3 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
4 ---------------------------------
7 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
10 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
11 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
14 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
17 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
18 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
24 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
26 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
27 --------------------------------
30 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
34 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
35 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
36 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
39 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
40 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
41 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
42 * GnomeVFS input module
43 * Support for RTP packet reordering
44 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
47 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
48 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
49 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
52 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
53 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
59 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
60 Mixer and Dolby Surround
63 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
64 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
65 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
68 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
70 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
71 - New extended controls panel
72 - New bookmarks window
73 - Fixed playlist sorting
74 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
76 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
77 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
78 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
79 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
83 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
84 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
86 - Include macro to include other files
90 * Should now work outside IE as well
93 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
96 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
97 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
100 The following languages were added:
105 The following languages were re-added:
108 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
109 --------------------------------
112 * Rewrite of the playlist
114 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
115 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
116 * Preferences improvements:
117 - New organization, designed to improve usability
118 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
120 * Core image manipulation support
121 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
122 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
123 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
124 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
125 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
126 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
127 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
128 now separated by ':' instead of ','
129 * Access filter architecture
130 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
131 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
135 * Support for SOCKS proxy
136 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
137 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
138 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
139 * Better support for Kasenna streams
140 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
141 * Massive Matroska improvements
142 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
144 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
145 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
146 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
147 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
148 * Support for FTP over IPv6
151 * Dirac decoder and encoder
152 * PNG decoder/encoder
153 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
154 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
157 * New Record and Timeshift filters
160 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
161 * Brand new SAP module
162 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
163 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
164 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
165 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
166 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
167 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
171 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
174 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
175 * Image file video output (png)
176 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
177 * Improvements to wall video filter
178 * Support for font color and opacity
184 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
185 - Seeking support in VoD streams
186 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
190 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
191 - Improved preferences
192 - Improvements to the wizard
193 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
195 - Redesigned playlist
196 - Improved preferences
198 - Support for multiple actions
201 - Support for the new playlist system
203 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
206 * Screensaver disabling fix
207 * DirectShow tuner configuration
208 * Support for no-decoration windows
211 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
212 * The OpenGL video output is back
213 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
214 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
215 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
216 is not yet available in the new module
217 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
220 * Support for single-buffered overlay
229 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
232 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
235 The following languages were added:
241 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
242 -----------------------------------------------------
245 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
246 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
249 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
250 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
251 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
254 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
257 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
260 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
263 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
264 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
265 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
269 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
271 * Support of playlist group announcement
273 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
274 -----------------------------------------------------
277 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
278 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
279 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
280 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
281 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
282 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
285 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
286 (Stream your desktop)
287 * Improved DVD support:
288 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
289 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
290 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
291 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
292 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
293 (selection of titles/chapters).
296 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
297 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
298 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
299 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
300 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
301 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
302 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
303 * Improved Ogg demuxer
304 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
305 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
308 * G.726 audio support
309 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
310 * MPEG-4 text support
311 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
312 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
313 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
317 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
318 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
319 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
320 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
321 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
322 * DVB subtitles encoder
323 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
324 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
326 * Text track muxing for mp4
327 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
328 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
329 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
330 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
331 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
334 * H.263 RTP streaming support
335 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
336 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
339 * New audio equalizer filter
340 * Very trivial volume normalizer
341 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
342 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
343 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
346 * Roku HD1000 Video output
347 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
348 with support for effects.
349 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
350 - New filters can be streamed.
351 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
352 - Centralized scaling and blending
354 - "time", to display current time
355 - "marq", to display a marquee
358 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
359 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
360 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
361 * A few skins2 improvements
362 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
363 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
364 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
365 * Improved CORBA control module
368 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
369 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
370 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
373 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
374 * Experimental SVG rendering module
375 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
378 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
379 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
380 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
381 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
382 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
385 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
388 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
389 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
392 * Server/client network synchronization module
393 * VBrick streams fully supported
394 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
397 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
398 --------------------------------
401 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
402 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
403 * Improved HTTP daemon.
404 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
407 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
408 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
409 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
410 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
411 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
412 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
413 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
416 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
417 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
418 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
419 * Improved directory access module.
420 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
421 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
422 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
423 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
424 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
427 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
428 * mmsh streaming fixes.
429 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
432 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
433 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
434 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
437 * Improved session announcement system.
438 * Minimize threads usage by default.
439 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
440 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
441 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
442 * Improved transrater.
443 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
444 * New configuration system.
445 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
448 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
449 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
450 * Supports live streams and VoD.
451 * Supports scheduling.
452 * Telnet interface for vlm.
453 * HTTP interface for vlm.
456 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
457 - Ability to embed video output.
458 - Support for bitmap fonts.
459 - Lots of improvements.
460 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
461 - New design and set of icons.
462 - Ability to embed video output.
463 - Support for hotkeys.
464 - Support for bookmarks.
466 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
467 - Better hotkeys handling.
470 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
471 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
472 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
473 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
476 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
477 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
478 * Improved Windows installer.
484 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
485 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
487 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
488 ---------------------------------
491 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
492 * Playing MOD files is working now.
495 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
496 ---------------------------------
499 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
500 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
503 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
504 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
505 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
506 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
509 * Internal improvments
510 * Improved import/export
513 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
515 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
516 small and strange formats.
518 * New MOD audio demux.
519 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
520 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
521 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
522 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
525 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
526 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
527 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
533 * New opengl video output plugin.
536 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
537 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
539 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
540 ---------------------------------
543 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
544 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
545 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
546 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
547 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
548 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
549 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
550 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
553 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
558 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
559 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
560 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
561 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
562 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
563 * Reworked DVB tuning.
