3 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5-svn (not yet released):
4 --------------------------------------------------------
7 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
8 * Support for downloading updates
12 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
13 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
14 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
15 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
17 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
18 * Improved subtitles encoding support
19 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
22 * Cook (Real audio) support
24 Playlist / Services discovery:
25 * XSPF playlist support
27 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
30 * New JACK audio output
34 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
35 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
36 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
37 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
38 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
39 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
42 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
45 * System to inform the user and request information
50 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
51 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
52 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
55 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
56 - Improved playlist handling
57 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
59 - Embedded Video output
60 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
61 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
62 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
63 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
64 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
66 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
67 - A bunch of new RPN functions
70 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
73 * Mac-Intel compatibility
74 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
75 * Growl "Now playing" support
78 * Ability to log to syslog
79 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
82 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
84 * A bit more automatic testing
86 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
87 ---------------------------------
90 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
91 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
94 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
95 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
98 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
101 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
102 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
108 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
110 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
111 --------------------------------
114 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
118 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
119 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
120 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
123 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
124 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
125 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
126 * GnomeVFS input module
127 * Support for RTP packet reordering
128 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
131 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
132 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
133 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
136 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
137 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
143 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
144 Mixer and Dolby Surround
147 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
148 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
149 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
152 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
154 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
155 - New extended controls panel
156 - New bookmarks window
157 - Fixed playlist sorting
158 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
160 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
161 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
162 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
163 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
167 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
168 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
170 - Include macro to include other files
174 * Should now work outside IE as well
177 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
180 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
181 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
184 The following languages were added:
189 The following languages were re-added:
192 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
193 --------------------------------
196 * Rewrite of the playlist
198 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
199 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
200 * Preferences improvements:
201 - New organization, designed to improve usability
202 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
204 * Core image manipulation support
205 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
206 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
207 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
208 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
209 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
210 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
211 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
212 now separated by ':' instead of ','
213 * Access filter architecture
214 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
215 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
219 * Support for SOCKS proxy
220 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
221 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
222 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
223 * Better support for Kasenna streams
224 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
225 * Massive Matroska improvements
226 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
228 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
229 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
230 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
231 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
232 * Support for FTP over IPv6
235 * Dirac decoder and encoder
236 * PNG decoder/encoder
237 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
238 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
241 * New Record and Timeshift filters
244 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
245 * Brand new SAP module
246 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
247 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
248 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
249 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
250 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
251 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
255 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
258 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
259 * Image file video output (png)
260 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
261 * Improvements to wall video filter
262 * Support for font color and opacity
268 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
269 - Seeking support in VoD streams
270 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
274 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
275 - Improved preferences
276 - Improvements to the wizard
277 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
279 - Redesigned playlist
280 - Improved preferences
282 - Support for multiple actions
285 - Support for the new playlist system
287 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
290 * Screensaver disabling fix
291 * DirectShow tuner configuration
292 * Support for no-decoration windows
295 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
296 * The OpenGL video output is back
297 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
298 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
299 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
300 is not yet available in the new module
301 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
304 * Support for single-buffered overlay
313 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
316 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
319 The following languages were added:
325 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
326 -----------------------------------------------------
329 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
330 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
333 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
334 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
335 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
338 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
341 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
344 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
347 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
348 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
349 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
353 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
355 * Support of playlist group announcement
357 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
358 -----------------------------------------------------
361 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
362 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
363 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
364 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
365 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
366 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
369 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
370 (Stream your desktop)
371 * Improved DVD support:
372 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
373 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
374 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
375 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
376 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
377 (selection of titles/chapters).
380 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
381 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
382 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
383 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
384 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
385 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
386 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
387 * Improved Ogg demuxer
388 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
389 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
392 * G.726 audio support
393 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
394 * MPEG-4 text support
395 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
396 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
397 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
401 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
402 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
403 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
404 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
405 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
406 * DVB subtitles encoder
407 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
408 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
410 * Text track muxing for mp4
411 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
412 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
413 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
414 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
415 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
418 * H.263 RTP streaming support
419 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
420 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
423 * New audio equalizer filter
424 * Very trivial volume normalizer
425 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
426 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
427 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
430 * Roku HD1000 Video output
431 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
432 with support for effects.
