3 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6-svn (not released yet)
4 --------------------------------------------------
7 * Video Filter2 filters can now be selected for local display using --video-filter
8 * improved Interaction dialogues
14 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splited into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and Psychedelic) video filters have been ported to the Video Filter2 API. They can now be streamed.
18 - right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
19 - support for Apple's remote (courtesy Martin Kahr)
22 * Audioscrobbler / last.fm plugin
25 * Notification plugin.
31 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
32 ---------------------------------
35 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
36 * Support for downloading updates
40 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
41 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
42 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
43 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
45 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
46 * Improved subtitles encoding support
47 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
50 * Cook (Real audio) support
52 Playlist / Services discovery:
53 * XSPF playlist support
55 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
58 * New JACK audio output
62 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
63 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
64 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
65 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
66 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
67 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
70 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
73 * System to inform the user and request information
78 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
79 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
80 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
83 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
84 - Improved playlist handling
85 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
87 - Embedded Video output
88 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
89 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
90 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
91 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
92 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
94 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
95 - A bunch of new RPN functions
98 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
101 * Mac-Intel compatibility
102 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
103 * Growl "Now playing" support
106 * Ability to log to syslog
107 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
110 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
112 * A bit more automatic testing
114 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
115 ---------------------------------
118 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
119 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
122 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
123 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
126 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
129 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
130 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
136 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
138 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
139 --------------------------------
142 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
146 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
147 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
148 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
151 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
152 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
153 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
154 * GnomeVFS input module
155 * Support for RTP packet reordering
156 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
159 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
160 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
161 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
164 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
165 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
171 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
172 Mixer and Dolby Surround
175 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
176 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
177 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
180 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
182 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
183 - New extended controls panel
184 - New bookmarks window
185 - Fixed playlist sorting
186 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
188 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
189 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
190 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
191 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
195 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
196 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
198 - Include macro to include other files
202 * Should now work outside IE as well
205 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
208 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
209 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
212 The following languages were added:
217 The following languages were re-added:
220 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
221 --------------------------------
224 * Rewrite of the playlist
226 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
227 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
228 * Preferences improvements:
229 - New organization, designed to improve usability
230 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
232 * Core image manipulation support
233 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
234 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
235 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
236 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
237 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
238 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
239 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
240 now separated by ':' instead of ','
241 * Access filter architecture
242 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
243 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
247 * Support for SOCKS proxy
248 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
249 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
250 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
251 * Better support for Kasenna streams
252 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
253 * Massive Matroska improvements
254 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
256 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
257 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
258 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
259 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
260 * Support for FTP over IPv6
263 * Dirac decoder and encoder
264 * PNG decoder/encoder
265 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
266 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
269 * New Record and Timeshift filters
272 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
273 * Brand new SAP module
274 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
275 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
276 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
277 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
278 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
279 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
283 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
286 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
287 * Image file video output (png)
288 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
289 * Improvements to wall video filter
290 * Support for font color and opacity
296 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
297 - Seeking support in VoD streams
298 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
302 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
303 - Improved preferences
304 - Improvements to the wizard
305 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
307 - Redesigned playlist
308 - Improved preferences
310 - Support for multiple actions
313 - Support for the new playlist system
315 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
318 * Screensaver disabling fix
319 * DirectShow tuner configuration
320 * Support for no-decoration windows
323 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
324 * The OpenGL video output is back
325 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
326 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
327 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
328 is not yet available in the new module
329 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
332 * Support for single-buffered overlay
341 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
344 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
347 The following languages were added:
353 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
354 -----------------------------------------------------
357 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
358 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
361 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
362 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
363 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
366 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
369 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
372 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
375 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
376 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
377 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
381 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
383 * Support of playlist group announcement
385 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
386 -----------------------------------------------------
389 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
390 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
391 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
392 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
393 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
394 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
397 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
398 (Stream your desktop)
399 * Improved DVD support:
400 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
401 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
402 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
403 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
404 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
405 (selection of titles/chapters).
