1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.86 2004/03/02 23:49:38 hartman Exp $
3 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
4 ---------------------------------
7 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
8 * Playing MOD files is working now.
11 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
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15 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
16 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
19 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
20 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
21 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
22 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
25 * Internal improvments
26 * Improved import/export
29 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
31 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
32 small and strange formats.
34 * New MOD audio demux.
35 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
36 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
37 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
38 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
41 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
42 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
43 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
49 * New opengl video output plugin.
52 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
53 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
55 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
56 ---------------------------------
59 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
60 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
61 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
62 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
63 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
64 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
65 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
66 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
69 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
74 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
75 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
76 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
77 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
78 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
79 * Reworked DVB tuning.
80 * Better Icecast support.
81 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
82 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
85 * Support for Theora video encoding.
86 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
87 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
88 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
89 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
90 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
91 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
94 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
95 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
96 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
97 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
98 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
99 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
100 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
101 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
102 * Preliminary RTP support.
103 * Fixes to SAP announces.
108 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
109 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
111 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
112 - Improvements and help in preferences
113 - New streaming wizard
114 - Revised Disc Open menu
116 - Improvements of the standard pages
117 - Support for new commands
118 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
121 * Many fixes to the SAP module
122 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
125 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
126 * Text subtitles autodetection.
127 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
128 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
129 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
130 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
131 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
132 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
133 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
136 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
138 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
139 * Support for Panther.
140 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
141 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
144 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
145 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
146 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
147 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
148 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
149 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
150 * Multimonitor support (untested).
151 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
154 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
155 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
156 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
159 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
162 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
163 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
164 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
165 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
167 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
168 ---------------------------------
171 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
174 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
175 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
178 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
179 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
182 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
185 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
186 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
189 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
192 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
195 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
196 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
199 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
200 ---------------------------------
203 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
204 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
208 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
209 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
210 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
212 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
213 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
216 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
219 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
222 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
223 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
226 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
227 ---------------------------------
230 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
231 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
235 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
236 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
237 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
238 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
239 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
242 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
243 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
244 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
247 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
248 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
249 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
252 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
253 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
254 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
255 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
256 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
259 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
260 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
261 * A new CORBA control plugin.
264 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
267 * Improved build system.
268 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
269 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
270 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
271 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
274 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
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278 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
281 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
282 * Fixed large file support on Windows
283 * Video 4 Linux support
284 * CD Digital Audio support
285 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
288 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
289 * Support for OpenDML avi files
290 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
291 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
294 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
295 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
296 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
297 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
298 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
299 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
300 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
303 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
304 * New HTTP remote control interface
307 * 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.
308 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
309 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
310 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
313 * New reset option for the preferences
314 * You can set your language in the prefences
315 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
316 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
317 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
318 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
321 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
322 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
323 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
326 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
327 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
328 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
329 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
330 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
331 * New icons by Davor Orel.
332 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
333 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
334 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
335 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
338 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
339 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
340 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
341 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
342 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
343 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
344 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
347 * Interface localization
348 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
349 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
350 * New full-featured Preferences window
352 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
353 ---------------------------------
356 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
357 * support for skins at the interface level
358 * new OSD module using Freetype2
359 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
360 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
361 input level before dropping out of date frames.
362 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
365 * fixed HTTP redirects
366 * support for opening an entire directory
367 * EOF should be detected more reliably
368 * new video4linux access plug-in
369 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
372 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
373 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
374 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
377 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
378 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
379 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
380 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
381 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
382 * new codec for raw I420 video
383 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
386 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
387 (although it still misses some important features)
388 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
391 * new HTTP output support
392 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
393 * fixed AV synchronization issues
396 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
399 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
402 * reorderable playlist
403 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
404 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
405 * support for mono audio output devices
406 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
407 * fixed several cosmetic issues
408 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
409 * the messages window remembers more lines
410 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
411 * http and ogg stream output options
412 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
415 * new skinnable interface
416 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
418 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
419 * support for FLAC audio format
420 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
422 * network tab in the interface
423 * "apply" handling in preferences
426 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
427 ---------------------------------
430 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
431 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
432 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
433 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
435 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
439 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
440 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
441 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
442 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
445 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
446 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
449 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
452 * fixed the GNU-pth support
455 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
457 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
458 * rc interface is now fully useable
459 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
462 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
463 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
464 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
465 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
466 * VLC now uses the default audio device
468 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
469 * support for mouse gestures
470 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
473 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
474 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
477 * improved ID3 tag detection
478 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
479 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
480 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
482 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
485 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
486 ---------------------------------
489 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
490 English was set as the preferred language
493 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
494 --------------------------------
497 * new mouse gesture interface
498 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
502 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
503 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
504 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
507 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
508 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
512 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
515 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
516 without the user consent
519 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
521 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
522 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
523 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
526 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
527 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
528 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
529 * playlist enhancements
530 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
531 * new step forward/step backward commands
532 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
533 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
534 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
537 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
538 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
539 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
542 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
543 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
546 * native video output is working again
547 * only commandline interface support
548 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
551 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
552 --------------------------------
555 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
556 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
557 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
558 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
559 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
560 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
561 and A/52 streams are supported)
562 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
567 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
568 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
569 * VCD entry points support
570 * VCD image file support
573 * support for *.asf format
574 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
575 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
576 * support for ogg encapsulation
577 * support for raw DV format
578 * support for *.wav format
579 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
582 Stream discovery & playlists:
583 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
584 * support for .m3u file format
585 * support for .asx file format
586 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
589 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
590 (only available with the .avi demux)
591 * support for ADPCM audio codec
592 * support for raw PCM data
593 * support for Cinepak video codec
594 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
595 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
596 * support for Xvid codec
597 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
598 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
599 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
601 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
603 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
606 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
609 * new WxWindows interface
610 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
611 device and the channels configuration
612 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
613 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
614 format that VLC can play
615 * new swedish translation
616 * enhancements of the playlist window
617 * new messages window to see debug info
618 * fixed a few crashes
621 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
622 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
623 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
624 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working