1 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
4 Important changes for packagers:
5 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
6 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
7 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
8 * The default tarballs are now .tar.xz
10 * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
11 * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git
14 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
15 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
16 * DVB-S scanning support
17 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
18 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
19 * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
20 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
21 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
22 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
23 * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
24 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
27 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
28 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
29 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
30 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
31 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
34 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
35 * Major Video Output and Video Core reworks and rewrites
36 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
39 * id3tag plugin is now removed (superseded by taglib)
40 * new images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
41 * Ogg seeking improvements
42 * C64 SID file playback support using sidplay2
45 * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one
46 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
47 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
48 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
49 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
50 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
51 and important cleanups and optimisations
52 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
55 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
56 * New video output for iOS platform
57 * New video output using EGL
58 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
59 * Various vmem improvements
62 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
63 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
64 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
65 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
66 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
69 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
72 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
75 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
76 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
77 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
78 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
79 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
80 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
81 * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
82 * Major rework of VoD support
85 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
88 * New capabilities for libVLC:
89 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
90 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
91 list of available audio and video filters
94 * asademux: use libass only
95 * fake: use the new image demuxers
96 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
98 * upnp: use upnp_intel
101 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
102 ----------------------------------
105 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
109 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
112 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
115 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
116 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
117 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
118 * Taglib thread-safety fix
121 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
125 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
128 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
131 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
132 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
134 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
138 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
139 * Miscellaneous fixes
142 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
143 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
145 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
146 * New Asturian translation
149 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
150 ----------------------------------
153 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
155 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
158 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
161 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
162 * Various fixes for Windows
165 * New Armenian translation
166 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
167 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
170 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
171 --------------------------------
174 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
176 * Fix folders opening from the interface
179 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
180 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
183 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
184 --------------------------------
187 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
188 * fix for podcasts parsing
189 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
192 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
193 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
196 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
197 * fix m3u playlists exports
200 * fix video autoresize behaviour
203 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
206 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
209 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
212 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
215 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
216 --------------------------------
219 * Avformat fps displaying fix
220 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
223 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
224 of mono streams, especially on Windows
227 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
228 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
229 * fix console output encoding
231 Interface and extensions:
232 * Youtube and other scripts updates
233 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
236 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
237 --------------------------------
240 * New capabilities for libVLC:
241 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
242 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
243 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
244 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
245 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
246 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
247 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
248 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
249 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
250 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
251 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
252 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
253 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
254 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
255 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
259 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
260 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
261 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
262 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
263 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
266 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
269 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
270 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
271 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
275 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
278 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
279 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
280 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
283 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
284 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
285 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
286 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
289 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
290 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
293 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
294 --------------------------------
296 Important changes for users:
297 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
298 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
300 Important changes for packagers:
301 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
302 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
303 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
304 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
305 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
307 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
309 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
310 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
311 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
312 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
313 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
316 * Support for the sftp protocol
317 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
318 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
319 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
320 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
321 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
324 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
325 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
326 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
328 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
329 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
330 * Invmem module improvements
331 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
332 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
333 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
334 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
335 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
336 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
337 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
338 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
339 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
340 * Support for VP8 codec
341 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
344 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
345 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
346 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
347 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
348 * Various EGP improvements
349 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
350 * Metadata and cover art improvements
353 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
354 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
355 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
356 * Podcast images are now displayed
359 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
360 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
361 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
362 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
363 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
364 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
365 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
366 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
367 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
368 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
369 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
372 * New content extensions lua framework
375 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
376 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
377 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
378 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
379 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
380 * NEON assembly audio converter module
381 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
384 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
385 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
386 * Service discovery based on libudev
387 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
390 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
391 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
392 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
393 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
394 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
395 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
396 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
399 * New smem module, streaming to memory
400 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
401 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
404 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
406 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
407 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
410 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
413 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
414 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
415 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
416 by Andy Matuschak et al.
417 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
418 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
419 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
422 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
423 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
426 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
427 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
428 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
432 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
433 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
434 * Improved Solaris port
437 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
438 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
441 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
442 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
443 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
444 * transrate: broken since too long
445 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
446 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
447 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
448 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
449 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
450 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
451 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
452 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
453 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
454 * cddax: use cdda instead.