408 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
409 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
410 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
411 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
412 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
413 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
414 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
415 * Improved Ogg demuxer
416 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
417 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
420 * G.726 audio support
421 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
422 * MPEG-4 text support
423 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
424 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
425 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
429 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
430 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
431 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
432 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
433 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
434 * DVB subtitles encoder
435 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
436 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
438 * Text track muxing for mp4
439 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
440 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
441 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
442 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
443 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
446 * H.263 RTP streaming support
447 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
448 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
451 * New audio equalizer filter
452 * Very trivial volume normalizer
453 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
454 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
455 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
458 * Roku HD1000 Video output
459 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
460 with support for effects.
461 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
462 - New filters can be streamed.
463 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
464 - Centralized scaling and blending
466 - "time", to display current time
467 - "marq", to display a marquee
470 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
471 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
472 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
473 * A few skins2 improvements
474 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
475 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
476 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
477 * Improved CORBA control module
480 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
481 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
482 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
485 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
486 * Experimental SVG rendering module
487 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
490 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
491 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
492 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
493 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
494 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
497 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
500 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
501 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
504 * Server/client network synchronization module
505 * VBrick streams fully supported
506 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
509 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
510 --------------------------------
513 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
514 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
515 * Improved HTTP daemon.
516 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
519 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
520 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
521 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
522 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
523 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
524 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
525 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
528 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
529 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
530 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
531 * Improved directory access module.
532 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
533 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
534 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
535 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
536 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
539 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
540 * mmsh streaming fixes.
541 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
544 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
545 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
546 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
549 * Improved session announcement system.
550 * Minimize threads usage by default.
551 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
552 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
553 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
554 * Improved transrater.
555 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
556 * New configuration system.
557 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
560 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
561 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
562 * Supports live streams and VoD.
563 * Supports scheduling.
564 * Telnet interface for vlm.
565 * HTTP interface for vlm.
568 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
569 - Ability to embed video output.
570 - Support for bitmap fonts.
571 - Lots of improvements.
572 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
573 - New design and set of icons.
574 - Ability to embed video output.
575 - Support for hotkeys.
576 - Support for bookmarks.
578 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
579 - Better hotkeys handling.
582 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
583 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
584 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
585 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
588 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
589 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
590 * Improved Windows installer.
596 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
597 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
599 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
600 ---------------------------------
603 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
604 * Playing MOD files is working now.
607 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
608 ---------------------------------
611 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
612 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
615 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
616 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
617 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
618 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
621 * Internal improvments
622 * Improved import/export
625 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
627 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
628 small and strange formats.
630 * New MOD audio demux.
631 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
632 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
633 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
634 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
637 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
638 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
639 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
645 * New opengl video output plugin.
648 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
649 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
651 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
652 ---------------------------------
655 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
656 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
657 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
658 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
659 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
660 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
661 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
662 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
665 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
670 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
671 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
672 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
673 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
674 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
675 * Reworked DVB tuning.
676 * Better Icecast support.
677 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
678 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
681 * Support for Theora video encoding.
682 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
683 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
684 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
685 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
686 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
687 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
690 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
691 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
692 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
693 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
694 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
695 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
696 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
697 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
698 * Preliminary RTP support.
699 * Fixes to SAP announces.
704 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
705 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
707 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
708 - Improvements and help in preferences
709 - New streaming wizard
710 - Revised Disc Open menu
712 - Improvements of the standard pages
713 - Support for new commands
714 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
717 * Many fixes to the SAP module
718 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
721 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
722 * Text subtitles autodetection.
723 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
724 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
725 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
726 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
727 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
728 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
729 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
732 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
734 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
735 * Support for Panther.
736 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
737 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
740 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
741 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
742 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
743 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
744 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
745 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
746 * Multimonitor support (untested).
