3 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1-svn:
4 -----------------------------------------------------
8 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon
11 * Fixed multichannel audio support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
12 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
16 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
18 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
19 -----------------------------------------------------
22 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
23 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
24 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
25 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
26 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
27 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
30 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
32 * Improved DVD support:
33 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
34 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
35 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
36 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
37 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
38 (selection of titles/chapters).
41 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
42 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
43 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
44 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
45 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
46 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
47 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
48 * Improved Ogg demuxer
49 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
50 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
54 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
56 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
57 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
58 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
62 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
63 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
64 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
65 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
66 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
67 * DVB subtitles encoder
68 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
69 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
71 * Text track muxing for mp4
72 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
73 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
74 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
75 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
76 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
79 * H.263 RTP streaming support
80 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
81 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
84 * New audio equalizer filter
85 * Very trivial volume normalizer
86 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
87 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
88 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
91 * Roku HD1000 Video output
92 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
93 with support for effects.
94 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
95 - New filters can be streamed.
96 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
97 - Centralized scaling and blending
99 - "time", to display current time
100 - "marq", to display a marquee
103 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
104 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
105 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
106 * A few skins2 improvements
107 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
108 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
109 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
110 * Improved CORBA control module
113 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
114 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
115 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
118 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
119 * Experimental SVG rendering module
120 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
123 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
124 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
125 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
126 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
127 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
130 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
133 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
134 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
137 * Server/client network synchronization module
138 * VBrick streams fully supported
139 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
142 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
143 --------------------------------
146 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
147 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
148 * Improved HTTP daemon.
149 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
152 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
153 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
154 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
155 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
156 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
157 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
158 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
161 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
162 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
163 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
164 * Improved directory access module.
165 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
166 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
167 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
168 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
169 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
172 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
173 * mmsh streaming fixes.
174 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
177 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
178 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
179 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
182 * Improved session announcement system.
183 * Minimize threads usage by default.
184 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
185 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
186 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
187 * Improved transrater.
188 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
189 * New configuration system.
190 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
193 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
194 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
195 * Supports live streams and VoD.
196 * Supports scheduling.
197 * Telnet interface for vlm.
198 * HTTP interface for vlm.
201 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
202 - Ability to embed video output.
203 - Support for bitmap fonts.
204 - Lots of improvements.
205 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
206 - New design and set of icons.
207 - Ability to embed video output.
208 - Support for hotkeys.
209 - Support for bookmarks.
211 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
212 - Better hotkeys handling.
215 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
216 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
217 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
218 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
221 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
222 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
223 * Improved Windows installer.
229 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
230 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
232 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
233 ---------------------------------
236 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
237 * Playing MOD files is working now.
240 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
241 ---------------------------------
244 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
245 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
248 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
249 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
250 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
251 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
254 * Internal improvments
255 * Improved import/export
258 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
260 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
261 small and strange formats.
263 * New MOD audio demux.
264 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
265 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
266 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
267 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
270 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
271 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
272 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
278 * New opengl video output plugin.
281 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
282 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
284 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
285 ---------------------------------
288 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
289 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
290 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
291 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
292 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
293 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
294 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
295 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
298 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
303 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
304 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
305 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
306 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
307 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
308 * Reworked DVB tuning.
309 * Better Icecast support.
310 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
311 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
314 * Support for Theora video encoding.
315 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
316 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
317 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
318 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
319 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
320 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
323 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
324 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
325 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
326 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
327 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
328 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
329 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
330 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
331 * Preliminary RTP support.
332 * Fixes to SAP announces.
337 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
338 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
340 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
341 - Improvements and help in preferences
342 - New streaming wizard
343 - Revised Disc Open menu
345 - Improvements of the standard pages
346 - Support for new commands
347 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
350 * Many fixes to the SAP module
351 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
354 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
355 * Text subtitles autodetection.
356 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
357 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
358 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
359 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
360 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
361 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
362 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
365 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
367 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
368 * Support for Panther.
369 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
370 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
373 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
374 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
375 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
376 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
377 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
378 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
379 * Multimonitor support (untested).
