3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
20 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
21 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
22 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
23 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
24 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
30 * Vastly improved playlist support:
31 * Media library support
33 * Shoutcast TV listings
34 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
37 * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
38 * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
41 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
42 * MKV USF subtitles support
43 * HTML based subtitles support
44 * Flash Screen Video support
47 * Flash Screen Video support
49 Video output and filters:
50 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
51 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
52 * New puzzle video output filter
53 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
54 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
56 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
57 * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
58 * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
60 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
61 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
62 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
63 was previously part of the mosaic module.
66 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
70 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
72 * Improved user interaction
74 * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental).
77 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
78 -----------------------------------------------------------
79 Various bugfixes, notably:
80 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
81 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
82 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
83 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
84 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
85 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
88 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
89 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
92 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
94 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
95 * Diverse usability improvements
96 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
97 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
98 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
101 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
102 ---------------------------------
105 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
108 * Fullscreen controller improvements
111 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
112 --------------------------------
115 * Shoutcast TV listings support
118 * Support for RTSP authentication
119 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
120 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
121 * ATSC support for DVB input
122 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
123 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
124 * Improved support for Flash Video files
127 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
128 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
129 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
130 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
131 * Matroska WavPack support
132 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
133 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
134 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
137 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
138 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
139 * Improved libcaca support
143 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
144 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
146 * Systray support in skins
148 * Support for Apple Remote control
149 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
150 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
151 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
152 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
154 * Notifications using notification-daemon
157 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
159 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
160 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
161 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
162 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
163 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
165 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
166 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
175 * Updates to the libvlc API
176 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
180 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
181 ---------------------------------
184 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
185 * Support for downloading updates
189 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
190 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
191 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
192 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
194 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
195 * Improved subtitles encoding support
196 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
199 * Cook (Real audio) support
201 Playlist / Services discovery:
202 * XSPF playlist support
204 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
207 * New JACK audio output
211 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
212 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
213 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
214 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
215 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
216 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
219 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
222 * System to inform the user and request information
223 - HTTP authentication
227 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
228 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
229 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
232 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
233 - Improved playlist handling
234 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
236 - Embedded Video output
237 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
238 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
239 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
240 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
241 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
243 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
244 - A bunch of new RPN functions
247 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
250 * Mac-Intel compatibility
251 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
252 * Growl "Now playing" support
255 * Ability to log to syslog
256 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
259 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
261 * A bit more automatic testing
263 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
264 ---------------------------------
267 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
268 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
271 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
272 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
275 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
278 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
279 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
285 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
287 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
288 --------------------------------
291 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
295 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
296 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
297 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
300 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
301 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
302 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
303 * GnomeVFS input module
304 * Support for RTP packet reordering
305 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
308 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
309 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
310 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
313 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
314 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
320 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
321 Mixer and Dolby Surround
324 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
325 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
326 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
329 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
331 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
332 - New extended controls panel
333 - New bookmarks window
334 - Fixed playlist sorting
335 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
337 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
338 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
339 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
340 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
344 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
345 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
347 - Include macro to include other files
351 * Should now work outside IE as well
354 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
357 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
358 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
361 The following languages were added:
366 The following languages were re-added:
369 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
370 --------------------------------
373 * Rewrite of the playlist
375 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
376 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
377 * Preferences improvements:
378 - New organization, designed to improve usability
379 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
381 * Core image manipulation support
382 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
383 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
384 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
385 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
386 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
387 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
388 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
389 now separated by ':' instead of ','
390 * Access filter architecture
391 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
392 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
396 * Support for SOCKS proxy
397 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
398 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
399 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
400 * Better support for Kasenna streams
401 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
402 * Massive Matroska improvements
403 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
405 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
406 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
407 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
408 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
409 * Support for FTP over IPv6
412 * Dirac decoder and encoder
413 * PNG decoder/encoder
414 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
415 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
418 * New Record and Timeshift filters
421 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
422 * Brand new SAP module
423 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
424 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
425 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
426 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
427 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
428 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
432 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
435 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
436 * Image file video output (png)
437 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
438 * Improvements to wall video filter
439 * Support for font color and opacity
445 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
446 - Seeking support in VoD streams
447 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
451 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
452 - Improved preferences
453 - Improvements to the wizard
454 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
456 - Redesigned playlist
457 - Improved preferences
459 - Support for multiple actions
462 - Support for the new playlist system
464 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
467 * Screensaver disabling fix
468 * DirectShow tuner configuration
469 * Support for no-decoration windows
472 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
473 * The OpenGL video output is back
474 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
475 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
476 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
477 is not yet available in the new module
478 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
481 * Support for single-buffered overlay
490 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
493 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
496 The following languages were added:
502 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
503 -----------------------------------------------------
506 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
507 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
510 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
511 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
512 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
515 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
518 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
521 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
524 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
525 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
526 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
530 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
532 * Support of playlist group announcement
534 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
535 -----------------------------------------------------
538 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
539 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
540 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
541 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
542 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
543 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
546 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
547 (Stream your desktop)
548 * Improved DVD support:
549 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
550 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
551 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
552 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
553 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
554 (selection of titles/chapters).
