Output and Filters:
1045 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
1046 * New audio output in memory (amem)
1047 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
1048 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
1049 * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
1050 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
1051 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
1052 * New simplistic Karaoke filter
1053 * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
1054 * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
1057 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
1058 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
1059 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
1060 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels
1061 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
1062 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
1063 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
1064 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
1065 * New anti-flickering filter
1066 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
1067 * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
1068 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
1069 blackbox and customizable shadow.
1070 NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
1071 the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
1072 The Win32 font selection was improved too.
1075 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
1076 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
1077 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
1078 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
1079 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
1080 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
1081 * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP
1082 * Major rework of VoD support
1083 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
1084 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
1085 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
1086 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
1087 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
1088 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
1089 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
1090 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
1091 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
1092 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
1095 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
1096 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
1099 * New capabilities for libVLC:
1100 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
1101 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
1102 list of available audio and video filters
1103 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
1104 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
1105 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
1108 * asademux, subsass: use libass
1109 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
1110 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
1111 * id3tag: use taglib
1112 * upnp: use upnp_intel
1113 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
1114 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
1115 * removal of the noise filter
1116 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
1117 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
1118 removed in Growl's next release, too.
1119 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
1122 * Update of translations for most languages.
1123 * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations.
1126 Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13:
1127 ----------------------------------
1130 * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed.
1131 * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface.
1134 * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix.
1135 * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery.
1138 * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC).
1139 * XVideo support for automatic color keying.
1140 * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix.
1143 * Camtasia decoding fix.
1146 * Rare crash while seeking fixed.
1147 * V4L2 video standard selection fixed.
1150 * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages.
1153 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
1154 ----------------------------------
1157 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
1158 including support for OS X Lion
1159 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
1160 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
1163 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
1166 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
1167 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
1168 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
1171 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
1174 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
1175 ----------------------------------
1178 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
1179 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
1182 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
1183 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
1184 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
1185 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
1186 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
1188 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
1189 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
1190 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
1192 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
1193 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
1196 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
1199 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
1202 * Fix quitting on Linux
1203 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
1207 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
1210 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
1213 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
1214 ---------------------------------
1216 Windows and Mac OS X:
1217 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
1220 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
1221 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
1224 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
1227 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
1230 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
1232 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1233 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
1235 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
1236 * RTP output and XML export
1237 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
1241 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
1242 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
1243 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
1244 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
1247 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
1248 --------------------------------
1250 Windows and Mac OS X:
1251 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
1254 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
1257 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
1258 * Improve Apple Remote handling
1259 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
1260 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
1261 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
1262 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
1265 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
1266 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
1270 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
1271 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
1272 * New Luganda Translation
1275 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
1276 --------------------------------
1279 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
1282 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
1283 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
1284 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
1285 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
1288 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
1290 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
1291 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
1292 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
1293 * mp4 demuxer improvements
1294 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
1295 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
1296 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
1297 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
1299 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1300 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
1301 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
1302 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
1303 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
1304 * Configure and build system improvements
1305 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
1308 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
1309 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
1310 * New icelandic translation
1313 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
1314 --------------------------------
1317 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
1318 #234484 and #260719.
