1 Changes between 0.9.8a and 1.0.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Instantaneous pausing
6 * Frame-by-Frame playback
7 * Timeshift for all medias
8 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
9 * RTSP trickplay support
13 * Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b)
16 * QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice)
17 * Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
18 * WMA v1/2 fixed point integer
21 * Support for Dirac and RealVideo in Matroska files
22 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
23 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files
26 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
29 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
30 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
31 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
32 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
33 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
34 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
35 * DVB scanning on linux
36 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc Folder support
37 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form zip://file.zip|file.avi to specify the file)
40 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
41 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
45 * Export the playlist in HTML
46 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
48 Linux/Windows interface:
49 * Recently played items list
50 * Interface customizations
51 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
54 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
57 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
58 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
59 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
60 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
63 * New Maemo port with:
64 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
65 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
68 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
71 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
72 * Surround support for PulseAudio
75 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
76 * Video is able to stay in original size in fullscreen (hotkey 'o')
79 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
82 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
83 ---------------------------------
86 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
88 Bunch of small bugfixes.
91 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
92 --------------------------------
97 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
98 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
101 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
102 --------------------------------
104 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
105 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
108 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
111 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
112 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
115 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
116 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
119 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
120 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
121 * Various fixed in playlist
124 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
127 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
130 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
131 ------------------------------------
133 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
134 * Fixes several memory leaks.
137 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
138 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
139 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
142 * Stability fix for the video output.
145 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
146 --------------------------------
149 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
150 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
151 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
152 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
153 * Fixed update system bugs
154 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
157 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
158 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
159 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
160 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
161 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
162 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
163 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
164 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
165 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
166 modern Mac OS X versions
169 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
170 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
172 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
173 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
176 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
177 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
178 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
179 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
180 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
181 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
184 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
185 --------------------------------
187 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
188 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
192 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
193 --------------------------------
195 * Multiple bug fixes.
198 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
199 ---------------------------------
203 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
204 recent to work correctly
205 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
206 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
207 edit the ".hosts" file.
208 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
209 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
210 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
211 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
212 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
213 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
214 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
215 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
216 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
217 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
218 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
219 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
220 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
221 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
222 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
223 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
224 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
225 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
226 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
227 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
228 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
229 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
230 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
231 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
232 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
233 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
234 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
235 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
236 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
237 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
238 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
239 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
240 and postproc modules.
241 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
242 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
243 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
244 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
246 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
248 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
249 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
251 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
252 * Glide video output module has been removed.
258 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
260 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
261 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
264 * Vastly improved playlist support:
265 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
267 * Shoutcast TV listings
268 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
270 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
271 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
273 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
276 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
277 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
278 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
279 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
280 * JACK audio input support
281 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
282 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
283 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
284 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
285 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
286 * Experimental EyeTV access module
287 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
288 (available as a separate download).
289 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
291 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
292 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
293 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
295 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
296 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
299 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
300 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
301 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
302 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
304 * APEv1/2 tags support
305 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
306 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
308 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
309 * TiVo Series 2 support
310 * CD+G karaoke Files support
315 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
316 * Flash Screen Video support
317 * CamStudio Screen Video support
318 * DosBox Capture support
319 * Karl Morton's Video support
320 * limited atrac3 support
322 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
323 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
324 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
326 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
327 * NellyMoser ASAO support
328 * APE (Monkey audio) support
329 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
330 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
333 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
334 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
335 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
336 * AQTitle subtitles support
337 * MKV USF subtitles support
338 * HTML-based subtitles support
339 * MPSub subtitles support
340 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
341 * MPL2 subtitles support
342 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
343 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
344 * Realtext subtitle support
345 * DKS subtitle support
346 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
347 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
350 * Flash Screen Video support
351 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
353 Video outputs and filters:
354 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
355 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
356 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
357 * New puzzle video output filter
358 * Re-written motion detection video filter
359 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
361 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
362 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
363 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
364 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
365 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
366 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
367 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
368 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
369 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
370 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
371 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
372 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
373 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
374 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
376 Audio outputs and filters:
377 * Replay gain support
378 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
379 new scaletempo audio filter)
380 * New spatializer audio filter
381 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
384 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
385 * New RTP payload formats:
386 * Speex voice audio codec
387 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
388 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
389 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
390 * DCCP transport for RTP
391 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
396 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
397 end-user suitable way.
398 * Improved user interaction
399 * Improved mouse gestures
400 * Vastly improved Update checker
401 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
403 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
404 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
406 * Improved video output features
407 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
408 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
409 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
410 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
411 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
413 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
414 if libncursesw is available.
415 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
416 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
417 share/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info.
