1 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.1.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
6 * Support for the sftp protocol
7 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on Windows version
8 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
9 * New memory input module to feed VLC from data in memory
13 * HD dvb subtitles - Display Definition Segment support
14 * PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
15 * Invmem module improvements
16 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities
19 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
20 * EXPERIMENTAL support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM)
21 (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
22 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) files
23 * Various EGP improvements
26 * WPL playlist support
27 * ZPL playlist support
28 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
29 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
30 * Podcast images are now displayed
33 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
34 * 3F1R to stereo downmix filter
35 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited resampler,
36 linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_float, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF and
37 * NEON assembly audio converter module
40 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
41 * x264, add profile-limitter sameway as x264.eve has, for example
42 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
43 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
44 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
45 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
48 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
49 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
50 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
51 * New x11 and xv modules based on XCB
52 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
53 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
56 * Support of .milk visualisation files using projectM libraries
59 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
60 * Service discovery based on libudev
63 * New smem module, streaming to memory
66 * Completely reworked user interface (based upon works from GSoC 2008)
69 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
72 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
79 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo (use XCB instead)
80 * HAL (use libudev instead)
81 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
82 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed. Use the ugly one.
85 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
86 --------------------------------
89 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
90 regressions in most popular drivers
91 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
94 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
95 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
96 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
99 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
100 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
103 * Update for appletrailers lua script
104 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
105 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
106 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
107 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
110 * New udev module for linux
113 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
116 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
119 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
120 --------------------------------
123 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
124 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
125 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
128 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
129 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
132 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
133 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
136 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
139 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
140 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
141 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
142 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
145 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
146 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
147 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
148 - no support for Goom and SDL
149 - limited text rendering support
150 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
153 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
154 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
155 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
156 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
157 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
158 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
159 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
160 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
161 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
165 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
168 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
171 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
172 --------------------------------
175 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
176 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
177 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
178 * Fix Dailymotion access script
179 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
180 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
183 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
184 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
187 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
188 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
189 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
192 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
195 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
196 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
199 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
200 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
201 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
202 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
203 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
204 * Fix various crashes
207 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
209 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
212 Changes between 0.9.9a and 1.0.0:
213 ---------------------------------
217 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
218 See 'Access:' for more info.
219 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
222 * Instantaneous pausing
223 * Frame-by-Frame playback
224 * Finer speed control
225 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
226 * Timeshift for most medias
227 * RTSP trickplay support
228 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
231 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
232 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
233 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
234 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
235 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
236 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
237 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
238 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
239 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
240 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
243 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
244 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
245 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
246 * Metadata for mod files are supported
247 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
248 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
249 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
252 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
253 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
256 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
257 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
258 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
259 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
260 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
261 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
262 * DVB scanning on linux
263 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
264 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
265 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
266 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
267 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
268 * MTP device access on Unix
269 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
270 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
273 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
274 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
275 Windows and Mac OS X.
278 * Export the playlist in HTML
279 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
280 * Better metadata handling and reading
282 Linux/Windows interface:
283 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
284 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
285 * Recently played items list
286 * Interface toolbar customizations
287 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
290 - Improvements on many dialogs
291 - New dialog for plugins listing
292 - Fixed-size mode for videos
293 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
294 * Better integration in GTK environments
297 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
298 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
299 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
300 * Additional usability improvements
303 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
304 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
305 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
306 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
307 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
310 * New Maemo port with:
311 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
312 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
315 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
318 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
319 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
320 * Support for latest iSight models
323 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
324 * Surround support for PulseAudio
327 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
328 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
329 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
330 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
331 The old image video output has been removed.
332 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
333 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
336 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
341 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
342 ---------------------------------
345 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
346 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
349 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
350 ---------------------------------
353 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
356 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
359 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
360 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
361 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
362 main controller window.
363 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
366 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
371 * Updates of other localizations
374 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
375 * Lots of small bugfixes.
376 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
377 * Telnet fixes on Windows
378 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
380 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
381 ---------------------------------
384 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
386 Bunch of small bugfixes.
389 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
390 --------------------------------
395 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
396 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
399 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
400 --------------------------------
402 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
403 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
406 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
409 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
410 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
413 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
414 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
417 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
418 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
419 * Various fixed in playlist
422 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
425 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
428 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
429 ------------------------------------
431 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
432 * Fixes several memory leaks.
