3 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
4 ---------------------------------
7 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
8 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
11 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
12 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
15 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
18 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
19 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
25 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
27 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
28 --------------------------------
31 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
35 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
36 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
37 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
40 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
41 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
42 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
43 * GnomeVFS input module
44 * Support for RTP packet reordering
45 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
48 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
49 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
50 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
53 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
54 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
60 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
61 Mixer and Dolby Surround
64 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
65 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
66 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
69 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
71 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
72 - New extended controls panel
73 - New bookmarks window
74 - Fixed playlist sorting
75 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
77 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
78 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
79 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
80 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
84 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
85 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
87 - Include macro to include other files
91 * Should now work outside IE as well
94 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
97 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
98 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
101 The following languages were added:
106 The following languages were re-added:
109 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
110 --------------------------------
113 * Rewrite of the playlist
115 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
116 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
117 * Preferences improvements:
118 - New organization, designed to improve usability
119 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
121 * Core image manipulation support
122 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
123 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
124 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
125 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
126 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
127 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
128 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
129 now separated by ':' instead of ','
130 * Access filter architecture
131 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
132 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
136 * Support for SOCKS proxy
137 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
138 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
139 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
140 * Better support for Kasenna streams
141 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
142 * Massive Matroska improvements
143 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
145 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
146 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
147 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
148 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
149 * Support for FTP over IPv6
152 * Dirac decoder and encoder
153 * PNG decoder/encoder
154 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
155 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
158 * New Record and Timeshift filters
161 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
162 * Brand new SAP module
163 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
164 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
165 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
166 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
167 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
168 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
172 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
175 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
176 * Image file video output (png)
177 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
178 * Improvements to wall video filter
179 * Support for font color and opacity
185 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
186 - Seeking support in VoD streams
187 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
191 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
192 - Improved preferences
193 - Improvements to the wizard
194 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
196 - Redesigned playlist
197 - Improved preferences
199 - Support for multiple actions
202 - Support for the new playlist system
204 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
207 * Screensaver disabling fix
208 * DirectShow tuner configuration
209 * Support for no-decoration windows
212 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
213 * The OpenGL video output is back
214 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
215 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
216 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
217 is not yet available in the new module
218 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
221 * Support for single-buffered overlay
230 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
233 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
236 The following languages were added:
242 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
243 -----------------------------------------------------
246 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
247 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
250 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
251 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
252 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
255 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
258 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
261 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
264 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
265 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
266 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
270 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
272 * Support of playlist group announcement
274 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
275 -----------------------------------------------------
278 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
279 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
280 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
281 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
282 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
283 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
286 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
287 (Stream your desktop)
288 * Improved DVD support:
289 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
290 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
291 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
292 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
293 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
294 (selection of titles/chapters).
297 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
298 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
299 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
300 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
301 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
302 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
303 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
304 * Improved Ogg demuxer
305 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
306 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
309 * G.726 audio support
310 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
311 * MPEG-4 text support
312 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
313 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
314 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
318 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
319 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
320 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
321 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
322 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
323 * DVB subtitles encoder
324 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
325 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
327 * Text track muxing for mp4
328 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
329 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
330 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
331 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
332 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
335 * H.263 RTP streaming support
336 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
337 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
340 * New audio equalizer filter
341 * Very trivial volume normalizer
342 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
343 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
344 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
347 * Roku HD1000 Video output
348 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
349 with support for effects.
350 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
351 - New filters can be streamed.
352 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
353 - Centralized scaling and blending
355 - "time", to display current time
356 - "marq", to display a marquee
359 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
360 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
361 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
362 * A few skins2 improvements
363 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
364 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
365 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
366 * Improved CORBA control module
369 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
370 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
371 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
374 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
375 * Experimental SVG rendering module
376 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
379 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
380 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
381 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
382 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
383 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
386 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
389 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
390 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
393 * Server/client network synchronization module
394 * VBrick streams fully supported
395 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
398 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
399 --------------------------------
402 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
403 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
404 * Improved HTTP daemon.
405 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
408 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
409 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
410 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
411 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
412 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
413 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
414 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
417 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
418 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
419 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
420 * Improved directory access module.
421 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
422 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
423 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
424 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
425 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
428 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
429 * mmsh streaming fixes.
430 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
433 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
434 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
435 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
438 * Improved session announcement system.
439 * Minimize threads usage by default.
440 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
441 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
442 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
443 * Improved transrater.
444 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
445 * New configuration system.
446 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
449 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
450 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
451 * Supports live streams and VoD.
452 * Supports scheduling.
453 * Telnet interface for vlm.
454 * HTTP interface for vlm.
457 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
458 - Ability to embed video output.
459 - Support for bitmap fonts.
460 - Lots of improvements.
461 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
462 - New design and set of icons.
463 - Ability to embed video output.
464 - Support for hotkeys.
465 - Support for bookmarks.
467 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
468 - Better hotkeys handling.
471 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
472 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
473 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
474 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
477 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
478 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
479 * Improved Windows installer.
485 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
486 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
488 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
489 ---------------------------------
492 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
493 * Playing MOD files is working now.
496 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
497 ---------------------------------
500 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
501 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
504 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
505 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
506 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
507 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
510 * Internal improvments
511 * Improved import/export
514 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
516 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
517 small and strange formats.
519 * New MOD audio demux.
520 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
521 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
522 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
523 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
526 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
527 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
528 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
534 * New opengl video output plugin.