1321 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
1322 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
1323 and stability reasons
1326 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
1330 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
1333 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
1334 ----------------------------------
1337 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
1340 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
1341 ---------------------------------
1344 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
1345 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
1346 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
1347 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
1350 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
1353 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
1354 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
1355 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
1356 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
1359 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
1360 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
1361 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
1363 Subtitles and renderer:
1364 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
1365 * Mark more freetype options as safe
1366 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
1367 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
1368 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
1371 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
1372 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
1373 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
1374 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
1377 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
1378 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
1380 Miscellaneous fixes:
1381 * KDE device solid actions
1383 * Transcode integer overflow
1384 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
1385 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
1388 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
1389 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
1390 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
1393 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
1394 ----------------------------------
1397 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
1401 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
1404 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
1407 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
1408 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
1409 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
1410 * Taglib thread-safety fix
1413 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
1417 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
1420 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
1423 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
1424 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
1426 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
1430 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
1431 * Miscellaneous fixes
1434 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
1435 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
1436 French and Ukrainian
1437 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
1438 * New Asturian translation
1441 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
1442 ----------------------------------
1445 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
1447 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
1450 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
1453 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
1454 * Various fixes for Windows
1457 * New Armenian translation
1458 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
1459 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
1462 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
1463 --------------------------------
1466 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
1467 See VideoLAN-SA-1005
1468 * Fix folders opening from the interface
1471 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukrainian
1472 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
1475 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
1476 --------------------------------
1478 Access and demuxers:
1479 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
1480 * fix for podcasts parsing
1481 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
1484 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
1485 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
1488 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
1489 * fix m3u playlists exports
1492 * fix video autoresize behaviour
1495 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
1498 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
1501 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
1504 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
1507 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
1508 --------------------------------
1511 * Avformat fps displaying fix
1512 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
1515 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
1516 of mono streams, especially on Windows
1519 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
1520 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
1521 * fix console output encoding
1523 Interface and extensions:
1524 * Youtube and other scripts updates
1525 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
1528 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
1529 --------------------------------
1532 * New capabilities for libVLC:
1533 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
1534 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
1535 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
1536 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
1537 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
1538 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
1539 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
1540 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
1541 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
1542 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
1543 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
1544 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
1545 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
1546 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
1547 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
1551 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
1552 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
1553 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
1554 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
1555 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
1558 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
1561 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
1562 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
1563 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
1567 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
1570 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
1571 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
1572 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
1575 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
1576 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
1577 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
1578 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
1581 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
1582 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
1585 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
1586 --------------------------------
1588 Important changes for users:
1589 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
1590 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
1592 Important changes for packagers:
1593 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
1594 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
1595 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
1596 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
1597 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
1599 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
1601 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
1602 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
1603 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
1604 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
1605 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
1608 * Support for the sftp protocol
1609 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
1610 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
1611 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
1612 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
1613 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
1616 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
1617 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
1618 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
1620 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
1621 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
1622 * Invmem module improvements
1623 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
1624 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
1625 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
1626 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
1627 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
1628 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
1629 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
1630 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
1631 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
1632 * Support for VP8 codec
1633 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
1636 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
1637 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
1638 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
1639 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
1640 * Various EGP improvements
1641 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
1642 * Metadata and cover art improvements
1645 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
1646 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
1647 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
1648 * Podcast images are now displayed
1651 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
1652 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
1653 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
1654 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
1655 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
1656 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
1657 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
1658 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
1659 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
1660 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
1661 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
1664 * New content extensions lua framework
1667 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
1668 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
1669 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
1670 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
1671 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
1672 * NEON assembly audio converter module
1673 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
1676 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
1677 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
1678 * Service discovery based on libudev
1679 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
1682 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
1683 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
1684 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
1685 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
1686 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
1687 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
1688 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
1691 * New smem module, streaming to memory
1692 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
1693 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
1696 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
1698 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
1699 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
1702 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
1705 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
1706 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
1707 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
1708 by Andy Matuschak et al.
1709 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
1710 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
1711 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
1714 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
1715 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
1718 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
1719 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
1720 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
1724 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
1725 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
1726 * Improved Solaris port
1729 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
1730 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
1733 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
1734 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
1735 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
1736 * transrate: broken since too long
1737 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
1738 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
1739 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
1740 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
1741 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
1742 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
1743 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
1744 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
1745 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
1746 * cddax: use cdda instead.