435 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
436 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
437 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
440 * Stability fix for the video output.
443 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
444 --------------------------------
447 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
448 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
449 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
450 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
451 * Fixed update system bugs
452 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
455 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
456 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
457 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
458 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
459 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
460 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
461 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
462 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
463 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
464 modern Mac OS X versions
467 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
468 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
470 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
471 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
474 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
475 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
476 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
477 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
478 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
479 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
482 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
483 --------------------------------
485 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
486 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
490 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
491 --------------------------------
493 * Multiple bug fixes.
496 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
497 ---------------------------------
501 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
502 recent to work correctly
503 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
504 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
505 edit the ".hosts" file.
506 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
507 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
508 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
509 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
510 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
511 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
512 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
513 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
514 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
515 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
516 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
517 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
518 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
519 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
520 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
521 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
522 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
523 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
524 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
525 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
526 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
527 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
528 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
529 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
530 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
531 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
532 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
533 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
534 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
535 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
536 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
537 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
538 and postproc modules.
539 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
540 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
541 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
542 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
544 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
546 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
547 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
549 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
550 * Glide video output module has been removed.
556 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
558 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
559 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
562 * Vastly improved playlist support:
563 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
565 * Shoutcast TV listings
566 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
568 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
569 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
571 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
574 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
575 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
576 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
577 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
578 * JACK audio input support
579 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
580 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
581 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
582 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
583 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
584 * Experimental EyeTV access module
585 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
586 (available as a separate download).
587 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
589 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
590 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
591 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
593 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
594 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
597 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
598 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
599 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
600 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
602 * APEv1/2 tags support
603 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
604 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
606 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
607 * TiVo Series 2 support
608 * CD+G karaoke Files support
613 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
614 * Flash Screen Video support
615 * CamStudio Screen Video support
616 * DosBox Capture support
617 * Karl Morton's Video support
618 * limited atrac3 support
620 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
621 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
622 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
624 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
625 * NellyMoser ASAO support
626 * APE (Monkey audio) support
627 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
628 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
631 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
632 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
633 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
634 * AQTitle subtitles support
635 * MKV USF subtitles support
636 * HTML-based subtitles support
637 * MPSub subtitles support
638 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
639 * MPL2 subtitles support
640 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
641 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
642 * Realtext subtitle support
643 * DKS subtitle support
644 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
645 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
648 * Flash Screen Video support
649 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
651 Video outputs and filters:
652 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
653 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
654 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
655 * New puzzle video output filter
656 * Re-written motion detection video filter
657 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
659 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
660 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
661 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
662 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
663 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
664 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
665 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
666 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
667 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
668 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
669 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
670 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
671 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
672 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
674 Audio outputs and filters:
675 * Replay gain support
676 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
677 new scaletempo audio filter)
678 * New spatializer audio filter
679 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
682 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
683 * New RTP payload formats:
684 * Speex voice audio codec
685 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
686 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
687 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
688 * DCCP transport for RTP
689 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
694 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
695 end-user suitable way.
696 * Improved user interaction
697 * Improved mouse gestures
698 * Vastly improved Update checker
699 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
701 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
702 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
704 * Improved video output features
705 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
706 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
707 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
708 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
709 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
711 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
712 if libncursesw is available.