419 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
420 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
421 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
422 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
423 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
424 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
425 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
426 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
429 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
430 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
431 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
434 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
435 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
436 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
437 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
438 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
439 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
442 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
443 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
453 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
454 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
455 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
458 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
459 ----------------------------------
462 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
465 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
466 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
467 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
468 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
469 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
470 * Updated Polish translation
473 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
474 ----------------------------------
477 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
478 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
479 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
482 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
483 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
484 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
485 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
486 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
487 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
488 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
489 to an unexpected application termination
490 * New Serbian translation
491 * Updated Romanian translation
494 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
495 ----------------------------------
498 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
499 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
500 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
501 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
502 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
503 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
504 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
505 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
508 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
509 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
510 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
511 * Fixed AAC resampling
512 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
513 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
516 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
517 ----------------------------------
520 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
521 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
522 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
523 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
524 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
527 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
528 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
529 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
530 * Close MMS access on network timeout
531 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
534 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
535 ----------------------------------
538 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
539 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
542 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
543 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
544 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
545 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
547 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
551 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
554 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
557 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
560 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
563 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
564 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
565 encoding on multi-cpu systems
566 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
567 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
569 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
570 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
571 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
572 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
575 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
578 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
579 ----------------------------------
582 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
583 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
584 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
586 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
587 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
589 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
590 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
593 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
595 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
596 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
597 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
598 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
599 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
600 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
602 * Support for current Ogg file formats
603 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
604 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
607 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
610 * The automatic updating facility was removed
611 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
612 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
613 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
616 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
617 ----------------------------------
619 Various bugfixes, notably:
620 * Windows Vista compatibility
621 * Cropping in Direct3D
622 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
623 * RSS filter string overflow
625 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
627 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
628 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
631 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
632 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
635 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
638 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
641 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
644 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
645 ----------------------------------
647 Various bugfixes, notably:
648 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
649 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
650 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
651 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
652 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
653 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
656 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
657 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
660 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
662 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
663 * Diverse usability improvements
664 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
665 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
666 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
669 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
670 ---------------------------------
673 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
676 * Fullscreen controller improvements
679 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
680 --------------------------------
683 * Shoutcast TV listings support
686 * Support for RTSP authentication
687 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
688 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
689 * ATSC support for DVB input
690 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
691 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
692 * Improved support for Flash Video files
695 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
696 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
697 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
698 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
699 * Matroska WavPack support
700 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
701 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
702 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
705 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
706 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
707 * Improved libcaca support
711 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
712 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
714 * Systray support in skins
716 * Support for Apple Remote control
717 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
718 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
719 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
720 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
722 * Notifications using notification-daemon
725 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
727 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
728 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
729 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
730 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
731 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
733 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
734 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
743 * Updates to the libvlc API
744 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
747 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
748 --------------------------------
751 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
752 * Support for downloading updates
756 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
757 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
758 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
759 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
761 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
762 * Improved subtitles encoding support
763 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
766 * Cook (Real audio) support
768 Playlist / Services discovery:
769 * XSPF playlist support
771 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
774 * New JACK audio output
778 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
779 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
780 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
781 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
782 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
783 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
786 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
789 * System to inform the user and request information
790 - HTTP authentication
794 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
795 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
796 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
799 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
800 - Improved playlist handling
801 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
803 - Embedded Video output
804 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
805 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
806 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
807 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
808 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
810 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
811 - A bunch of new RPN functions
814 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
817 * Mac-Intel compatibility
818 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
819 * Growl "Now playing" support
822 * Ability to log to syslog
823 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
826 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
828 * A bit more automatic testing
831 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
832 ---------------------------------
835 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
836 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
839 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
840 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
843 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
846 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
847 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
853 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
856 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
857 --------------------------------
860 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
864 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
865 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
866 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
869 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
870 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
871 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
872 * GnomeVFS input module
873 * Support for RTP packet reordering
874 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
877 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
878 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
879 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
882 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
883 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
889 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
890 Mixer and Dolby Surround
893 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
894 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
895 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
898 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
900 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
901 - New extended controls panel
902 - New bookmarks window
903 - Fixed playlist sorting
904 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
906 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
907 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
908 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
909 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
913 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
914 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
916 - Include macro to include other files
920 * Should now work outside IE as well
923 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
926 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
927 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
930 The following languages were added:
935 The following languages were re-added:
939 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
940 --------------------------------
943 * Rewrite of the playlist
945 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
946 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
947 * Preferences improvements:
948 - New organization, designed to improve usability
949 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
951 * Core image manipulation support
952 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
953 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
954 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
955 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
956 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
957 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
958 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
959 now separated by ':' instead of ','
960 * Access filter architecture