1747 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
1748 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
1749 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
1750 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
1753 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
1754 --------------------------------
1757 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
1759 Decoders/Packetizers:
1760 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
1763 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
1764 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
1765 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
1766 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
1767 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
1770 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
1771 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
1774 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
1775 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
1778 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
1779 and Walloon translations updated
1780 * Sinhala translation started
1783 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
1784 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
1787 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
1788 --------------------------------
1791 * SubRip extra styles improvements
1792 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
1795 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
1798 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
1799 increase performance and fix x264 issues
1802 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
1803 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
1804 Russian, Slovak translation updates
1805 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
1808 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
1809 --------------------------------
1812 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
1813 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
1816 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
1817 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
1820 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
1821 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
1824 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
1827 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
1828 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
1831 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
1832 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
1835 * New Walloon translation
1836 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
1839 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
1840 --------------------------------
1843 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
1844 regressions in most popular drivers
1845 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
1848 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
1849 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
1850 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
1853 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
1854 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
1857 * Update for appletrailers lua script
1858 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
1859 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
1860 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
1861 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
1864 * New udev module for linux
1867 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
1870 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
1873 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
1874 --------------------------------
1877 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
1878 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
1879 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
1882 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
1883 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
1886 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
1887 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
1890 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
1893 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
1894 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
1895 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
1896 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
1899 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
1900 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
1901 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
1902 - no support for Goom and SDL
1903 - limited text rendering support
1904 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
1907 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
1908 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
1909 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
1910 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
1911 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
1912 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
1913 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
1914 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
1915 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
1919 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
1922 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
1925 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
1926 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
1927 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
1928 Arabic and French translation updates
1931 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
1932 --------------------------------
1935 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
1936 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
1937 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
1938 * Fix Dailymotion access script
1939 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
1940 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
1943 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
1944 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1945 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1948 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
1949 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
1950 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
1953 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
1956 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
1957 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
1960 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
1961 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
1962 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1963 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
1964 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
1965 * Fix various crashes
1968 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
1970 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
1974 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
1975 ---------------------------------
1979 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
1980 See 'Access:' for more info.
1981 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
1984 * Instantaneous pausing
1985 * Frame-by-Frame playback
1986 * Finer speed control
1987 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
1988 * Timeshift for most medias
1989 * RTSP trickplay support
1990 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
1993 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
1994 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
1995 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
1996 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
1997 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
1998 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
1999 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
2000 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
2001 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
2002 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
2005 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
2006 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
2007 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
2008 * Metadata for mod files are supported
2009 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
2010 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
2011 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
2014 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
2015 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
2018 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
2019 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
2020 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
2021 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
2022 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
2023 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
2024 * DVB scanning on linux
2025 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
2026 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
2027 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
2028 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
2029 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
2030 * MTP device access on Unix
2031 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
2032 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
2035 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
2036 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
2037 Windows and Mac OS X.
2040 * Export the playlist in HTML
2041 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
2042 * Better metadata handling and reading
2044 Linux/Windows interface:
2045 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
2046 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
2047 * Recently played items list
2048 * Interface toolbar customizations
2049 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
2050 - More menus actions
2051 - Finer speed slider
2052 - Improvements on many dialogs
2053 - New dialog for plugins listing
2054 - Fixed-size mode for videos
2055 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
2056 * Better integration in GTK environments
2059 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
2060 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
2061 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
2062 * Additional usability improvements
2065 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
2066 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
2067 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
2068 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
2069 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
2072 * New Maemo port with:
2073 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
2074 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
2077 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
2080 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
2081 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
2082 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
2083 * Support for latest iSight models
2086 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
2087 * Surround support for PulseAudio
2090 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
2091 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
2092 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
2093 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
2094 The old image video output has been removed.
2095 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
2096 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
2099 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
2107 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
2108 --------------------------------------
2114 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
2115 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
2116 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
2117 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
2118 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
2119 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
2120 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
2122 Various fixes to the following modules:
2125 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
2126 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
2127 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
2129 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
2134 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
2135 ---------------------------------
2138 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
2139 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
2142 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
2143 ---------------------------------
2146 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
2149 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
2152 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
2153 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
2154 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
2155 main controller window.
2156 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
2159 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
2164 * Updates of other localizations
2167 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
2168 * Lots of small bugfixes.
2169 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
2170 * Telnet fixes on Windows
2171 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
2174 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
2175 ---------------------------------
2178 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
2180 Bunch of small bugfixes.
2183 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
2184 --------------------------------
2189 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
2190 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
2193 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
2194 --------------------------------
2196 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
2197 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
2200 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
2203 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
2204 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
2207 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
2208 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
2211 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
2212 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
2213 * Various fixed in playlist
2216 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
2219 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
2222 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
2223 ------------------------------------
2225 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
2226 * Fixes several memory leaks.
2229 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
2230 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
2231 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
2234 * Stability fix for the video output.