557 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
558 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
559 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
560 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
561 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
562 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
563 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
564 * Improved Ogg demuxer
565 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
566 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
569 * G.726 audio support
570 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
571 * MPEG-4 text support
572 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
573 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
574 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
578 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
579 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
580 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
581 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
582 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
583 * DVB subtitles encoder
584 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
585 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
587 * Text track muxing for mp4
588 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
589 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
590 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
591 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
592 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
595 * H.263 RTP streaming support
596 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
597 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
600 * New audio equalizer filter
601 * Very trivial volume normalizer
602 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
603 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
604 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
607 * Roku HD1000 Video output
608 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
609 with support for effects.
610 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
611 - New filters can be streamed.
612 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
613 - Centralized scaling and blending
615 - "time", to display current time
616 - "marq", to display a marquee
619 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
620 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
621 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
622 * A few skins2 improvements
623 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
624 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
625 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
626 * Improved CORBA control module
629 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
630 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
631 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
634 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
635 * Experimental SVG rendering module
636 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
639 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
640 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
641 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
642 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
643 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
646 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
649 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
650 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
653 * Server/client network synchronization module
654 * VBrick streams fully supported
655 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
658 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
659 --------------------------------
662 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
663 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
664 * Improved HTTP daemon.
665 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
668 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
669 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
670 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
671 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
672 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
673 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
674 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
677 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
678 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
679 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
680 * Improved directory access module.
681 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
682 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
683 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
684 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
685 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
688 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
689 * mmsh streaming fixes.
690 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
693 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
694 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
695 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
698 * Improved session announcement system.
699 * Minimize threads usage by default.
700 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
701 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
702 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
703 * Improved transrater.
704 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
705 * New configuration system.
706 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
709 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
710 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
711 * Supports live streams and VoD.
712 * Supports scheduling.
713 * Telnet interface for vlm.
714 * HTTP interface for vlm.
717 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
718 - Ability to embed video output.
719 - Support for bitmap fonts.
720 - Lots of improvements.
721 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
722 - New design and set of icons.
723 - Ability to embed video output.
724 - Support for hotkeys.
725 - Support for bookmarks.
727 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
728 - Better hotkeys handling.
731 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
732 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
733 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
734 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
737 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
738 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
739 * Improved Windows installer.
745 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
746 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
748 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
749 ---------------------------------
752 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
753 * Playing MOD files is working now.
756 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
757 ---------------------------------
760 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
761 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
764 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
765 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
766 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
767 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
770 * Internal improvments
771 * Improved import/export
774 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
776 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
777 small and strange formats.
779 * New MOD audio demux.
780 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
781 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
782 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
783 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
786 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
787 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
788 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
794 * New opengl video output plugin.
797 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
798 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
800 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
801 ---------------------------------
804 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
805 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
806 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
807 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
808 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
809 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
810 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
811 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
814 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
819 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
820 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
821 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
822 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
823 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
824 * Reworked DVB tuning.
825 * Better Icecast support.
826 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
827 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
830 * Support for Theora video encoding.
831 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
832 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
833 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
834 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
835 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
836 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
839 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
840 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
841 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
842 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
843 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
844 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
845 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
846 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
847 * Preliminary RTP support.
848 * Fixes to SAP announces.
853 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
854 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
856 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
857 - Improvements and help in preferences
858 - New streaming wizard
859 - Revised Disc Open menu
861 - Improvements of the standard pages
862 - Support for new commands
863 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
866 * Many fixes to the SAP module
867 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
870 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
871 * Text subtitles autodetection.
872 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
873 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
874 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
875 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
876 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
877 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
878 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
881 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
883 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
884 * Support for Panther.
885 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
886 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
889 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
890 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
891 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
892 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
893 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
894 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
895 * Multimonitor support (untested).