713 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
714 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
715 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
717 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
718 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
719 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
720 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
721 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
722 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
723 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
724 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
727 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
728 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
729 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
732 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
733 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
734 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
735 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
736 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
737 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
740 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
741 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
751 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
752 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
753 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
756 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
757 ----------------------------------
760 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
763 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
764 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
765 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
766 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
767 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
768 * Updated Polish translation
771 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
772 ----------------------------------
775 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
776 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
777 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
780 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
781 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
782 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
783 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
784 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
785 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
786 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
787 to an unexpected application termination
788 * New Serbian translation
789 * Updated Romanian translation
792 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
793 ----------------------------------
796 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
797 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
798 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
799 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
800 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
801 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
802 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
803 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
806 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
807 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
808 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
809 * Fixed AAC resampling
810 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
811 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
814 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
815 ----------------------------------
818 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
819 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
820 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
821 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
822 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
825 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
826 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
827 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
828 * Close MMS access on network timeout
829 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
832 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
833 ----------------------------------
836 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
837 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
840 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
841 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
842 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
843 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
845 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
849 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
852 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
855 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
858 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
861 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
862 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
863 encoding on multi-cpu systems
864 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
865 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
867 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
868 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
869 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
870 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
873 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
876 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
877 ----------------------------------
880 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
881 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
882 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
884 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
885 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
887 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
888 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
891 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
893 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
894 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
895 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
896 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
897 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
898 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
900 * Support for current Ogg file formats
901 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
902 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
905 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
908 * The automatic updating facility was removed
909 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
910 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
911 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
914 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
915 ----------------------------------
917 Various bugfixes, notably:
918 * Windows Vista compatibility
919 * Cropping in Direct3D
920 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
921 * RSS filter string overflow
923 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
925 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
926 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
929 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
930 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
933 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
936 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
939 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
942 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
943 ----------------------------------
945 Various bugfixes, notably:
946 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
947 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
948 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
949 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
950 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
951 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
954 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
955 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
958 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
960 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
961 * Diverse usability improvements
962 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
963 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
964 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
967 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
968 ---------------------------------
971 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
974 * Fullscreen controller improvements
977 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
978 --------------------------------
981 * Shoutcast TV listings support
984 * Support for RTSP authentication
985 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
986 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
987 * ATSC support for DVB input
988 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
989 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
990 * Improved support for Flash Video files
993 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
994 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
995 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
996 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
997 * Matroska WavPack support
998 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
999 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1000 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1003 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1004 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1005 * Improved libcaca support
1009 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1010 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1012 * Systray support in skins
1014 * Support for Apple Remote control
1015 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1016 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1017 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1018 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1020 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1023 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1024 Windows 9x/ME users:
1025 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1026 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1027 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1028 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1029 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1031 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1032 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1041 * Updates to the libvlc API
1042 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1045 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1046 --------------------------------
1049 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1050 * Support for downloading updates
1054 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1055 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1056 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1057 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1059 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1060 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1061 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1064 * Cook (Real audio) support
1066 Playlist / Services discovery:
1067 * XSPF playlist support
1069 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1072 * New JACK audio output
1075 * New video filters:
1076 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1077 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1078 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1079 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1080 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1081 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1084 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1087 * System to inform the user and request information
1088 - HTTP authentication
1092 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1093 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1094 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1097 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1098 - Improved playlist handling
1099 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1101 - Embedded Video output
1102 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1103 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1104 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1105 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1106 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1108 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1109 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1112 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1115 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1116 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1117 * Growl "Now playing" support
1120 * Ability to log to syslog
1121 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1124 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1126 * A bit more automatic testing
1129 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1130 ---------------------------------
1133 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1134 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1137 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1138 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1141 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1144 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1145 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1151 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1154 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1155 --------------------------------
1158 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1162 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1163 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1164 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1167 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1168 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1169 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1170 * GnomeVFS input module
1171 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1172 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1175 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1176 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1177 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1180 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1181 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1187 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1188 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1191 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1192 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1193 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1196 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1198 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1199 - New extended controls panel
1200 - New bookmarks window
1201 - Fixed playlist sorting
1202 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1204 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1205 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1206 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1207 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1211 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1212 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1214 - Include macro to include other files
1218 * Should now work outside IE as well
1221 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1224 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1225 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1228 The following languages were added:
1232 * Simplified Chinese
1233 The following languages were re-added:
1237 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1238 --------------------------------
1241 * Rewrite of the playlist
1243 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1244 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1245 * Preferences improvements:
1246 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1247 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1249 * Core image manipulation support
1250 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1251 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1252 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1253 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1254 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1255 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1256 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1257 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1258 * Access filter architecture
1259 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1260 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1264 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1265 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1266 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1267 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1268 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1269 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1270 * Massive Matroska improvements
1271 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1273 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1274 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1275 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1276 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1277 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1279 Decoders / Encoders:
1280 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1281 * PNG decoder/encoder
1282 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1283 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1286 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1289 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1290 * Brand new SAP module
1291 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1292 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1293 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1294 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1295 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1296 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1300 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1303 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1304 * Image file video output (png)
1305 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1306 * Improvements to wall video filter
1307 * Support for font color and opacity
1313 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1314 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1315 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1319 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1320 - Improved preferences
1321 - Improvements to the wizard
1322 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1324 - Redesigned playlist
1325 - Improved preferences
1327 - Support for multiple actions
1330 - Support for the new playlist system
1332 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1335 * Screensaver disabling fix
1336 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1337 * Support for no-decoration windows
1340 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1341 * The OpenGL video output is back
1342 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1343 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1344 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1345 is not yet available in the new module
1346 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1349 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1358 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1361 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1364 The following languages were added:
1370 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1371 --------------------------------
1374 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1375 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1378 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1379 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1380 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1383 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1386 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1389 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1392 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1393 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1394 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1398 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1400 * Support of playlist group announcement
1403 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1404 --------------------------------
1407 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1408 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1409 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1410 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1411 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1412 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1415 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1416 (Stream your desktop)
1417 * Improved DVD support:
1418 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1419 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1420 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1421 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1422 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1423 (selection of titles/chapters).