564 * Better Icecast support.
565 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
566 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
569 * Support for Theora video encoding.
570 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
571 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
572 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
573 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
574 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
575 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
578 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
579 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
580 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
581 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
582 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
583 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
584 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
585 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
586 * Preliminary RTP support.
587 * Fixes to SAP announces.
592 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
593 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
595 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
596 - Improvements and help in preferences
597 - New streaming wizard
598 - Revised Disc Open menu
600 - Improvements of the standard pages
601 - Support for new commands
602 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
605 * Many fixes to the SAP module
606 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
609 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
610 * Text subtitles autodetection.
611 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
612 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
613 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
614 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
615 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
616 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
617 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
620 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
622 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
623 * Support for Panther.
624 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
625 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
628 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
629 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
630 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
631 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
632 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
633 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
634 * Multimonitor support (untested).
635 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
638 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
639 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
640 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
643 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
646 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
647 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
648 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
649 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
651 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
652 ---------------------------------
655 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
658 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
659 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
662 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
663 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
666 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
669 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
670 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
673 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
676 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
679 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
680 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
683 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
684 ---------------------------------
687 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
688 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
692 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
693 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
694 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
696 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
697 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
700 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
703 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
706 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
707 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
710 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
711 ---------------------------------
714 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
715 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
719 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
720 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
721 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
722 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
723 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
726 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
727 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
728 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
731 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
732 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
733 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
736 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
737 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
738 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
739 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
740 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
743 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
744 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
745 * A new CORBA control plugin.
748 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
751 * Improved build system.
752 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
753 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
754 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
755 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
758 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
759 ---------------------------------
762 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
765 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
766 * Fixed large file support on Windows
767 * Video 4 Linux support
768 * CD Digital Audio support
769 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
772 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
773 * Support for OpenDML avi files
774 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
775 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
778 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
779 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
780 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
781 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
782 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
783 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
784 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
787 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
788 * New HTTP remote control interface
791 * 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.
792 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
793 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
794 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
797 * New reset option for the preferences
798 * You can set your language in the prefences
799 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
800 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
801 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
802 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
805 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
806 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
807 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
810 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
811 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
812 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
813 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
814 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
815 * New icons by Davor Orel.
816 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
817 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
818 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
819 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
822 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
823 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
824 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
825 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
826 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
827 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
828 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
831 * Interface localization
832 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
833 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
834 * New full-featured Preferences window
836 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
837 ---------------------------------
840 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
841 * support for skins at the interface level
842 * new OSD module using Freetype2
843 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
844 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
845 input level before dropping out of date frames.
846 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
849 * fixed HTTP redirects
850 * support for opening an entire directory
851 * EOF should be detected more reliably
852 * new video4linux access plug-in
853 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
856 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
857 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
858 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
861 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
862 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
863 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
864 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
865 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
866 * new codec for raw I420 video
867 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
870 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
871 (although it still misses some important features)
872 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
875 * new HTTP output support
876 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
877 * fixed AV synchronization issues
880 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
883 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
886 * reorderable playlist
887 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
888 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
889 * support for mono audio output devices
890 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
891 * fixed several cosmetic issues
892 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
893 * the messages window remembers more lines
894 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
895 * http and ogg stream output options
896 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
899 * new skinnable interface
900 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
902 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
903 * support for FLAC audio format
904 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
906 * network tab in the interface
907 * "apply" handling in preferences
910 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
911 ---------------------------------
914 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
915 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
916 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
917 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
919 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
923 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
924 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
925 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
926 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
929 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
930 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
933 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
936 * fixed the GNU-pth support
939 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
941 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
942 * rc interface is now fully useable
943 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
946 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
947 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
948 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
949 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
950 * VLC now uses the default audio device
952 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
953 * support for mouse gestures
954 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
957 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
958 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
961 * improved ID3 tag detection
962 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
963 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
964 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
966 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
969 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
970 ---------------------------------
973 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
974 English was set as the preferred language
977 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
978 --------------------------------
981 * new mouse gesture interface
982 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
986 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
987 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
988 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
991 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
992 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
996 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
999 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1000 without the user consent
1003 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1005 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1006 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1007 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1010 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1011 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1012 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1013 * playlist enhancements
1014 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1015 * new step forward/step backward commands
1016 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1017 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1018 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1021 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1022 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1023 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1026 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1027 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1030 * native video output is working again
1031 * only commandline interface support
1032 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1035 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1036 --------------------------------
1039 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1040 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1041 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1042 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1043 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1044 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1045 and A/52 streams are supported)
1046 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1051 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1052 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1053 * VCD entry points support
1054 * VCD image file support
1057 * support for *.asf format
1058 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1059 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1060 * support for ogg encapsulation
1061 * support for raw DV format
1062 * support for *.wav format
1063 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1066 Stream discovery & playlists:
1067 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1068 * support for .m3u file format
1069 * support for .asx file format
1070 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1073 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1074 (only available with the .avi demux)
1075 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1076 * support for raw PCM data
1077 * support for Cinepak video codec
1078 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1079 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1080 * support for Xvid codec
1081 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1082 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1083 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1085 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1087 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1090 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1093 * new WxWindows interface
1094 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1095 device and the channels configuration
1096 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1097 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1098 format that VLC can play
1099 * new swedish translation
1100 * enhancements of the playlist window
1101 * new messages window to see debug info
1102 * fixed a few crashes
1105 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1106 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1107 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1108 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working