2237 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
2238 --------------------------------
2241 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
2242 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
2243 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
2244 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
2245 * Fixed update system bugs
2246 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
2249 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
2250 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
2251 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
2252 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
2253 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
2254 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
2255 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
2256 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
2257 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
2258 modern Mac OS X versions
2261 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
2262 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
2264 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
2265 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
2268 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
2269 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
2270 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
2271 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
2272 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
2273 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
2276 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
2277 --------------------------------
2279 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
2280 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
2281 * Multiple bugfixes.
2284 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
2285 --------------------------------
2287 * Multiple bug fixes.
2290 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
2291 ---------------------------------
2295 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
2296 recent to work correctly
2297 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
2298 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
2299 edit the ".hosts" file.
2300 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
2301 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
2302 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
2303 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
2304 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
2305 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
2306 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
2307 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
2308 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
2309 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
2310 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
2311 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
2312 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
2313 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
2314 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
2315 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
2316 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
2317 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
2318 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
2319 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
2320 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
2321 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
2322 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
2323 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2324 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
2325 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
2326 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
2327 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
2328 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
2329 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
2330 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
2331 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
2332 and postproc modules.
2333 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
2334 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
2335 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
2336 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
2338 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
2339 filter. For example:
2340 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
2341 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
2343 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
2344 * Glide video output module has been removed.
2350 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
2352 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
2353 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
2356 * Vastly improved playlist support:
2357 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
2359 * Shoutcast TV listings
2360 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
2362 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
2363 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
2365 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
2368 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
2369 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
2370 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
2371 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
2372 * JACK audio input support
2373 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
2374 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
2375 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
2376 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
2377 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
2378 * Experimental EyeTV access module
2379 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
2380 (available as a separate download).
2381 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
2382 * RTMP input support
2383 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
2384 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
2385 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
2387 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
2388 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
2391 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
2392 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
2393 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
2394 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
2396 * APEv1/2 tags support
2397 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
2398 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
2400 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
2401 * TiVo Series 2 support
2402 * CD+G karaoke Files support
2407 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
2408 * Flash Screen Video support
2409 * CamStudio Screen Video support
2410 * DosBox Capture support
2411 * Karl Morton's Video support
2412 * limited atrac3 support
2414 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
2415 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
2416 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
2417 * H.264 PAFF support
2418 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
2419 * NellyMoser ASAO support
2420 * APE (Monkey audio) support
2421 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
2422 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
2425 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
2426 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
2427 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
2428 * AQTitle subtitles support
2429 * MKV USF subtitles support
2430 * HTML-based subtitles support
2431 * MPSub subtitles support
2432 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
2433 * MPL2 subtitles support
2434 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
2435 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
2436 * Realtext subtitle support
2437 * DKS subtitle support
2438 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
2439 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
2442 * Flash Screen Video support
2443 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
2445 Video outputs and filters:
2446 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
2447 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
2448 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
2449 * New puzzle video output filter
2450 * Re-written motion detection video filter
2451 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
2453 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
2454 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
2455 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
2456 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
2457 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
2458 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
2459 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2460 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2461 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
2462 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
2463 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
2464 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
2465 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
2466 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
2468 Audio outputs and filters:
2469 * Replay gain support
2470 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
2471 new scaletempo audio filter)
2472 * New spatializer audio filter
2473 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
2476 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
2477 * New RTP payload formats:
2478 * Speex voice audio codec
2479 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
2480 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
2481 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
2482 * DCCP transport for RTP
2483 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
2488 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
2489 end-user suitable way.
2490 * Improved user interaction
2491 * Improved mouse gestures
2492 * Vastly improved Update checker
2493 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
2495 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
2496 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
2498 * Improved video output features
2499 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
2500 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
2501 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
2502 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
2503 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
2505 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
2506 if libncursesw is available.