455 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
456 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
457 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
458 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
461 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
462 --------------------------------
465 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
467 Decoders/Packetizers:
468 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
471 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
472 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
473 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
474 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
475 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
478 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
479 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
482 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
483 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
486 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
487 and Walloon translations updated
488 * Sinhala translation started
491 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
492 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
495 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
496 --------------------------------
499 * SubRip extra styles improvements
500 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
503 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
506 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
507 increase performance and fix x264 issues
510 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
511 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
512 Russian, Slovak translation updates
513 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
516 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
517 --------------------------------
520 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
521 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
524 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
525 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
528 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
529 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
532 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
535 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
536 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
539 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
540 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
543 * New Walloon translation
544 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
547 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
548 --------------------------------
551 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
552 regressions in most popular drivers
553 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
556 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
557 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
558 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
561 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
562 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
565 * Update for appletrailers lua script
566 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
567 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
568 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
569 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
572 * New udev module for linux
575 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
578 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
581 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
582 --------------------------------
585 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
586 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
587 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
590 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
591 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
594 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
595 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
598 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
601 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
602 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
603 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
604 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
607 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
608 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
609 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
610 - no support for Goom and SDL
611 - limited text rendering support
612 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
615 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
616 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
617 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
618 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
619 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
620 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
621 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
622 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
623 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
627 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
630 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
633 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
634 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
635 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
636 Arabic and French translation updates
639 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
640 --------------------------------
643 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
644 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
645 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
646 * Fix Dailymotion access script
647 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
648 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
651 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
652 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
655 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
656 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
657 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
660 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
663 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
664 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
667 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
668 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
669 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
670 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
671 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
672 * Fix various crashes
675 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
677 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
680 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
681 ---------------------------------
685 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
686 See 'Access:' for more info.
687 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
690 * Instantaneous pausing
691 * Frame-by-Frame playback
692 * Finer speed control
693 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
694 * Timeshift for most medias
695 * RTSP trickplay support
696 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
699 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
700 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
701 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
702 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
703 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
704 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
705 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
706 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
707 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
708 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
711 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
712 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
713 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
714 * Metadata for mod files are supported
715 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
716 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
717 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
720 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
721 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
724 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
725 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
726 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
727 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
728 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
729 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
730 * DVB scanning on linux
731 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
732 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
733 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
734 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
735 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
736 * MTP device access on Unix
737 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
738 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
741 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
742 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
743 Windows and Mac OS X.
746 * Export the playlist in HTML
747 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
748 * Better metadata handling and reading
750 Linux/Windows interface:
751 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
752 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
753 * Recently played items list
754 * Interface toolbar customizations
755 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
758 - Improvements on many dialogs
759 - New dialog for plugins listing
760 - Fixed-size mode for videos
761 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
762 * Better integration in GTK environments
765 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
766 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
767 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
768 * Additional usability improvements
771 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
772 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
773 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
774 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
775 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
778 * New Maemo port with:
779 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
780 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
783 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
786 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
787 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
788 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
789 * Support for latest iSight models
792 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
793 * Surround support for PulseAudio
796 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
797 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
798 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
799 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
800 The old image video output has been removed.
801 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
802 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
805 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
813 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
814 --------------------------------------
820 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
821 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
822 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
823 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
824 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
825 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
826 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
828 Various fixes to the following modules:
831 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
832 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
835 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
840 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
841 ---------------------------------
844 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
845 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
848 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
849 ---------------------------------
852 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
855 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
858 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
859 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
860 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
861 main controller window.
862 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
865 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
870 * Updates of other localizations
873 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
874 * Lots of small bugfixes.
875 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
876 * Telnet fixes on Windows
877 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
880 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
881 ---------------------------------
884 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
886 Bunch of small bugfixes.
889 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
890 --------------------------------
895 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
896 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
899 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
900 --------------------------------
902 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
903 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
906 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
909 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
910 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
913 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
914 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
917 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
918 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
919 * Various fixed in playlist
922 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
925 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
928 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
929 ------------------------------------
931 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
932 * Fixes several memory leaks.
935 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
936 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
937 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
940 * Stability fix for the video output.
