3 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2-svn:
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Rewrite of the playlist
9 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
10 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
11 * Preferences improvements :
12 - New organization, designed to improve usability
13 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
15 * Core image manipulation support
16 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
17 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
18 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
19 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
20 * Track selection based on preferred language
23 * Support for SOCKS proxy
24 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
25 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
26 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
27 * Better support for Kasenna streams
28 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
29 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
32 * Dirac decoder and encoder
36 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
37 * Brand new SAP module
38 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
39 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
42 * Video snapshot support
43 * Image file video output (png or jpg)
44 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
50 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
51 - Seeking support in VoD streams
55 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
56 - Improved preferences
57 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
63 - Support for the new playlist system
65 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
68 * Screensaver disabling fix
69 * DirectShow tuner configuration
70 * Support for no-decoration windows
73 * Support for single-buffered overlay
83 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
95 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
96 -----------------------------------------------------
99 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
100 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
103 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
104 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
105 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
108 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
111 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
114 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
117 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
118 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
119 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
123 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
125 * Support of playlist group announcement
127 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
128 -----------------------------------------------------
131 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
132 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
133 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
134 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
135 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
136 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
139 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
140 (Stream your desktop)
141 * Improved DVD support:
142 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
143 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
144 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
145 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
146 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
147 (selection of titles/chapters).
150 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
151 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
152 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
153 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
154 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
155 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
156 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
157 * Improved Ogg demuxer
158 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
159 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
162 * G.726 audio support
163 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
164 * MPEG-4 text support
165 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
166 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
167 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
171 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
172 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
173 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
174 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
175 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
176 * DVB subtitles encoder
177 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
178 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
180 * Text track muxing for mp4
181 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
182 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
183 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
184 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
185 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
188 * H.263 RTP streaming support
189 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
190 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
193 * New audio equalizer filter
194 * Very trivial volume normalizer
195 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
196 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
197 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
200 * Roku HD1000 Video output
201 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
202 with support for effects.
203 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
204 - New filters can be streamed.
205 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
206 - Centralized scaling and blending
208 - "time", to display current time
209 - "marq", to display a marquee
212 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
213 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
214 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
215 * A few skins2 improvements
216 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
217 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
218 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
219 * Improved CORBA control module
222 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
223 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
224 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
227 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
228 * Experimental SVG rendering module
229 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
232 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
233 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
234 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
235 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
236 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
239 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
242 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
243 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
246 * Server/client network synchronization module
247 * VBrick streams fully supported
248 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
251 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
252 --------------------------------
255 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
256 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
257 * Improved HTTP daemon.
258 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
261 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
262 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
263 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
264 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
265 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
266 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
267 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
270 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
271 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
272 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
273 * Improved directory access module.
274 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
275 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
276 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
277 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
278 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
281 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
282 * mmsh streaming fixes.
283 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
286 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
287 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
288 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
291 * Improved session announcement system.
292 * Minimize threads usage by default.
293 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
294 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
295 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
296 * Improved transrater.
297 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
298 * New configuration system.
299 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
302 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
303 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
304 * Supports live streams and VoD.
305 * Supports scheduling.
306 * Telnet interface for vlm.
307 * HTTP interface for vlm.
310 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
311 - Ability to embed video output.
312 - Support for bitmap fonts.
313 - Lots of improvements.
314 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
315 - New design and set of icons.
316 - Ability to embed video output.
317 - Support for hotkeys.
318 - Support for bookmarks.
320 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
321 - Better hotkeys handling.
324 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
325 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
326 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
327 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
330 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
331 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
332 * Improved Windows installer.
338 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
339 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
341 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
342 ---------------------------------
345 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
346 * Playing MOD files is working now.
349 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
350 ---------------------------------
353 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
354 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
357 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
358 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
359 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
360 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
363 * Internal improvments
364 * Improved import/export
367 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
369 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
370 small and strange formats.
372 * New MOD audio demux.
373 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
374 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
375 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
376 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
379 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
380 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
381 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
387 * New opengl video output plugin.
390 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
391 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
393 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
394 ---------------------------------
397 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
398 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
399 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
400 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
401 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
402 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
403 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
404 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
407 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
412 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
413 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
414 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
415 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
416 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
417 * Reworked DVB tuning.
418 * Better Icecast support.
419 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
420 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
423 * Support for Theora video encoding.
424 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
425 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
426 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
427 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
428 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
429 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
432 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
433 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
434 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
435 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
436 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
437 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
438 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
439 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
440 * Preliminary RTP support.
441 * Fixes to SAP announces.
446 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
447 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
449 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
450 - Improvements and help in preferences
451 - New streaming wizard
452 - Revised Disc Open menu
454 - Improvements of the standard pages
455 - Support for new commands
456 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
459 * Many fixes to the SAP module
460 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
463 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
464 * Text subtitles autodetection.