2507 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
2508 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
2509 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
2511 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
2512 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
2513 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
2514 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
2515 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
2516 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
2517 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
2518 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
2521 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
2522 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
2523 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
2526 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
2527 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
2528 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
2529 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2530 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
2531 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
2534 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
2535 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
2545 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
2546 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
2547 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
2550 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
2551 ----------------------------------
2554 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
2557 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
2558 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
2559 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2560 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
2561 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
2562 * Updated Polish translation
2565 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
2566 ----------------------------------
2569 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
2570 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
2571 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
2574 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
2575 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2576 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
2577 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
2578 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
2579 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
2580 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
2581 to an unexpected application termination
2582 * New Serbian translation
2583 * Updated Romanian translation
2586 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
2587 ----------------------------------
2590 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
2591 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
2592 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
2593 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
2594 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
2595 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
2596 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
2597 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
2600 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
2601 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
2602 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
2603 * Fixed AAC resampling
2604 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
2605 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
2608 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
2609 ----------------------------------
2612 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
2613 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
2614 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
2615 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
2616 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
2619 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
2620 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
2621 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
2622 * Close MMS access on network timeout
2623 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
2626 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
2627 ----------------------------------
2630 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
2631 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
2634 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
2635 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
2636 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
2637 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
2639 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
2643 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
2646 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
2649 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
2652 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
2655 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
2656 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
2657 encoding on multi-cpu systems
2658 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
2659 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
2661 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2662 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
2663 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
2664 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
2667 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
2670 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
2671 ----------------------------------
2674 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
2675 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
2676 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
2678 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
2679 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
2681 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
2682 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
2685 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
2687 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2688 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
2689 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2690 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
2691 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
2692 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
2693 two different movies
2694 * Support for current Ogg file formats
2695 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
2696 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
2699 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
2702 * The automatic updating facility was removed
2703 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2704 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
2705 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
2708 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
2709 ----------------------------------
2711 Various bugfixes, notably:
2712 * Windows Vista compatibility
2713 * Cropping in Direct3D
2714 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
2715 * RSS filter string overflow
2717 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
2719 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
2720 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
2723 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
2724 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
2727 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
2730 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
2733 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
2736 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
2737 ----------------------------------
2739 Various bugfixes, notably:
2740 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
2741 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
2742 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
2743 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
2744 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
2745 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
2748 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
2749 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
2752 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
2754 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2755 * Diverse usability improvements
2756 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
2757 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
2758 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
2761 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
2762 ---------------------------------
2764 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
2765 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
2768 * Fullscreen controller improvements
2771 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
2772 --------------------------------
2775 * Shoutcast TV listings support
2778 * Support for RTSP authentication
2779 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
2780 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
2781 * ATSC support for DVB input
2782 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
2783 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
2784 * Improved support for Flash Video files
2787 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
2788 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
2789 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
2790 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
2791 * Matroska WavPack support
2792 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
2793 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
2794 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
2797 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
2798 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
2799 * Improved libcaca support
2803 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
2804 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
2806 * Systray support in skins
2808 * Support for Apple Remote control
2809 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2810 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2811 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
2812 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
2814 * Notifications using notification-daemon
2817 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
2818 Windows 9x/ME users:
2819 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
2820 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
2821 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
2822 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
2823 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
2825 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
2826 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
2835 * Updates to the libvlc API
2836 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
2839 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
2840 --------------------------------
2843 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
2844 * Support for downloading updates
2848 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
2849 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
2850 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
2851 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
2853 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
2854 * Improved subtitles encoding support
2855 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
2858 * Cook (Real audio) support
2860 Playlist / Services discovery:
2861 * XSPF playlist support
2863 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
2866 * New JACK audio output
2869 * New video filters:
2870 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
2871 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
2872 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
2873 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
2874 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
2875 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
2878 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
2881 * System to inform the user and request information
2882 - HTTP authentication
2886 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
2887 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2888 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
2891 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
2892 - Improved playlist handling
2893 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
2895 - Embedded Video output
2896 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
2897 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
2898 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2899 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