537 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
538 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
540 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
541 ---------------------------------
544 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
545 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
546 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
547 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
548 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
549 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
550 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
551 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
554 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
559 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
560 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
561 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
562 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
563 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
564 * Reworked DVB tuning.
565 * Better Icecast support.
566 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
567 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
570 * Support for Theora video encoding.
571 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
572 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
573 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
574 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
575 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
576 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
579 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
580 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
581 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
582 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
583 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
584 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
585 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
586 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
587 * Preliminary RTP support.
588 * Fixes to SAP announces.
593 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
594 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
596 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
597 - Improvements and help in preferences
598 - New streaming wizard
599 - Revised Disc Open menu
601 - Improvements of the standard pages
602 - Support for new commands
603 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
606 * Many fixes to the SAP module
607 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
610 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
611 * Text subtitles autodetection.
612 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
613 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
614 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
615 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
616 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
617 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
618 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
621 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
623 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
624 * Support for Panther.
625 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
626 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
629 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
630 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
631 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
632 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
633 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
634 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
635 * Multimonitor support (untested).
636 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
639 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
640 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
641 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
644 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
647 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
648 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
649 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
650 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
652 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
653 ---------------------------------
656 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
659 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
660 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
663 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
664 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
667 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
670 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
671 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
674 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
677 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
680 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
681 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
684 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
685 ---------------------------------
688 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
689 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
693 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
694 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
695 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
697 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
698 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
701 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
704 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
707 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
708 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
711 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
712 ---------------------------------
715 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
716 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
720 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
721 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
722 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
723 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
724 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
727 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
728 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
729 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
732 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
733 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
734 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
737 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
738 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
739 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
740 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
741 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
744 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
745 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
746 * A new CORBA control plugin.
749 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
752 * Improved build system.
753 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
754 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
755 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
756 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
759 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
760 ---------------------------------
763 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
766 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
767 * Fixed large file support on Windows
768 * Video 4 Linux support
769 * CD Digital Audio support
770 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
773 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
774 * Support for OpenDML avi files
775 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
776 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
779 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
780 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
781 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
782 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
783 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
784 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
785 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
788 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
789 * New HTTP remote control interface
792 * 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.
793 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
794 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
795 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
798 * New reset option for the preferences
799 * You can set your language in the prefences
800 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
801 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
802 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
803 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
806 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
807 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
808 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
811 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
812 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
813 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
814 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
815 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
816 * New icons by Davor Orel.
817 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
818 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
819 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
820 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
823 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
824 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
825 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
826 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
827 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
828 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
829 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
832 * Interface localization
833 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
834 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
835 * New full-featured Preferences window
837 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
838 ---------------------------------
841 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
842 * support for skins at the interface level
843 * new OSD module using Freetype2
844 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
845 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
846 input level before dropping out of date frames.
847 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
850 * fixed HTTP redirects
851 * support for opening an entire directory
852 * EOF should be detected more reliably
853 * new video4linux access plug-in
854 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
857 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
858 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
859 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
862 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
863 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
864 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
865 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
866 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
867 * new codec for raw I420 video
868 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
871 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
872 (although it still misses some important features)
873 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
876 * new HTTP output support
877 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
878 * fixed AV synchronization issues
881 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
884 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
887 * reorderable playlist
888 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
889 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
890 * support for mono audio output devices
891 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
892 * fixed several cosmetic issues
893 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
894 * the messages window remembers more lines
895 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
896 * http and ogg stream output options
897 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
900 * new skinnable interface
901 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
903 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
904 * support for FLAC audio format
905 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
907 * network tab in the interface
908 * "apply" handling in preferences
911 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
912 ---------------------------------
915 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
916 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
917 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
918 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
920 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
924 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
925 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
926 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
927 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
930 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
931 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
934 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
937 * fixed the GNU-pth support
940 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
942 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
943 * rc interface is now fully useable
944 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
947 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
948 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
949 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
950 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
951 * VLC now uses the default audio device
953 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
954 * support for mouse gestures
955 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
958 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
959 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
962 * improved ID3 tag detection
963 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
964 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
965 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
967 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
970 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
971 ---------------------------------
974 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
975 English was set as the preferred language
978 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
979 --------------------------------
982 * new mouse gesture interface
983 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
987 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
988 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
989 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
992 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
993 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
997 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1000 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1001 without the user consent
1004 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1006 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1007 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1008 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1011 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1012 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1013 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1014 * playlist enhancements
1015 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1016 * new step forward/step backward commands
1017 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1018 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1019 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1022 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1023 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1024 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1027 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1028 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1031 * native video output is working again
1032 * only commandline interface support
1033 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1036 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1037 --------------------------------
1040 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1041 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1042 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1043 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1044 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1045 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1046 and A/52 streams are supported)
1047 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1052 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1053 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1054 * VCD entry points support
1055 * VCD image file support
1058 * support for *.asf format
1059 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1060 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1061 * support for ogg encapsulation
1062 * support for raw DV format
1063 * support for *.wav format
1064 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1067 Stream discovery & playlists:
1068 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1069 * support for .m3u file format
1070 * support for .asx file format
1071 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1074 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1075 (only available with the .avi demux)
1076 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1077 * support for raw PCM data
1078 * support for Cinepak video codec
1079 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1080 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1081 * support for Xvid codec
1082 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1083 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1084 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1086 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1088 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1091 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1094 * new WxWindows interface
1095 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1096 device and the channels configuration
1097 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1098 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1099 format that VLC can play
1100 * new swedish translation
1101 * enhancements of the playlist window
1102 * new messages window to see debug info
1103 * fixed a few crashes
1106 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1107 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1108 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1109 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working