1426 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1427 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1428 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1429 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1430 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1431 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1432 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1433 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1434 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1435 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1438 * G.726 audio support
1439 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1440 * MPEG-4 text support
1441 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1442 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1443 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1447 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1448 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1449 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1450 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1451 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1452 * DVB subtitles encoder
1453 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1454 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1456 * Text track muxing for mp4
1457 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1458 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1459 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1460 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1461 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1462 * Improved ASF muxer
1464 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1465 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1466 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1469 * New audio equalizer filter
1470 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1471 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1472 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1473 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1476 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1477 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1478 with support for effects.
1479 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1480 - New filters can be streamed.
1481 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1482 - Centralized scaling and blending
1484 - "time", to display current time
1485 - "marq", to display a marquee
1488 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1489 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1490 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1491 * A few skins2 improvements
1492 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1493 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1494 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1495 * Improved CORBA control module
1498 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1499 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1500 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1503 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1504 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1505 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1508 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1509 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1510 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1511 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1512 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1515 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1518 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1519 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1522 * Server/client network synchronization module
1523 * VBrick streams fully supported
1524 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1528 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1529 --------------------------------
1532 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1533 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1534 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1535 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1538 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1539 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1540 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1541 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1542 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1543 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1544 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1547 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1548 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1549 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1550 * Improved directory access module.
1551 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1552 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1553 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1554 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1555 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1558 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1559 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1560 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1563 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1564 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1565 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1568 * Improved session announcement system.
1569 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1570 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1571 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1572 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1573 * Improved transrater.
1574 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1575 * New configuration system.
1576 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1579 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1580 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1581 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1582 * Supports scheduling.
1583 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1584 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1587 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1588 - Ability to embed video output.
1589 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1590 - Lots of improvements.
1591 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1592 - New design and set of icons.
1593 - Ability to embed video output.
1594 - Support for hotkeys.
1595 - Support for bookmarks.
1597 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1598 - Better hotkeys handling.
1601 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1602 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1603 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1604 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1607 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1608 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1609 * Improved Windows installer.
1615 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1616 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1619 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1620 ---------------------------------
1623 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1624 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1627 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1628 --------------------------------
1631 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1632 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1635 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1636 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1637 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1638 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1641 * Internal improvments
1642 * Improved import/export
1645 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1647 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1648 small and strange formats.
1650 * New MOD audio demux.
1651 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1652 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1653 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1654 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1657 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1658 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1659 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1665 * New opengl video output plugin.
1668 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1669 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1672 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1673 --------------------------------
1676 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1677 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1678 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1679 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1680 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1681 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1682 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1683 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1686 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1691 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1692 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1693 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1694 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1695 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1696 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1697 * Better Icecast support.
1698 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1699 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1702 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1703 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1704 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1705 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1706 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1707 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1708 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1711 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1712 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1713 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1714 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1715 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1716 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1717 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1718 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1719 * Preliminary RTP support.
1720 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1725 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1726 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1728 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1729 - Improvements and help in preferences
1730 - New streaming wizard
1731 - Revised Disc Open menu
1733 - Improvements of the standard pages
1734 - Support for new commands
1735 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1738 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1739 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1742 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1743 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1744 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1745 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1746 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1747 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1748 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1749 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1750 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1753 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1755 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1756 * Support for Panther.