943 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
944 --------------------------------
947 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
948 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
949 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
950 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
951 * Fixed update system bugs
952 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
955 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
956 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
957 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
958 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
959 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
960 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
961 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
962 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
963 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
964 modern Mac OS X versions
967 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
968 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
970 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
971 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
974 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
975 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
976 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
977 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
978 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
979 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
982 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
983 --------------------------------
985 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
986 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
990 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
991 --------------------------------
993 * Multiple bug fixes.
996 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
997 ---------------------------------
1001 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1002 recent to work correctly
1003 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1004 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1005 edit the ".hosts" file.
1006 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1007 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1008 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1009 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1010 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1011 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1012 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1013 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1014 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1015 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1016 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1017 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1018 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1019 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1020 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1021 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1022 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1023 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1024 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1025 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1026 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1027 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1028 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1029 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1030 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1031 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1032 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1033 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1034 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1035 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1036 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1037 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1038 and postproc modules.
1039 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1040 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1041 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1042 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1044 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1045 filter. For example:
1046 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1047 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1049 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1050 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1056 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1058 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1059 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1062 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1063 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1065 * Shoutcast TV listings
1066 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1068 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1069 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1071 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1074 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1075 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1076 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1077 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1078 * JACK audio input support
1079 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1080 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1081 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1082 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1083 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1084 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1085 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1086 (available as a separate download).
1087 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1088 * RTMP input support
1089 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1090 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1091 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1093 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1094 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1097 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1098 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1099 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1100 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1102 * APEv1/2 tags support
1103 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1104 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1106 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1107 * TiVo Series 2 support
1108 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1113 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1114 * Flash Screen Video support
1115 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1116 * DosBox Capture support
1117 * Karl Morton's Video support
1118 * limited atrac3 support
1120 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1121 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1122 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1123 * H.264 PAFF support
1124 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1125 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1126 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1127 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1128 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1131 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1132 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1133 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1134 * AQTitle subtitles support
1135 * MKV USF subtitles support
1136 * HTML-based subtitles support
1137 * MPSub subtitles support
1138 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1139 * MPL2 subtitles support
1140 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1141 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1142 * Realtext subtitle support
1143 * DKS subtitle support
1144 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1145 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1148 * Flash Screen Video support
1149 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1151 Video outputs and filters:
1152 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1153 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1154 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1155 * New puzzle video output filter
1156 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1157 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1159 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1160 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1161 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1162 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1163 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1164 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1165 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1166 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1167 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1168 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1169 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1170 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1171 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1172 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1174 Audio outputs and filters:
1175 * Replay gain support
1176 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1177 new scaletempo audio filter)
1178 * New spatializer audio filter
1179 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1182 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1183 * New RTP payload formats:
1184 * Speex voice audio codec
1185 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1186 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1187 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1188 * DCCP transport for RTP
1189 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1194 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1195 end-user suitable way.
1196 * Improved user interaction
1197 * Improved mouse gestures
1198 * Vastly improved Update checker
1199 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1201 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1202 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1204 * Improved video output features
1205 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1206 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1207 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1208 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1209 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1211 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1212 if libncursesw is available.