961 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
962 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
966 * Support for SOCKS proxy
967 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
968 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
969 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
970 * Better support for Kasenna streams
971 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
972 * Massive Matroska improvements
973 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
975 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
976 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
977 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
978 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
979 * Support for FTP over IPv6
982 * Dirac decoder and encoder
983 * PNG decoder/encoder
984 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
985 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
988 * New Record and Timeshift filters
991 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
992 * Brand new SAP module
993 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
994 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
995 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
996 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
997 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
998 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1002 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1005 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1006 * Image file video output (png)
1007 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1008 * Improvements to wall video filter
1009 * Support for font color and opacity
1015 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1016 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1017 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1021 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1022 - Improved preferences
1023 - Improvements to the wizard
1024 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1026 - Redesigned playlist
1027 - Improved preferences
1029 - Support for multiple actions
1032 - Support for the new playlist system
1034 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1037 * Screensaver disabling fix
1038 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1039 * Support for no-decoration windows
1042 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1043 * The OpenGL video output is back
1044 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1045 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1046 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1047 is not yet available in the new module
1048 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1051 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1060 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1063 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1066 The following languages were added:
1072 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1073 --------------------------------
1076 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1077 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1080 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1081 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1082 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1085 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1088 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1091 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1094 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1095 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1096 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1100 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1102 * Support of playlist group announcement
1105 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1106 --------------------------------
1109 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1110 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1111 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1112 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1113 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1114 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1117 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1118 (Stream your desktop)
1119 * Improved DVD support:
1120 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1121 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1122 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1123 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1124 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1125 (selection of titles/chapters).
1128 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1129 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1130 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1131 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1132 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1133 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1134 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1135 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1136 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1137 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1140 * G.726 audio support
1141 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1142 * MPEG-4 text support
1143 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1144 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1145 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1149 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1150 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1151 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1152 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1153 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1154 * DVB subtitles encoder
1155 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1156 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1158 * Text track muxing for mp4
1159 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1160 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1161 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1162 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1163 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1164 * Improved ASF muxer
1166 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1167 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1168 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1171 * New audio equalizer filter
1172 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1173 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1174 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1175 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1178 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1179 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1180 with support for effects.
1181 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1182 - New filters can be streamed.
1183 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1184 - Centralized scaling and blending
1186 - "time", to display current time
1187 - "marq", to display a marquee
1190 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1191 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1192 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1193 * A few skins2 improvements
1194 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1195 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1196 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1197 * Improved CORBA control module
1200 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1201 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1202 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1205 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1206 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1207 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1210 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1211 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1212 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1213 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1214 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1217 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1220 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1221 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1224 * Server/client network synchronization module
1225 * VBrick streams fully supported
1226 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1230 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1231 --------------------------------
1234 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1235 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1236 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1237 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1240 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1241 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1242 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1243 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1244 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1245 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1246 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1249 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1250 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1251 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1252 * Improved directory access module.
1253 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1254 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1255 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1256 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1257 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1260 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1261 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1262 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1265 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1266 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1267 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1270 * Improved session announcement system.
1271 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1272 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1273 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1274 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1275 * Improved transrater.
1276 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1277 * New configuration system.
1278 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1281 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1282 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1283 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1284 * Supports scheduling.
1285 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1286 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1289 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1290 - Ability to embed video output.
1291 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1292 - Lots of improvements.
1293 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1294 - New design and set of icons.
1295 - Ability to embed video output.
1296 - Support for hotkeys.
1297 - Support for bookmarks.
1299 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1300 - Better hotkeys handling.
1303 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1304 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1305 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1306 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1309 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1310 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1311 * Improved Windows installer.
1317 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1318 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1321 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1322 ---------------------------------
1325 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1326 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1329 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1330 --------------------------------
1333 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1334 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1337 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1338 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1339 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1340 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1343 * Internal improvments
1344 * Improved import/export
1347 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1349 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1350 small and strange formats.
1352 * New MOD audio demux.
1353 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1354 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1355 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1356 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1359 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1360 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1361 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1367 * New opengl video output plugin.
1370 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1371 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1374 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1375 --------------------------------
1378 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1379 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1380 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1381 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1382 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1383 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1384 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1385 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1388 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1393 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1394 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1395 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1396 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1397 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1398 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1399 * Better Icecast support.
1400 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1401 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1404 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1405 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1406 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1407 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1408 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1409 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1410 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1413 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1414 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1415 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1416 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1417 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1418 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1419 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1420 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1421 * Preliminary RTP support.
1422 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1427 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1428 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1430 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1431 - Improvements and help in preferences
1432 - New streaming wizard
1433 - Revised Disc Open menu
1435 - Improvements of the standard pages
1436 - Support for new commands
1437 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1440 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1441 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1444 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1445 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1446 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1447 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1448 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1449 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1450 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1451 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1452 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1455 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1457 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1458 * Support for Panther.