2900 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
2902 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
2903 - A bunch of new RPN functions
2906 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
2909 * Mac-Intel compatibility
2910 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
2911 * Growl "Now playing" support
2914 * Ability to log to syslog
2915 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
2918 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
2920 * A bit more automatic testing
2923 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
2924 ---------------------------------
2927 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
2928 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
2931 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
2932 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
2935 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
2938 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
2939 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
2945 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
2948 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
2949 --------------------------------
2952 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
2956 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
2957 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
2958 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
2961 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
2962 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
2963 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
2964 * GnomeVFS input module
2965 * Support for RTP packet reordering
2966 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
2969 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
2970 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
2971 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
2974 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
2975 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
2981 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
2982 Mixer and Dolby Surround
2985 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
2986 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
2987 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
2990 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
2992 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
2993 - New extended controls panel
2994 - New bookmarks window
2995 - Fixed playlist sorting
2996 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
2998 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
2999 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
3000 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
3001 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
3005 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
3006 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
3008 - Include macro to include other files
3012 * Should now work outside IE as well
3015 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
3018 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
3019 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
3022 The following languages were added:
3026 * Simplified Chinese
3027 The following languages were re-added:
3031 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
3032 --------------------------------
3035 * Rewrite of the playlist
3037 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
3038 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
3039 * Preferences improvements:
3040 - New organization, designed to improve usability
3041 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
3043 * Core image manipulation support
3044 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
3045 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
3046 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
3047 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
3048 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
3049 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
3050 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
3051 now separated by ':' instead of ','
3052 * Access filter architecture
3053 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
3054 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
3058 * Support for SOCKS proxy
3059 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
3060 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
3061 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
3062 * Better support for Kasenna streams
3063 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
3064 * Massive Matroska improvements
3065 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
3067 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
3068 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
3069 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
3070 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
3071 * Support for FTP over IPv6
3073 Decoders / Encoders:
3074 * Dirac decoder and encoder
3075 * PNG decoder/encoder
3076 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
3077 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
3080 * New Record and Timeshift filters
3083 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
3084 * Brand new SAP module
3085 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
3086 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
3087 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
3088 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
3089 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
3090 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
3094 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
3097 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
3098 * Image file video output (png)
3099 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
3100 * Improvements to wall video filter
3101 * Support for font color and opacity
3107 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
3108 - Seeking support in VoD streams
3109 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
3113 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
3114 - Improved preferences
3115 - Improvements to the wizard
3116 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
3118 - Redesigned playlist
3119 - Improved preferences
3121 - Support for multiple actions
3124 - Support for the new playlist system
3126 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
3129 * Screensaver disabling fix
3130 * DirectShow tuner configuration
3131 * Support for no-decoration windows
3134 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
3135 * The OpenGL video output is back
3136 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
3137 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
3138 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
3139 is not yet available in the new module
3140 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
3143 * Support for single-buffered overlay
3152 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
3155 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
3158 The following languages were added:
3164 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
3165 --------------------------------
3168 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
3169 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
3172 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
3173 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
3174 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
3177 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
3180 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
3183 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
3186 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
3187 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
3188 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
3192 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
3194 * Support of playlist group announcement
3197 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
3198 --------------------------------
3201 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
3202 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
3203 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
3204 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
3205 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
3206 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
3209 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
3210 (Stream your desktop)
3211 * Improved DVD support:
3212 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
3213 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
3214 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
3215 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
3216 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
3217 (selection of titles/chapters).
3220 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
3221 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
3222 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
3223 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
3224 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
3225 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3226 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
3227 * Improved Ogg demuxer
3228 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
3229 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
3232 * G.726 audio support
3233 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
3234 * MPEG-4 text support
3235 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
3236 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
3237 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
3241 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
3242 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
3243 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
3244 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
3245 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
3246 * DVB subtitles encoder
3247 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
3248 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
3250 * Text track muxing for mp4
3251 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
3252 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
3253 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3254 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
3255 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
3256 * Improved ASF muxer
3258 * H.263 RTP streaming support
3259 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
3260 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
3263 * New audio equalizer filter
3264 * Very trivial volume normalizer
3265 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
3266 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
3267 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
3270 * Roku HD1000 Video output
3271 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
3272 with support for effects.
3273 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
3274 - New filters can be streamed.
3275 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
3276 - Centralized scaling and blending
3278 - "time", to display current time
3279 - "marq", to display a marquee
3282 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
3283 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
3284 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
3285 * A few skins2 improvements
3286 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
3287 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
3288 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
3289 * Improved CORBA control module
3292 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
3293 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
3294 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
3297 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
3298 * Experimental SVG rendering module
3299 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
3302 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
3303 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
3304 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
3305 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
3306 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
3309 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
3312 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
3313 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
3316 * Server/client network synchronization module
3317 * VBrick streams fully supported
3318 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
3322 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
3323 --------------------------------
3326 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
3327 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
3328 * Improved HTTP daemon.