896 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
899 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
900 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
901 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
904 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
907 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
908 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
909 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
910 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
912 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
913 ---------------------------------
916 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
919 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
920 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
923 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
924 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
927 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
930 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
931 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
934 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
937 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
940 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
941 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
944 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
945 ---------------------------------
948 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
949 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
953 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
954 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
955 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
957 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
958 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
961 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
964 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
967 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
968 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
971 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
972 ---------------------------------
975 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
976 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
980 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
981 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
982 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
983 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
984 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
987 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
988 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
989 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
992 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
993 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
994 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
997 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
998 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
999 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1000 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1001 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1004 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1005 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1006 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1009 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1012 * Improved build system.
1013 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1014 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1015 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1016 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1019 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1020 ---------------------------------
1023 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1026 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1027 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1028 * Video 4 Linux support
1029 * CD Digital Audio support
1030 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1033 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1034 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1035 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1036 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1039 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1040 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1041 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1042 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1043 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1044 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1045 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1048 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1049 * New HTTP remote control interface
1052 * 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.
1053 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1054 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1055 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1058 * New reset option for the preferences
1059 * You can set your language in the prefences
1060 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1061 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1062 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1063 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1066 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1067 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1068 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1071 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1072 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1073 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1074 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1075 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1076 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1077 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1078 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1079 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1080 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1083 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1084 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1085 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1086 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1087 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1088 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1089 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1092 * Interface localization
1093 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1094 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1095 * New full-featured Preferences window
1097 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1098 ---------------------------------
1101 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1102 * support for skins at the interface level
1103 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1104 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1105 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1106 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1107 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1110 * fixed HTTP redirects
1111 * support for opening an entire directory
1112 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1113 * new video4linux access plug-in
1114 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1117 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1118 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1119 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1122 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1123 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1124 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1125 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1126 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1127 * new codec for raw I420 video
1128 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1131 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1132 (although it still misses some important features)
1133 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1136 * new HTTP output support
1137 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1138 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1141 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1144 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1147 * reorderable playlist
1148 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1149 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1150 * support for mono audio output devices
1151 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1152 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1153 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1154 * the messages window remembers more lines
1155 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1156 * http and ogg stream output options
1157 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1160 * new skinnable interface
1161 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1163 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1164 * support for FLAC audio format
1165 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1167 * network tab in the interface
1168 * "apply" handling in preferences
1171 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1172 ---------------------------------
1175 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1176 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1177 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1178 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1180 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1181 * DTS S/PDIF support
1184 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1185 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1186 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1187 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1190 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1191 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1194 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1197 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1200 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1202 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1203 * rc interface is now fully useable
1204 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1207 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1208 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1209 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1210 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1211 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1213 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1214 * support for mouse gestures
1215 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1218 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1219 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1222 * improved ID3 tag detection
1223 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1224 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1225 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1227 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1230 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1231 ---------------------------------
1234 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1235 English was set as the preferred language
1238 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1239 --------------------------------
1242 * new mouse gesture interface
1243 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1247 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1248 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1249 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1252 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1253 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1257 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1260 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1261 without the user consent
1264 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1266 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1267 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1268 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1271 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1272 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1273 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1274 * playlist enhancements
1275 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1276 * new step forward/step backward commands
1277 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1278 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1279 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1282 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1283 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1284 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1287 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1288 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1291 * native video output is working again
1292 * only commandline interface support
1293 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1296 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1297 --------------------------------
1300 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1301 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1302 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1303 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1304 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1305 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1306 and A/52 streams are supported)
1307 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1312 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1313 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1314 * VCD entry points support
1315 * VCD image file support
1318 * support for *.asf format
1319 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1320 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1321 * support for ogg encapsulation
1322 * support for raw DV format
1323 * support for *.wav format
1324 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1327 Stream discovery & playlists:
1328 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1329 * support for .m3u file format
1330 * support for .asx file format
1331 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1334 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1335 (only available with the .avi demux)
1336 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1337 * support for raw PCM data
1338 * support for Cinepak video codec
1339 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1340 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1341 * support for Xvid codec
1342 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1343 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1344 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1346 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1348 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1351 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1354 * new WxWindows interface
1355 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1356 device and the channels configuration
1357 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1358 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1359 format that VLC can play
1360 * new swedish translation
1361 * enhancements of the playlist window
1362 * new messages window to see debug info
1363 * fixed a few crashes
1366 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1367 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1368 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1369 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working