1213 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1214 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1215 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1217 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1218 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1219 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1220 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1221 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1222 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1223 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1224 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1227 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1228 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1229 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1232 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1233 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1234 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1235 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1236 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1237 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1240 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1241 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1251 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1252 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1253 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1256 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1257 ----------------------------------
1260 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1263 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1264 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1265 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1266 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1267 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1268 * Updated Polish translation
1271 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1272 ----------------------------------
1275 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1276 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1277 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1280 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1281 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1282 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1283 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1284 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1285 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1286 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1287 to an unexpected application termination
1288 * New Serbian translation
1289 * Updated Romanian translation
1292 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1293 ----------------------------------
1296 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1297 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1298 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1299 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1300 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1301 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1302 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1303 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1306 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1307 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1308 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1309 * Fixed AAC resampling
1310 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1311 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1314 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1315 ----------------------------------
1318 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1319 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1320 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1321 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1322 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1325 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1326 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1327 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1328 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1329 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1332 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1333 ----------------------------------
1336 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1337 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1340 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1341 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1342 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1343 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1345 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1349 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1352 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1355 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1358 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1361 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1362 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1363 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1364 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1365 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1367 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1368 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1369 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1370 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1373 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1376 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1377 ----------------------------------
1380 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1381 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1382 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1384 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1385 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1387 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1388 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1391 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1393 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1394 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1395 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1396 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1397 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1398 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1399 two different movies
1400 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1401 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1402 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1405 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1408 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1409 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1410 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1411 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1414 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1415 ----------------------------------
1417 Various bugfixes, notably:
1418 * Windows Vista compatibility
1419 * Cropping in Direct3D
1420 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1421 * RSS filter string overflow
1423 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1425 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1426 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1429 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1430 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1433 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1436 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1439 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1442 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1443 ----------------------------------
1445 Various bugfixes, notably:
1446 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1447 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1448 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1449 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1450 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1451 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1454 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1455 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1458 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1460 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1461 * Diverse usability improvements
1462 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1463 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1464 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1467 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1468 ---------------------------------
1470 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1471 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1474 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1477 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1478 --------------------------------
1481 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1484 * Support for RTSP authentication
1485 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1486 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1487 * ATSC support for DVB input
1488 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1489 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1490 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1493 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1494 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1495 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1496 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1497 * Matroska WavPack support
1498 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1499 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1500 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1503 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1504 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1505 * Improved libcaca support
1509 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1510 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1512 * Systray support in skins
1514 * Support for Apple Remote control
1515 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1516 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1517 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1518 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1520 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1523 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1524 Windows 9x/ME users:
1525 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1526 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1527 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1528 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1529 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1531 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1532 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1541 * Updates to the libvlc API
1542 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1545 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1546 --------------------------------
1549 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1550 * Support for downloading updates
1554 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1555 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1556 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1557 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1559 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1560 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1561 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1564 * Cook (Real audio) support
1566 Playlist / Services discovery:
1567 * XSPF playlist support
1569 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1572 * New JACK audio output
1575 * New video filters:
1576 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1577 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1578 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1579 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1580 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1581 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1584 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1587 * System to inform the user and request information
1588 - HTTP authentication
1592 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1593 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1594 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1597 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1598 - Improved playlist handling
1599 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1601 - Embedded Video output
1602 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1603 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1604 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1605 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1606 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1608 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1609 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1612 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1615 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1616 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1617 * Growl "Now playing" support
1620 * Ability to log to syslog
1621 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1624 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1626 * A bit more automatic testing
1629 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1630 ---------------------------------
1633 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1634 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1637 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1638 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1641 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1644 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1645 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1651 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1654 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1655 --------------------------------
1658 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1662 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1663 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1664 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1667 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1668 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1669 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1670 * GnomeVFS input module
1671 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1672 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1675 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1676 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1677 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1680 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1681 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1687 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1688 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1691 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1692 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1693 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1696 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1698 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1699 - New extended controls panel
1700 - New bookmarks window
1701 - Fixed playlist sorting
1702 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1704 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1705 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1706 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1707 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1711 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1712 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1714 - Include macro to include other files
1718 * Should now work outside IE as well
1721 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1724 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1725 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1728 The following languages were added:
1732 * Simplified Chinese
1733 The following languages were re-added:
1737 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1738 --------------------------------
1741 * Rewrite of the playlist
1743 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1744 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1745 * Preferences improvements:
1746 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1747 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1749 * Core image manipulation support
1750 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1751 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1752 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1753 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1754 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1755 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1756 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1757 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1758 * Access filter architecture
1759 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1760 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1764 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1765 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1766 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1767 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1768 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1769 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1770 * Massive Matroska improvements
1771 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1773 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1774 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1775 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1776 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1777 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1779 Decoders / Encoders:
1780 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1781 * PNG decoder/encoder
1782 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1783 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1786 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1789 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1790 * Brand new SAP module
1791 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1792 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1793 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1794 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1795 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1796 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1800 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1803 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1804 * Image file video output (png)
1805 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1806 * Improvements to wall video filter
1807 * Support for font color and opacity
1813 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1814 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1815 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1819 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1820 - Improved preferences
1821 - Improvements to the wizard
1822 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1824 - Redesigned playlist
1825 - Improved preferences
1827 - Support for multiple actions
1830 - Support for the new playlist system
1832 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1835 * Screensaver disabling fix
1836 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1837 * Support for no-decoration windows
1840 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1841 * The OpenGL video output is back
1842 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1843 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1844 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1845 is not yet available in the new module
1846 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1849 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1858 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1861 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1864 The following languages were added:
1870 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1871 --------------------------------
1874 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1875 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1878 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1879 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1880 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1883 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1886 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1889 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1892 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1893 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1894 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1898 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1900 * Support of playlist group announcement
1903 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1904 --------------------------------
1907 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1908 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1909 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1910 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1911 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1912 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1915 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1916 (Stream your desktop)
1917 * Improved DVD support:
1918 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1919 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1920 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1921 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1922 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1923 (selection of titles/chapters).
