1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.70 2003/11/06 22:23:27 zorglub Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.6.3:
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7 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
8 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
9 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when these are used.
10 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
11 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
12 * Improved playlist core.
15 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
16 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
17 * Improved Ogg muxing and added theora, speex and subtitles support.
18 * Theora video encoding.
19 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
23 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 audio in DVB streams.
24 * Fixed seeking support in FLAC files.
25 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo.
26 * Reworked DVB tuning.
27 * Better Icecast support.
28 * Support for framerate setting in Video4Linux
29 * PVR input now supports all video connection types
33 * Vobsub subtitles support
35 * DVB Subtitles decoder
38 * Support for Speex audio.
39 * Support for AAC + SBR.
41 * Support for I422 chroma
42 * removed old a52, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio codecs, since we are using others now.
45 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
53 * Improvements to the wxwindows playlist (Sort,Search, mode buttons).
54 * Help in the preferences window.
57 * Stream seeking, playlist sorting and fullscreen support
58 * Improved default pages
62 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
64 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
68 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams...).
69 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
70 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
71 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
72 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
75 * Improvements in the GTK2 interface
78 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
79 * Text subtitles autodetection.
80 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
81 * Text subtitles for videofiles. Result may vary.
82 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
85 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
86 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
87 * Spanish and Portugese Brazilian translations.
88 * SAP now supports HTTP streams.
90 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
91 ---------------------------------
94 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
97 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
98 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
101 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
102 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
105 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
108 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
109 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
112 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
115 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
118 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
119 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
122 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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126 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
127 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
131 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
132 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
133 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
134 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
135 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
138 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
139 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
140 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
143 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
144 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
145 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
148 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
149 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
150 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
151 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
152 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
155 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
156 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
157 * A new CORBA control plugin.
160 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
163 * Improved build system.
164 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
165 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
166 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
167 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
170 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
171 ---------------------------------
174 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
177 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
178 * Fixed large file support on Windows
179 * Video 4 Linux support
180 * CD Digital Audio support
181 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
184 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
185 * Support for OpenDML avi files
186 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
187 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
190 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
191 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
192 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
193 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
194 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
195 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
196 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
199 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
200 * New HTTP remote control interface
203 * 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.
204 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
205 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
206 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
209 * New reset option for the preferences
210 * You can set your language in the prefences
211 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
212 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
213 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
214 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
217 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
218 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
219 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
222 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
223 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
224 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
225 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
226 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
227 * New icons by Davor Orel.
228 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
229 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
230 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
231 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
234 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
235 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
236 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
237 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
238 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
239 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
240 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
243 * Interface localization
244 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
245 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
246 * New full-featured Preferences window
248 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
249 ---------------------------------
252 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
253 * support for skins at the interface level
254 * new OSD module using Freetype2
255 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
256 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
257 input level before dropping out of date frames.
258 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
261 * fixed HTTP redirects
262 * support for opening an entire directory
263 * EOF should be detected more reliably
264 * new video4linux access plug-in
265 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
268 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
269 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
270 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
273 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
274 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
275 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
276 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
277 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
278 * new codec for raw I420 video
279 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
282 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
283 (although it still misses some important features)
284 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
287 * new HTTP output support
288 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
289 * fixed AV synchronization issues
292 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
295 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
298 * reorderable playlist
299 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
300 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
301 * support for mono audio output devices
302 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
303 * fixed several cosmetic issues
304 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
305 * the messages window remembers more lines
306 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
307 * http and ogg stream output options
308 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
311 * new skinnable interface
312 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
314 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
315 * support for FLAC audio format
316 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
318 * network tab in the interface
319 * "apply" handling in preferences
322 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
323 ---------------------------------
326 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
327 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
328 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
329 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
331 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
335 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
336 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
337 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
338 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
341 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
342 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
345 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
348 * fixed the GNU-pth support
351 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
353 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
354 * rc interface is now fully useable
355 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
358 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
359 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
360 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
361 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
362 * VLC now uses the default audio device
364 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
365 * support for mouse gestures
366 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
369 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
370 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
373 * improved ID3 tag detection
374 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
375 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
376 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
378 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
381 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
382 ---------------------------------
385 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
386 English was set as the preferred language
389 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
390 --------------------------------
393 * new mouse gesture interface
394 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
398 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
399 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
400 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
403 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
404 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
408 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
411 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
412 without the user consent
415 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
417 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
418 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
419 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
422 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
423 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
424 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
425 * playlist enhancements
426 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
427 * new step forward/step backward commands
428 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
429 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
430 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
433 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
434 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
435 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
438 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
439 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
442 * native video output is working again
443 * only commandline interface support
444 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
447 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
448 --------------------------------
451 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
452 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
453 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
454 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
455 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
456 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
457 and A/52 streams are supported)
458 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
463 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
464 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
465 * VCD entry points support
466 * VCD image file support
469 * support for *.asf format
470 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
471 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
472 * support for ogg encapsulation
473 * support for raw DV format
474 * support for *.wav format
475 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
478 Stream discovery & playlists:
479 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
480 * support for .m3u file format
481 * support for .asx file format
482 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
485 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
486 (only available with the .avi demux)
487 * support for ADPCM audio codec
488 * support for raw PCM data
489 * support for Cinepak video codec
490 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
491 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
492 * support for Xvid codec
493 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
494 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
495 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
497 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
499 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
502 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
505 * new WxWindows interface
506 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
507 device and the channels configuration
508 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
509 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
510 format that VLC can play
511 * new swedish translation
512 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
514 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
515 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
516 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
519 * localization support via GNU gettext software
520 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
521 * new preferences panel
522 * new open panel with full features
523 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
524 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
525 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
528 * preferences dialog box redesigned
529 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
531 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
532 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
533 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
534 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
537 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
539 * enhancements of the playlist window
540 * new messages window to see debug info
541 * fixed a few crashes
544 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
545 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
546 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
547 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working