1757 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1758 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1761 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1762 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1763 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1764 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1765 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1766 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1767 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1768 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1771 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1772 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1773 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1776 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1779 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1780 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1781 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1782 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1785 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1786 --------------------------------
1789 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1792 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1793 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1796 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1797 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1800 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1803 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1804 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1807 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1810 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1813 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1814 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1818 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1819 --------------------------------
1822 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1823 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1827 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1828 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1829 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1831 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1832 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1835 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1838 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1841 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1842 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1846 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1847 --------------------------------
1850 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1851 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1855 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1856 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1857 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1858 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1859 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1862 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1863 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1864 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1867 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1868 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1869 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1872 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1873 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1874 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1875 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1876 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1879 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1880 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1881 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1884 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1887 * Improved build system.
1888 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1889 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1890 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1891 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1894 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1895 --------------------------------
1898 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1901 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1902 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1903 * Video 4 Linux support
1904 * CD Digital Audio support
1905 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1908 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1909 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1910 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1911 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1914 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1915 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1916 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1917 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1918 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1919 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1920 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1923 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1924 * New HTTP remote control interface
1927 * 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.
1928 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1929 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1930 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1933 * New reset option for the preferences
1934 * You can set your language in the prefences
1935 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1936 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1937 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1938 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1941 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1942 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1943 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1946 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1947 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1948 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1949 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1950 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1951 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1952 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1953 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1954 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1955 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1958 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1959 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1960 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1961 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1962 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1963 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1964 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1967 * Interface localization
1968 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1969 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1970 * New full-featured Preferences window
1973 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1974 --------------------------------
1977 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1978 * support for skins at the interface level
1979 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1980 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1981 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1982 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1983 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1986 * fixed HTTP redirects
1987 * support for opening an entire directory
1988 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1989 * new video4linux access plug-in
1990 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1993 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1994 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1995 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1998 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1999 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2000 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2001 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2002 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2003 * new codec for raw I420 video
2004 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2007 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2008 (although it still misses some important features)
2009 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2012 * new HTTP output support
2013 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2014 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2017 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2020 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2023 * reorderable playlist
2024 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2025 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2026 * support for mono audio output devices
2027 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2028 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2029 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2030 * the messages window remembers more lines
2031 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2032 * http and ogg stream output options
2033 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2036 * new skinnable interface
2037 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2039 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2040 * support for FLAC audio format
2041 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2043 * network tab in the interface
2044 * "apply" handling in preferences
2047 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2048 ---------------------------------
2051 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2052 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2053 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2054 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2056 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2057 * DTS S/PDIF support
2060 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2061 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2062 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2063 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2066 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2067 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2070 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2073 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2076 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2078 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2079 * rc interface is now fully useable
2080 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2083 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2084 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2085 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2086 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2087 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2089 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2090 * support for mouse gestures
2091 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2094 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2095 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2098 * improved ID3 tag detection
2099 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2100 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2101 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2103 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2106 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2107 ---------------------------------
2110 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2111 English was set as the preferred language
2114 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2115 --------------------------------
2118 * new mouse gesture interface
2119 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2123 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2124 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2125 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2128 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2129 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2133 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2136 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2137 without the user consent
2140 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2142 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2143 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2144 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2147 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2148 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2149 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2150 * playlist enhancements
2151 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2152 * new step forward/step backward commands
2153 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2154 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2155 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2158 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2159 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2160 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2163 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2164 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2167 * native video output is working again
2168 * only commandline interface support
2169 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2172 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2173 --------------------------------
2176 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2177 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2178 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2179 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2180 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2181 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2182 and A/52 streams are supported)
2183 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2188 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2189 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2190 * VCD entry points support
2191 * VCD image file support
2194 * support for *.asf format
2195 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2196 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2197 * support for ogg encapsulation
2198 * support for raw DV format
2199 * support for *.wav format
2200 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2203 Stream discovery & playlists:
2204 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2205 * support for .m3u file format
2206 * support for .asx file format
2207 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2210 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2211 (only available with the .avi demux)
2212 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2213 * support for raw PCM data
2214 * support for Cinepak video codec
2215 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2216 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2217 * support for Xvid codec
2218 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2219 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2220 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2222 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2224 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2227 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2230 * new WxWindows interface
2231 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2232 device and the channels configuration
2233 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2234 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2235 format that VLC can play
2236 * new swedish translation
2237 * enhancements of the playlist window
2238 * new messages window to see debug info
2239 * fixed a few crashes
2242 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2243 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2244 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2245 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working