1926 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1927 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1928 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1929 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1930 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1931 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1932 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1933 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1934 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1935 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1938 * G.726 audio support
1939 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1940 * MPEG-4 text support
1941 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1942 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1943 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1947 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1948 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1949 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1950 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1951 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1952 * DVB subtitles encoder
1953 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1954 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1956 * Text track muxing for mp4
1957 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1958 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1959 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1960 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1961 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1962 * Improved ASF muxer
1964 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1965 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1966 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1969 * New audio equalizer filter
1970 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1971 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1972 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1973 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1976 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1977 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1978 with support for effects.
1979 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1980 - New filters can be streamed.
1981 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1982 - Centralized scaling and blending
1984 - "time", to display current time
1985 - "marq", to display a marquee
1988 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1989 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1990 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1991 * A few skins2 improvements
1992 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1993 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1994 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1995 * Improved CORBA control module
1998 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1999 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
2000 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2003 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2004 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2005 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2008 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2009 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2010 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2011 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2012 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2015 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2018 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2019 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2022 * Server/client network synchronization module
2023 * VBrick streams fully supported
2024 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2028 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2029 --------------------------------
2032 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2033 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2034 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2035 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2038 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2039 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2040 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2041 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2042 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2043 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2044 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2047 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2048 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2049 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2050 * Improved directory access module.
2051 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2052 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2053 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2054 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2055 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2058 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2059 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2060 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2063 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2064 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2065 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2068 * Improved session announcement system.
2069 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2070 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2071 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2072 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2073 * Improved transrater.
2074 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2075 * New configuration system.
2076 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2079 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2080 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2081 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2082 * Supports scheduling.
2083 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2084 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2087 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2088 - Ability to embed video output.
2089 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2090 - Lots of improvements.
2091 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2092 - New design and set of icons.
2093 - Ability to embed video output.
2094 - Support for hotkeys.
2095 - Support for bookmarks.
2097 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2098 - Better hotkeys handling.
2101 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2102 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2103 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2104 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2107 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2108 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2109 * Improved Windows installer.
2115 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2116 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2119 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2120 ---------------------------------
2123 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2124 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2127 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2128 --------------------------------
2131 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2132 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2135 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2136 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2137 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2138 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2141 * Internal improvments
2142 * Improved import/export
2145 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2147 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2148 small and strange formats.
2150 * New MOD audio demux.
2151 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2152 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2153 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2154 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2157 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2158 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2159 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2165 * New opengl video output plugin.
2168 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2169 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2172 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2173 --------------------------------
2176 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2177 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2178 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2179 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2180 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2181 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2182 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2183 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2186 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2191 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2192 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2193 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2194 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2195 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2196 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2197 * Better Icecast support.
2198 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2199 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2202 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2203 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2204 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2205 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2206 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2207 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2208 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2211 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2212 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2213 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2214 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2215 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2216 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2217 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2218 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2219 * Preliminary RTP support.
2220 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2225 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2226 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2228 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2229 - Improvements and help in preferences
2230 - New streaming wizard
2231 - Revised Disc Open menu
2233 - Improvements of the standard pages
2234 - Support for new commands
2235 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2238 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2239 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2242 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2243 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2244 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2245 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2246 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2247 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2248 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2249 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2250 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2253 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2255 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2256 * Support for Panther.