433 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
434 - New filters can be streamed.
435 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
436 - Centralized scaling and blending
438 - "time", to display current time
439 - "marq", to display a marquee
442 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
443 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
444 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
445 * A few skins2 improvements
446 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
447 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
448 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
449 * Improved CORBA control module
452 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
453 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
454 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
457 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
458 * Experimental SVG rendering module
459 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
462 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
463 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
464 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
465 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
466 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
469 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
472 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
473 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
476 * Server/client network synchronization module
477 * VBrick streams fully supported
478 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
481 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
482 --------------------------------
485 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
486 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
487 * Improved HTTP daemon.
488 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
491 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
492 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
493 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
494 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
495 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
496 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
497 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
500 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
501 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
502 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
503 * Improved directory access module.
504 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
505 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
506 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
507 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
508 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
511 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
512 * mmsh streaming fixes.
513 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
516 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
517 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
518 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
521 * Improved session announcement system.
522 * Minimize threads usage by default.
523 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
524 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
525 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
526 * Improved transrater.
527 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
528 * New configuration system.
529 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
532 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
533 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
534 * Supports live streams and VoD.
535 * Supports scheduling.
536 * Telnet interface for vlm.
537 * HTTP interface for vlm.
540 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
541 - Ability to embed video output.
542 - Support for bitmap fonts.
543 - Lots of improvements.
544 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
545 - New design and set of icons.
546 - Ability to embed video output.
547 - Support for hotkeys.
548 - Support for bookmarks.
550 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
551 - Better hotkeys handling.
554 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
555 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
556 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
557 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
560 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
561 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
562 * Improved Windows installer.
568 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
569 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
571 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
572 ---------------------------------
575 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
576 * Playing MOD files is working now.
579 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
580 ---------------------------------
583 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
584 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
587 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
588 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
589 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
590 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
593 * Internal improvments
594 * Improved import/export
597 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
599 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
600 small and strange formats.
602 * New MOD audio demux.
603 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
604 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
605 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
606 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
609 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
610 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
611 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
617 * New opengl video output plugin.
620 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
621 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
623 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
624 ---------------------------------
627 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
628 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
629 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
630 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
631 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
632 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
633 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
634 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
637 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
642 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
643 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
644 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
645 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
646 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
647 * Reworked DVB tuning.
648 * Better Icecast support.
649 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
650 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
653 * Support for Theora video encoding.
654 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
655 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
656 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
657 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
658 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
659 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
662 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
663 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
664 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
665 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
666 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
667 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
668 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
669 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
670 * Preliminary RTP support.
671 * Fixes to SAP announces.
676 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
677 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
679 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
680 - Improvements and help in preferences
681 - New streaming wizard
682 - Revised Disc Open menu
684 - Improvements of the standard pages
685 - Support for new commands
686 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
689 * Many fixes to the SAP module
690 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
693 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
694 * Text subtitles autodetection.
695 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
696 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
697 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
698 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
699 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
700 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
701 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
704 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
706 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
707 * Support for Panther.
708 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
709 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
712 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
713 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
714 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
715 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
716 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
717 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
718 * Multimonitor support (untested).
719 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
722 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
723 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
724 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
727 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
730 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
731 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
732 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
733 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
735 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
736 ---------------------------------
739 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
742 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
743 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
746 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
747 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
750 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
753 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
754 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
757 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
760 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
763 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
764 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
767 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
768 ---------------------------------
771 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
772 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
776 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
777 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
778 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
780 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
781 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
784 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
787 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
790 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
791 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
794 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
795 ---------------------------------
798 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
799 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
803 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
804 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
805 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
806 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
807 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
810 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
811 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
812 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
815 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
816 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
817 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
820 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
821 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
822 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
823 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
824 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
827 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
828 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
829 * A new CORBA control plugin.