3329 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
3332 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
3333 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
3334 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
3335 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
3336 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
3337 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
3338 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
3341 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
3342 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
3343 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
3344 * Improved directory access module.
3345 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
3346 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
3347 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
3348 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
3349 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
3352 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
3353 * mmsh streaming fixes.
3354 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
3357 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
3358 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
3359 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
3362 * Improved session announcement system.
3363 * Minimize threads usage by default.
3364 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
3365 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
3366 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3367 * Improved transrater.
3368 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
3369 * New configuration system.
3370 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
3373 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
3374 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
3375 * Supports live streams and VoD.
3376 * Supports scheduling.
3377 * Telnet interface for vlm.
3378 * HTTP interface for vlm.
3381 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
3382 - Ability to embed video output.
3383 - Support for bitmap fonts.
3384 - Lots of improvements.
3385 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
3386 - New design and set of icons.
3387 - Ability to embed video output.
3388 - Support for hotkeys.
3389 - Support for bookmarks.
3391 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
3392 - Better hotkeys handling.
3395 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
3396 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
3397 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
3398 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
3401 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
3402 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
3403 * Improved Windows installer.
3409 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
3410 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
3413 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
3414 ---------------------------------
3417 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
3418 * Playing MOD files is working now.
3421 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
3422 --------------------------------
3425 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
3426 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
3429 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
3430 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
3431 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
3432 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
3435 * Internal improvments
3436 * Improved import/export
3439 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
3441 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
3442 small and strange formats.
3444 * New MOD audio demux.
3445 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
3446 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
3447 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
3448 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
3451 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
3452 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
3453 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
3459 * New opengl video output plugin.
3462 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
3463 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
3466 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
3467 --------------------------------
3470 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
3471 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
3472 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
3473 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
3474 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
3475 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
3476 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
3477 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
3480 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
3485 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
3486 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
3487 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
3488 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
3489 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
3490 * Reworked DVB tuning.
3491 * Better Icecast support.
3492 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
3493 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
3496 * Support for Theora video encoding.
3497 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
3498 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
3499 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
3500 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
3501 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
3502 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
3505 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
3506 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
3507 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
3508 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
3509 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
3510 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
3511 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
3512 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
3513 * Preliminary RTP support.
3514 * Fixes to SAP announces.
3519 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
3520 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
3522 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
3523 - Improvements and help in preferences
3524 - New streaming wizard
3525 - Revised Disc Open menu
3527 - Improvements of the standard pages
3528 - Support for new commands
3529 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
3532 * Many fixes to the SAP module
3533 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
3536 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
3537 * Text subtitles autodetection.
3538 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
3539 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
3540 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
3541 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
3542 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
3543 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
3544 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
3547 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
3549 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
3550 * Support for Panther.
3551 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
3552 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
3555 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
3556 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
3557 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3558 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
3559 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
3560 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
3561 * Multimonitor support (untested).
3562 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
3565 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
3566 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
3567 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3570 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
3573 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
3574 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
3575 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
3576 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
3579 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
3580 --------------------------------
3583 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
3586 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
3587 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3590 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
3591 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
3594 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
3597 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3598 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3601 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3604 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3607 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3608 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3612 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3613 --------------------------------
3616 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3617 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3621 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3622 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3623 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3625 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3626 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3629 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3632 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3635 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3636 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3640 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3641 --------------------------------
3644 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3645 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3649 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3650 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3651 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3652 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
3653 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
3656 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
3657 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
3658 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
3661 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
3662 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
3663 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
3666 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
3667 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
3668 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
3669 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
3670 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
3673 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
3674 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
3675 * A new CORBA control plugin.
3678 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
3681 * Improved build system.