2257 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2258 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2261 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2262 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2263 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2264 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2265 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2266 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2267 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2268 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2271 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2272 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2273 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2276 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2279 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2280 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2281 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2282 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2285 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2286 --------------------------------
2289 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2292 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2293 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2296 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2297 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2300 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2303 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2304 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2307 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2310 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2313 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2314 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2318 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2319 --------------------------------
2322 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2323 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2327 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2328 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2329 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2331 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2332 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2335 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2338 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2341 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2342 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2346 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2347 --------------------------------
2350 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2351 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2355 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2356 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2357 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2358 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2359 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2362 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2363 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2364 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2367 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2368 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2369 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2372 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2373 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2374 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2375 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2376 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2379 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2380 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2381 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2384 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2387 * Improved build system.
2388 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2389 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2390 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2391 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2394 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2395 --------------------------------
2398 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2401 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2402 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2403 * Video 4 Linux support
2404 * CD Digital Audio support
2405 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2408 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2409 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2410 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2411 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2414 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2415 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2416 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2417 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2418 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2419 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2420 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2423 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2424 * New HTTP remote control interface
2427 * 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.
2428 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2429 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2430 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2433 * New reset option for the preferences
2434 * You can set your language in the prefences
2435 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2436 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2437 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2438 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2441 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2442 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2443 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2446 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2447 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2448 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2449 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2450 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2451 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2452 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2453 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2454 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2455 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2458 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2459 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2460 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2461 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2462 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2463 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2464 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2467 * Interface localization
2468 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2469 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2470 * New full-featured Preferences window
2473 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2474 --------------------------------
2477 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2478 * support for skins at the interface level
2479 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2480 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2481 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2482 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2483 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2486 * fixed HTTP redirects
2487 * support for opening an entire directory
2488 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2489 * new video4linux access plug-in
2490 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2493 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2494 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2495 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2498 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2499 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2500 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2501 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2502 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2503 * new codec for raw I420 video
2504 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2507 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2508 (although it still misses some important features)
2509 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2512 * new HTTP output support
2513 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2514 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2517 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2520 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2523 * reorderable playlist
2524 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2525 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2526 * support for mono audio output devices
2527 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2528 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2529 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2530 * the messages window remembers more lines
2531 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2532 * http and ogg stream output options
2533 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2536 * new skinnable interface
2537 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2539 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2540 * support for FLAC audio format
2541 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2543 * network tab in the interface
2544 * "apply" handling in preferences
2547 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2548 ---------------------------------
2551 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2552 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2553 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2554 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2556 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2557 * DTS S/PDIF support
2560 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2561 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2562 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2563 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2566 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2567 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2570 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2573 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2576 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2578 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2579 * rc interface is now fully useable
2580 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2583 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2584 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2585 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2586 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2587 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2589 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2590 * support for mouse gestures
2591 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2594 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2595 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2598 * improved ID3 tag detection
2599 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2600 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2601 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2603 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2606 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2607 ---------------------------------
2610 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2611 English was set as the preferred language
2614 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2615 --------------------------------
2618 * new mouse gesture interface
2619 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2623 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2624 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2625 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2628 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2629 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2633 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2636 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2637 without the user consent
2640 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2642 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2643 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2644 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2647 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2648 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2649 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2650 * playlist enhancements
2651 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2652 * new step forward/step backward commands
2653 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2654 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2655 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2658 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2659 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2660 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2663 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2664 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2667 * native video output is working again
2668 * only commandline interface support
2669 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2672 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2673 --------------------------------
2676 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2677 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2678 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2679 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2680 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2681 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2682 and A/52 streams are supported)
2683 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2688 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2689 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2690 * VCD entry points support
2691 * VCD image file support
2694 * support for *.asf format
2695 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2696 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2697 * support for ogg encapsulation
2698 * support for raw DV format
2699 * support for *.wav format
2700 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2703 Stream discovery & playlists:
2704 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2705 * support for .m3u file format
2706 * support for .asx file format
2707 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2710 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2711 (only available with the .avi demux)
2712 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2713 * support for raw PCM data
2714 * support for Cinepak video codec
2715 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2716 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2717 * support for Xvid codec
2718 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2719 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2720 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2722 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2724 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2727 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2730 * new WxWindows interface
2731 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2732 device and the channels configuration
2733 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2734 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2735 format that VLC can play
2736 * new swedish translation
2737 * enhancements of the playlist window
2738 * new messages window to see debug info
2739 * fixed a few crashes
2742 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2743 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2744 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2745 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working