465 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
466 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
467 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
468 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
469 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
470 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
471 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
474 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
476 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
477 * Support for Panther.
478 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
479 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
482 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
483 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
484 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
485 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
486 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
487 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
488 * Multimonitor support (untested).
489 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
492 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
493 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
494 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
497 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
500 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
501 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
502 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
503 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
505 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
506 ---------------------------------
509 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
512 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
513 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
516 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
517 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
520 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
523 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
524 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
527 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
530 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
533 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
534 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
537 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
538 ---------------------------------
541 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
542 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
546 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
547 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
548 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
550 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
551 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
554 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
557 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
560 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
561 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
564 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
565 ---------------------------------
568 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
569 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
573 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
574 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
575 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
576 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
577 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
580 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
581 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
582 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
585 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
586 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
587 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
590 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
591 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
592 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
593 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
594 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
597 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
598 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
599 * A new CORBA control plugin.
602 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
605 * Improved build system.
606 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
607 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
608 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
609 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
612 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
613 ---------------------------------
616 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
619 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
620 * Fixed large file support on Windows
621 * Video 4 Linux support
622 * CD Digital Audio support
623 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
626 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
627 * Support for OpenDML avi files
628 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
629 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
632 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
633 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
634 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
635 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
636 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
637 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
638 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
641 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
642 * New HTTP remote control interface
645 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
646 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
647 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
648 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
651 * New reset option for the preferences
652 * You can set your language in the prefences
653 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
654 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
655 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
656 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
659 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
660 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
661 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
664 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
665 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
666 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
667 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
668 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
669 * New icons by Davor Orel.
670 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
671 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
672 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
673 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
676 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
677 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
678 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
679 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
680 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
681 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
682 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
685 * Interface localization
686 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
687 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
688 * New full-featured Preferences window
690 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
691 ---------------------------------
694 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
695 * support for skins at the interface level
696 * new OSD module using Freetype2
697 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
698 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
699 input level before dropping out of date frames.
700 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
703 * fixed HTTP redirects
704 * support for opening an entire directory
705 * EOF should be detected more reliably
706 * new video4linux access plug-in
707 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
710 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
711 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
712 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
715 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
716 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
717 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
718 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
719 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
720 * new codec for raw I420 video
721 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
724 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
725 (although it still misses some important features)
726 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
729 * new HTTP output support
730 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
731 * fixed AV synchronization issues
734 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
737 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
740 * reorderable playlist
741 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
742 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
743 * support for mono audio output devices
744 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
745 * fixed several cosmetic issues
746 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
747 * the messages window remembers more lines
748 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
749 * http and ogg stream output options
750 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
753 * new skinnable interface
754 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
756 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
757 * support for FLAC audio format
758 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
760 * network tab in the interface
761 * "apply" handling in preferences
764 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
765 ---------------------------------
768 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
769 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
770 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
771 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
773 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
777 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
778 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
779 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
780 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
783 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
784 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
787 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
790 * fixed the GNU-pth support
793 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
795 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
796 * rc interface is now fully useable
797 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
800 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
801 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
802 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
803 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
804 * VLC now uses the default audio device
806 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
807 * support for mouse gestures
808 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
811 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
812 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
815 * improved ID3 tag detection
816 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
817 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
818 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
820 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
823 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
824 ---------------------------------
827 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
828 English was set as the preferred language
831 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
832 --------------------------------
835 * new mouse gesture interface
836 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
840 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
841 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
842 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
845 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
846 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
850 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
853 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
854 without the user consent
857 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
859 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
860 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
861 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
864 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
865 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
866 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
867 * playlist enhancements
868 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
869 * new step forward/step backward commands
870 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
871 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
872 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
875 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
876 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
877 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
880 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
881 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
884 * native video output is working again
885 * only commandline interface support
886 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
889 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
890 --------------------------------
893 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
894 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
895 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
896 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
897 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
898 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
899 and A/52 streams are supported)
900 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
905 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
906 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
907 * VCD entry points support
908 * VCD image file support
911 * support for *.asf format
912 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
913 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
914 * support for ogg encapsulation
915 * support for raw DV format
916 * support for *.wav format
917 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
920 Stream discovery & playlists:
921 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
922 * support for .m3u file format
923 * support for .asx file format
924 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
927 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
928 (only available with the .avi demux)
929 * support for ADPCM audio codec
930 * support for raw PCM data
931 * support for Cinepak video codec
932 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
933 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
934 * support for Xvid codec
935 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
936 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
937 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
939 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
941 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
944 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
947 * new WxWindows interface
948 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
949 device and the channels configuration
950 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
951 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
952 format that VLC can play
953 * new swedish translation
954 * enhancements of the playlist window
955 * new messages window to see debug info
956 * fixed a few crashes
959 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
960 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
961 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
962 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working