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
66 * Screensaver disabling fix
67 * DirectShow tuner configuration
68 * Support for no-decoration windows
71 * Support for single-buffered overlay
81 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
93 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
94 -----------------------------------------------------
97 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
98 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
101 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
102 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
103 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
106 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
109 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
112 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
115 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
116 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
117 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
121 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
123 * Support of playlist group announcement
125 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
126 -----------------------------------------------------
129 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
130 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
131 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
132 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
133 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
134 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
137 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
138 (Stream your desktop)
139 * Improved DVD support:
140 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
141 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
142 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
143 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
144 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
145 (selection of titles/chapters).
148 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
149 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
150 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
151 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
152 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
153 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
154 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
155 * Improved Ogg demuxer
156 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
157 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
160 * G.726 audio support
161 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
162 * MPEG-4 text support
163 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
164 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
165 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
169 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
170 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
171 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
172 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
173 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
174 * DVB subtitles encoder
175 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
176 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
178 * Text track muxing for mp4
179 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
180 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
181 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
182 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
183 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
186 * H.263 RTP streaming support
187 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
188 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
191 * New audio equalizer filter
192 * Very trivial volume normalizer
193 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
194 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
195 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
198 * Roku HD1000 Video output
199 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
200 with support for effects.
201 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
202 - New filters can be streamed.
203 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
204 - Centralized scaling and blending
206 - "time", to display current time
207 - "marq", to display a marquee
210 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
211 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
212 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
213 * A few skins2 improvements
214 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
215 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
216 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
217 * Improved CORBA control module
220 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
221 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
222 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
225 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
226 * Experimental SVG rendering module
227 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
230 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
231 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
232 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
233 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
234 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
237 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
240 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
241 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
244 * Server/client network synchronization module
245 * VBrick streams fully supported
246 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
249 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
250 --------------------------------
253 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
254 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
255 * Improved HTTP daemon.
256 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
259 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
260 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
261 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
262 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
263 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
264 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
265 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
268 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
269 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
270 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
271 * Improved directory access module.
272 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
273 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
274 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
275 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
276 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
279 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
280 * mmsh streaming fixes.
281 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
284 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
285 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
286 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
289 * Improved session announcement system.
290 * Minimize threads usage by default.
291 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
292 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
293 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
294 * Improved transrater.
295 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
296 * New configuration system.
297 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
300 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
301 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
302 * Supports live streams and VoD.
303 * Supports scheduling.
304 * Telnet interface for vlm.
305 * HTTP interface for vlm.
308 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
309 - Ability to embed video output.
310 - Support for bitmap fonts.
311 - Lots of improvements.
312 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
313 - New design and set of icons.
314 - Ability to embed video output.
315 - Support for hotkeys.
316 - Support for bookmarks.
318 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
319 - Better hotkeys handling.
322 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
323 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
324 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
325 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
328 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
329 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
330 * Improved Windows installer.
336 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
337 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
339 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
340 ---------------------------------
343 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
344 * Playing MOD files is working now.
347 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
348 ---------------------------------
351 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
352 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
355 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
356 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
357 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
358 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
361 * Internal improvments
362 * Improved import/export
365 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
367 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
368 small and strange formats.
370 * New MOD audio demux.
371 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
372 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
373 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
374 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
377 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
378 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
379 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
385 * New opengl video output plugin.
388 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
389 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
391 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
392 ---------------------------------
395 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
396 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
397 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
398 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
399 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
400 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
401 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
402 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
405 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
410 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
411 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
412 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
413 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
414 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
415 * Reworked DVB tuning.
416 * Better Icecast support.
417 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
418 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
421 * Support for Theora video encoding.
422 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
423 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
424 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
425 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
426 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
427 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
430 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
431 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
432 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
433 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
434 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
435 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
436 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
437 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
438 * Preliminary RTP support.
439 * Fixes to SAP announces.
444 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
445 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
447 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
448 - Improvements and help in preferences
449 - New streaming wizard
450 - Revised Disc Open menu
452 - Improvements of the standard pages
453 - Support for new commands
454 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
457 * Many fixes to the SAP module
458 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
461 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
462 * Text subtitles autodetection.
463 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
464 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
465 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
466 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
467 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
468 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
469 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
472 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
474 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
475 * Support for Panther.
476 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
477 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
480 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
481 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
482 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
483 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
484 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
485 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
486 * Multimonitor support (untested).