832 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
835 * Improved build system.
836 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
837 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
838 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
839 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
842 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
843 ---------------------------------
846 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
849 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
850 * Fixed large file support on Windows
851 * Video 4 Linux support
852 * CD Digital Audio support
853 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
856 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
857 * Support for OpenDML avi files
858 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
859 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
862 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
863 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
864 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
865 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
866 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
867 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
868 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
871 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
872 * New HTTP remote control interface
875 * 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.
876 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
877 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
878 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
881 * New reset option for the preferences
882 * You can set your language in the prefences
883 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
884 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
885 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
886 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
889 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
890 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
891 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
894 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
895 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
896 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
897 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
898 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
899 * New icons by Davor Orel.
900 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
901 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
902 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
903 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
906 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
907 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
908 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
909 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
910 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
911 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
912 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
915 * Interface localization
916 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
917 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
918 * New full-featured Preferences window
920 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
921 ---------------------------------
924 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
925 * support for skins at the interface level
926 * new OSD module using Freetype2
927 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
928 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
929 input level before dropping out of date frames.
930 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
933 * fixed HTTP redirects
934 * support for opening an entire directory
935 * EOF should be detected more reliably
936 * new video4linux access plug-in
937 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
940 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
941 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
942 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
945 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
946 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
947 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
948 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
949 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
950 * new codec for raw I420 video
951 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
954 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
955 (although it still misses some important features)
956 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
959 * new HTTP output support
960 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
961 * fixed AV synchronization issues
964 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
967 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
970 * reorderable playlist
971 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
972 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
973 * support for mono audio output devices
974 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
975 * fixed several cosmetic issues
976 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
977 * the messages window remembers more lines
978 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
979 * http and ogg stream output options
980 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
983 * new skinnable interface
984 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
986 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
987 * support for FLAC audio format
988 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
990 * network tab in the interface
991 * "apply" handling in preferences
994 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
995 ---------------------------------
998 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
999 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1000 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1001 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1003 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1004 * DTS S/PDIF support
1007 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1008 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1009 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1010 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1013 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1014 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1017 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1020 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1023 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1025 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1026 * rc interface is now fully useable
1027 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1030 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1031 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1032 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1033 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1034 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1036 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1037 * support for mouse gestures
1038 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1041 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1042 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1045 * improved ID3 tag detection
1046 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1047 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1048 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1050 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1053 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1054 ---------------------------------
1057 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1058 English was set as the preferred language
1061 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1062 --------------------------------
1065 * new mouse gesture interface
1066 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1070 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1071 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1072 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1075 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1076 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1080 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1083 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1084 without the user consent
1087 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1089 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1090 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1091 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1094 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1095 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1096 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1097 * playlist enhancements
1098 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1099 * new step forward/step backward commands
1100 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1101 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1102 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1105 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1106 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1107 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1110 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1111 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1114 * native video output is working again
1115 * only commandline interface support
1116 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1119 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1120 --------------------------------
1123 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1124 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1125 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1126 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1127 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1128 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1129 and A/52 streams are supported)
1130 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1135 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1136 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1137 * VCD entry points support
1138 * VCD image file support
1141 * support for *.asf format
1142 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1143 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1144 * support for ogg encapsulation
1145 * support for raw DV format
1146 * support for *.wav format
1147 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1150 Stream discovery & playlists:
1151 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1152 * support for .m3u file format
1153 * support for .asx file format
1154 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1157 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1158 (only available with the .avi demux)
1159 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1160 * support for raw PCM data
1161 * support for Cinepak video codec
1162 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1163 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1164 * support for Xvid codec
1165 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1166 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1167 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1169 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1171 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1174 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1177 * new WxWindows interface
1178 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1179 device and the channels configuration
1180 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1181 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1182 format that VLC can play
1183 * new swedish translation
1184 * enhancements of the playlist window
1185 * new messages window to see debug info
1186 * fixed a few crashes
1189 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1190 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1191 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1192 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working