1459 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1460 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1463 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1464 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1465 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1466 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1467 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1468 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1469 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1470 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1473 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1474 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1475 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1478 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1481 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1482 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1483 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1484 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1487 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1488 --------------------------------
1491 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1494 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1495 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1498 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1499 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1502 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1505 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1506 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1509 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1512 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1515 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1516 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1520 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1521 --------------------------------
1524 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1525 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1529 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1530 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1531 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1533 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1534 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1537 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1540 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1543 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1544 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1548 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1549 --------------------------------
1552 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1553 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1557 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1558 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1559 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1560 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1561 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1564 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1565 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1566 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1569 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1570 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1571 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1574 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1575 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1576 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1577 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1578 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1581 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1582 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1583 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1586 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1589 * Improved build system.
1590 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1591 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1592 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1593 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1596 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1597 --------------------------------
1600 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1603 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1604 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1605 * Video 4 Linux support
1606 * CD Digital Audio support
1607 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1610 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1611 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1612 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1613 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1616 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1617 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1618 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1619 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1620 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1621 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1622 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1625 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1626 * New HTTP remote control interface
1629 * 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.
1630 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1631 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1632 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1635 * New reset option for the preferences
1636 * You can set your language in the prefences
1637 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1638 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1639 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1640 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1643 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1644 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1645 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1648 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1649 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1650 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1651 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1652 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1653 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1654 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1655 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1656 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1657 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1660 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1661 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1662 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1663 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1664 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1665 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1666 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1669 * Interface localization
1670 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1671 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1672 * New full-featured Preferences window
1675 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1676 --------------------------------
1679 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1680 * support for skins at the interface level
1681 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1682 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1683 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1684 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1685 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1688 * fixed HTTP redirects
1689 * support for opening an entire directory
1690 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1691 * new video4linux access plug-in
1692 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1695 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1696 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1697 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1700 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1701 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1702 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1703 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1704 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1705 * new codec for raw I420 video
1706 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1709 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1710 (although it still misses some important features)
1711 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1714 * new HTTP output support
1715 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1716 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1719 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1722 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1725 * reorderable playlist
1726 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1727 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1728 * support for mono audio output devices
1729 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1730 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1731 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1732 * the messages window remembers more lines
1733 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1734 * http and ogg stream output options
1735 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1738 * new skinnable interface
1739 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1741 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1742 * support for FLAC audio format
1743 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1745 * network tab in the interface
1746 * "apply" handling in preferences
1749 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1750 ---------------------------------
1753 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1754 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1755 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1756 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1758 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1759 * DTS S/PDIF support
1762 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1763 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1764 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1765 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1768 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1769 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1772 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1775 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1778 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1780 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1781 * rc interface is now fully useable
1782 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1785 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1786 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1787 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1788 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1789 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1791 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1792 * support for mouse gestures
1793 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1796 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1797 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1800 * improved ID3 tag detection
1801 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1802 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1803 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1805 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1808 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1809 ---------------------------------
1812 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1813 English was set as the preferred language
1816 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1817 --------------------------------
1820 * new mouse gesture interface
1821 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1825 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1826 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1827 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1830 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1831 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1835 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1838 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1839 without the user consent
1842 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1844 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1845 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1846 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1849 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1850 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1851 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1852 * playlist enhancements
1853 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1854 * new step forward/step backward commands
1855 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1856 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1857 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1860 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1861 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1862 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1865 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1866 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1869 * native video output is working again
1870 * only commandline interface support
1871 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1874 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1875 --------------------------------
1878 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1879 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1880 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1881 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1882 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1883 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1884 and A/52 streams are supported)
1885 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1890 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1891 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1892 * VCD entry points support
1893 * VCD image file support
1896 * support for *.asf format
1897 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1898 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1899 * support for ogg encapsulation
1900 * support for raw DV format
1901 * support for *.wav format
1902 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1905 Stream discovery & playlists:
1906 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1907 * support for .m3u file format
1908 * support for .asx file format
1909 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1912 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1913 (only available with the .avi demux)
1914 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1915 * support for raw PCM data
1916 * support for Cinepak video codec
1917 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1918 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1919 * support for Xvid codec
1920 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1921 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1922 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1924 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1926 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1929 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1932 * new WxWindows interface
1933 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1934 device and the channels configuration
1935 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1936 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1937 format that VLC can play
1938 * new swedish translation
1939 * enhancements of the playlist window
1940 * new messages window to see debug info
1941 * fixed a few crashes
1944 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1945 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1946 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1947 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working