487 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
490 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
491 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
492 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
495 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
498 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
499 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
500 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
501 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
503 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
504 ---------------------------------
507 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
510 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
511 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
514 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
515 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
518 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
521 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
522 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
525 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
528 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
531 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
532 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
535 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
536 ---------------------------------
539 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
540 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
544 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
545 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
546 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
548 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
549 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
552 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
555 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
558 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
559 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
562 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
563 ---------------------------------
566 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
567 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
571 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
572 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
573 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
574 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
575 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
578 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
579 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
580 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
583 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
584 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
585 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
588 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
589 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
590 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
591 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
592 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
595 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
596 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
597 * A new CORBA control plugin.
600 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
603 * Improved build system.
604 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
605 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
606 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
607 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
610 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
611 ---------------------------------
614 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
617 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
618 * Fixed large file support on Windows
619 * Video 4 Linux support
620 * CD Digital Audio support
621 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
624 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
625 * Support for OpenDML avi files
626 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
627 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
630 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
631 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
632 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
633 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
634 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
635 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
636 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
639 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
640 * New HTTP remote control interface
643 * 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.
644 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
645 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
646 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
649 * New reset option for the preferences
650 * You can set your language in the prefences
651 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
652 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
653 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
654 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
657 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
658 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
659 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
662 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
663 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
664 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
665 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
666 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
667 * New icons by Davor Orel.
668 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
669 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
670 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
671 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
674 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
675 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
676 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
677 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
678 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
679 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
680 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
683 * Interface localization
684 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
685 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
686 * New full-featured Preferences window
688 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
689 ---------------------------------
692 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
693 * support for skins at the interface level
694 * new OSD module using Freetype2
695 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
696 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
697 input level before dropping out of date frames.
698 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
701 * fixed HTTP redirects
702 * support for opening an entire directory
703 * EOF should be detected more reliably
704 * new video4linux access plug-in
705 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
708 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
709 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
710 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
713 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
714 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
715 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
716 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
717 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
718 * new codec for raw I420 video
719 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
722 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
723 (although it still misses some important features)
724 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
727 * new HTTP output support
728 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
729 * fixed AV synchronization issues
732 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
735 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
738 * reorderable playlist
739 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
740 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
741 * support for mono audio output devices
742 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
743 * fixed several cosmetic issues
744 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
745 * the messages window remembers more lines
746 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
747 * http and ogg stream output options
748 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
751 * new skinnable interface
752 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
754 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
755 * support for FLAC audio format
756 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
758 * network tab in the interface
759 * "apply" handling in preferences
762 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
763 ---------------------------------
766 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
767 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
768 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
769 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
771 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
775 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
776 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
777 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
778 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
781 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
782 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
785 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
788 * fixed the GNU-pth support
791 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
793 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
794 * rc interface is now fully useable
795 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
798 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
799 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
800 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
801 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
802 * VLC now uses the default audio device
804 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
805 * support for mouse gestures
806 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
809 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
810 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
813 * improved ID3 tag detection
814 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
815 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
816 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
818 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
821 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
822 ---------------------------------
825 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
826 English was set as the preferred language
829 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
830 --------------------------------
833 * new mouse gesture interface
834 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
838 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
839 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
840 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
843 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
844 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
848 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
851 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
852 without the user consent
855 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
857 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
858 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
859 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
862 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
863 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
864 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
865 * playlist enhancements
866 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
867 * new step forward/step backward commands
868 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
869 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
870 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
873 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
874 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
875 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
878 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
879 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
882 * native video output is working again
883 * only commandline interface support
884 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
887 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
888 --------------------------------
891 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
892 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
893 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
894 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
895 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
896 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
897 and A/52 streams are supported)
898 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
903 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
904 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
905 * VCD entry points support
906 * VCD image file support
909 * support for *.asf format
910 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
911 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
912 * support for ogg encapsulation
913 * support for raw DV format
914 * support for *.wav format
915 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
918 Stream discovery & playlists:
919 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
920 * support for .m3u file format
921 * support for .asx file format
922 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
925 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
926 (only available with the .avi demux)
927 * support for ADPCM audio codec
928 * support for raw PCM data
929 * support for Cinepak video codec
930 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
931 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
932 * support for Xvid codec
933 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
934 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
935 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
937 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
939 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
942 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
945 * new WxWindows interface
946 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
947 device and the channels configuration
948 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
949 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
950 format that VLC can play
951 * new swedish translation
952 * enhancements of the playlist window
953 * new messages window to see debug info
954 * fixed a few crashes
957 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
958 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
959 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
960 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working