380 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
383 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
384 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
385 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
388 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
391 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
392 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
393 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
394 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
396 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
397 ---------------------------------
400 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
403 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
404 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
407 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
408 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
411 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
414 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
415 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
418 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
421 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
424 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
425 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
428 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
429 ---------------------------------
432 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
433 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
437 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
438 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
439 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
441 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
442 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
445 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
448 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
451 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
452 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
455 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
456 ---------------------------------
459 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
460 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
464 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
465 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
466 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
467 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
468 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
471 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
472 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
473 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
476 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
477 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
478 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
481 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
482 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
483 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
484 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
485 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
488 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
489 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
490 * A new CORBA control plugin.
493 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
496 * Improved build system.
497 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
498 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
499 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
500 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
503 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
504 ---------------------------------
507 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
510 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
511 * Fixed large file support on Windows
512 * Video 4 Linux support
513 * CD Digital Audio support
514 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
517 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
518 * Support for OpenDML avi files
519 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
520 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
523 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
524 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
525 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
526 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
527 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
528 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
529 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
532 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
533 * New HTTP remote control interface
536 * 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.
537 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
538 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
539 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
542 * New reset option for the preferences
543 * You can set your language in the prefences
544 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
545 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
546 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
547 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
550 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
551 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
552 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
555 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
556 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
557 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
558 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
559 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
560 * New icons by Davor Orel.
561 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
562 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
563 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
564 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
567 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
568 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
569 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
570 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
571 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
572 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
573 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
576 * Interface localization
577 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
578 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
579 * New full-featured Preferences window
581 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
582 ---------------------------------
585 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
586 * support for skins at the interface level
587 * new OSD module using Freetype2
588 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
589 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
590 input level before dropping out of date frames.
591 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
594 * fixed HTTP redirects
595 * support for opening an entire directory
596 * EOF should be detected more reliably
597 * new video4linux access plug-in
598 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
601 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
602 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
603 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
606 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
607 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
608 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
609 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
610 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
611 * new codec for raw I420 video
612 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
615 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
616 (although it still misses some important features)
617 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
620 * new HTTP output support
621 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
622 * fixed AV synchronization issues
625 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
628 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
631 * reorderable playlist
632 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
633 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
634 * support for mono audio output devices
635 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
636 * fixed several cosmetic issues
637 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
638 * the messages window remembers more lines
639 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
640 * http and ogg stream output options
641 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
644 * new skinnable interface
645 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
647 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
648 * support for FLAC audio format
649 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
651 * network tab in the interface
652 * "apply" handling in preferences
655 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
656 ---------------------------------
659 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
660 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
661 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
662 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
664 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
668 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
669 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
670 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
671 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
674 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
675 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
678 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
681 * fixed the GNU-pth support
684 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
686 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
687 * rc interface is now fully useable
688 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
691 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
692 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
693 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
694 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
695 * VLC now uses the default audio device
697 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
698 * support for mouse gestures
699 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
702 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
703 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
706 * improved ID3 tag detection
707 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
708 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
709 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
711 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
714 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
715 ---------------------------------
718 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
719 English was set as the preferred language
722 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
723 --------------------------------
726 * new mouse gesture interface
727 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
731 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
732 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
733 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
736 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
737 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
741 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
744 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
745 without the user consent
748 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
750 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
751 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
752 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
755 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
756 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
757 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
758 * playlist enhancements
759 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
760 * new step forward/step backward commands
761 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
762 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
763 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
766 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
767 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
768 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
771 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
772 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
775 * native video output is working again
776 * only commandline interface support
777 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
780 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
781 --------------------------------
784 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
785 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
786 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
787 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
788 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
789 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
790 and A/52 streams are supported)
791 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
796 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
797 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
798 * VCD entry points support
799 * VCD image file support
802 * support for *.asf format
803 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
804 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
805 * support for ogg encapsulation
806 * support for raw DV format
807 * support for *.wav format
808 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
811 Stream discovery & playlists:
812 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
813 * support for .m3u file format
814 * support for .asx file format
815 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
818 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
819 (only available with the .avi demux)
820 * support for ADPCM audio codec
821 * support for raw PCM data
822 * support for Cinepak video codec
823 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
824 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
825 * support for Xvid codec
826 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
827 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
828 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
830 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
832 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
835 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
838 * new WxWindows interface
839 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
840 device and the channels configuration
841 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
842 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
843 format that VLC can play
844 * new swedish translation
845 * enhancements of the playlist window
846 * new messages window to see debug info
847 * fixed a few crashes
850 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
851 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
852 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
853 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working