3682 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
3683 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
3684 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
3685 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
3688 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
3689 --------------------------------
3692 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
3695 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
3696 (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
3697 * Fixed large file support on Windows
3698 * Video 4 Linux support
3699 * CD Digital Audio support
3700 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
3703 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
3704 * Support for OpenDML avi files
3705 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
3706 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
3709 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
3710 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
3711 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
3712 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
3713 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
3714 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
3715 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
3718 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
3719 * New HTTP remote control interface
3722 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
3723 allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
3724 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
3725 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
3726 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
3729 * New reset option for the preferences
3730 * You can set your language in the prefences
3731 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
3732 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
3733 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
3734 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
3737 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
3738 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
3739 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
3742 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
3743 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
3744 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
3745 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
3746 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
3747 * New icons by Davor Orel.
3748 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
3749 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
3750 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
3751 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
3754 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
3755 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
3756 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
3757 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
3758 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
3759 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
3760 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
3763 * Interface localization
3764 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
3765 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
3766 * New full-featured Preferences window
3769 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
3770 --------------------------------
3773 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
3774 * support for skins at the interface level
3775 * new OSD module using Freetype2
3776 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
3777 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
3778 input level before dropping out of date frames.
3779 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
3782 * fixed HTTP redirects
3783 * support for opening an entire directory
3784 * EOF should be detected more reliably
3785 * new video4linux access plug-in
3786 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
3789 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
3790 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
3791 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
3794 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
3795 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
3796 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
3797 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
3798 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
3799 * new codec for raw I420 video
3800 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
3803 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
3804 (although it still misses some important features)
3805 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
3808 * new HTTP output support
3809 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
3810 * fixed AV synchronization issues
3813 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
3816 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
3819 * reorderable playlist
3820 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
3821 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
3822 * support for mono audio output devices
3823 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
3824 * fixed several cosmetic issues
3825 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
3826 * the messages window remembers more lines
3827 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
3828 * http and ogg stream output options
3829 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
3832 * new skinnable interface
3833 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
3835 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
3836 * support for FLAC audio format
3837 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
3839 * network tab in the interface
3840 * "apply" handling in preferences
3843 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
3844 ---------------------------------
3847 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
3848 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
3849 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
3850 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
3852 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
3853 * DTS S/PDIF support
3856 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
3857 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
3858 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
3859 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
3862 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
3863 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
3866 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
3869 * fixed the GNU-pth support
3872 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
3874 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
3875 * rc interface is now fully useable
3876 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
3879 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
3880 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
3881 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
3882 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
3883 * VLC now uses the default audio device
3885 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
3886 * support for mouse gestures
3887 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
3890 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
3891 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
3894 * improved ID3 tag detection
3895 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
3896 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
3897 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
3899 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
3902 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
3903 ---------------------------------
3906 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
3907 English was set as the preferred language
3910 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
3911 --------------------------------
3914 * new mouse gesture interface
3915 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
3919 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
3920 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
3921 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
3924 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
3925 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
3929 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
3932 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
3933 without the user consent
3936 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
3938 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
3939 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
3940 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
3943 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
3944 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
3945 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
3946 * playlist enhancements
3947 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
3948 * new step forward/step backward commands
3949 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
3950 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
3951 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
3954 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
3955 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
3956 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
3959 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
3960 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
3963 * native video output is working again
3964 * only commandline interface support
3965 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
3968 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
3969 --------------------------------
3972 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
3973 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
3974 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
3975 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
3976 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
3977 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
3978 and A/52 streams are supported)
3979 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
3984 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
3985 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
3986 * VCD entry points support
3987 * VCD image file support
3990 * support for *.asf format
3991 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
3992 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
3993 * support for ogg encapsulation
3994 * support for raw DV format
3995 * support for *.wav format
3996 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
3999 Stream discovery & playlists:
4000 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
4001 * support for .m3u file format
4002 * support for .asx file format
4003 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
4006 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
4007 (only available with the .avi demux)
4008 * support for ADPCM audio codec
4009 * support for raw PCM data
4010 * support for Cinepak video codec
4011 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
4012 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
4013 * support for Xvid codec
4014 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
4015 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
4016 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
4018 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
4020 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
4023 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
4026 * new WxWindows interface
4027 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
4028 device and the channels configuration
4029 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
4030 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
4031 format that VLC can play
4032 * new swedish translation
4033 * enhancements of the playlist window
4034 * new messages window to see debug info
4035 * fixed a few crashes
4038 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
4039 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
4040 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
4041 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working