747 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
750 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
751 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
752 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
755 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
758 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
759 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
760 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
761 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
763 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
764 ---------------------------------
767 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
770 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
771 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
774 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
775 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
778 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
781 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
782 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
785 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
788 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
791 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
792 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
795 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
796 ---------------------------------
799 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
800 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
804 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
805 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
806 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
808 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
809 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
812 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
815 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
818 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
819 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
822 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
823 ---------------------------------
826 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
827 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
831 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
832 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
833 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
834 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
835 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
838 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
839 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
840 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
843 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
844 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
845 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
848 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
849 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
850 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
851 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
852 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
855 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
856 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
857 * A new CORBA control plugin.
860 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
863 * Improved build system.
864 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
865 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
866 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
867 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
870 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
871 ---------------------------------
874 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
877 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
878 * Fixed large file support on Windows
879 * Video 4 Linux support
880 * CD Digital Audio support
881 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
884 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
885 * Support for OpenDML avi files
886 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
887 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
890 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
891 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
892 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
893 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
894 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
895 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
896 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
899 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
900 * New HTTP remote control interface
903 * 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.
904 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
905 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
906 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
909 * New reset option for the preferences
910 * You can set your language in the prefences
911 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
912 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
913 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
914 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
917 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
918 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
919 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
922 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
923 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
924 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
925 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
926 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
927 * New icons by Davor Orel.
928 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
929 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
930 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
931 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
934 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
935 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
936 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
937 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
938 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
939 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
940 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
943 * Interface localization
944 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
945 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
946 * New full-featured Preferences window
948 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
949 ---------------------------------
952 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
953 * support for skins at the interface level
954 * new OSD module using Freetype2
955 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
956 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
957 input level before dropping out of date frames.
958 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
961 * fixed HTTP redirects
962 * support for opening an entire directory
963 * EOF should be detected more reliably
964 * new video4linux access plug-in
965 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
968 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
969 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
970 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
973 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
974 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
975 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
976 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
977 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
978 * new codec for raw I420 video
979 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
982 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
983 (although it still misses some important features)
984 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
987 * new HTTP output support
988 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
989 * fixed AV synchronization issues
992 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
995 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
998 * reorderable playlist
999 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1000 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1001 * support for mono audio output devices
1002 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1003 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1004 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1005 * the messages window remembers more lines
1006 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1007 * http and ogg stream output options
1008 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1011 * new skinnable interface
1012 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1014 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1015 * support for FLAC audio format
1016 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1018 * network tab in the interface
1019 * "apply" handling in preferences
1022 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1023 ---------------------------------
1026 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1027 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1028 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1029 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1031 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1032 * DTS S/PDIF support
1035 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1036 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1037 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1038 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1041 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1042 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1045 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1048 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1051 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1053 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1054 * rc interface is now fully useable
1055 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1058 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1059 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1060 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1061 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1062 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1064 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1065 * support for mouse gestures
1066 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1069 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1070 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1073 * improved ID3 tag detection
1074 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1075 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1076 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1078 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1081 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1082 ---------------------------------
1085 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1086 English was set as the preferred language
1089 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1090 --------------------------------
1093 * new mouse gesture interface
1094 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1098 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1099 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1100 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1103 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1104 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1108 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1111 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1112 without the user consent
1115 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1117 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1118 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1119 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1122 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1123 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1124 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1125 * playlist enhancements
1126 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1127 * new step forward/step backward commands
1128 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1129 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1130 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1133 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1134 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1135 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1138 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1139 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1142 * native video output is working again
1143 * only commandline interface support
1144 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1147 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1148 --------------------------------
1151 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1152 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1153 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1154 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1155 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1156 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1157 and A/52 streams are supported)
1158 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1163 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1164 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1165 * VCD entry points support
1166 * VCD image file support
1169 * support for *.asf format
1170 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1171 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1172 * support for ogg encapsulation
1173 * support for raw DV format
1174 * support for *.wav format
1175 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1178 Stream discovery & playlists:
1179 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1180 * support for .m3u file format
1181 * support for .asx file format
1182 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1185 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1186 (only available with the .avi demux)
1187 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1188 * support for raw PCM data
1189 * support for Cinepak video codec
1190 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1191 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1192 * support for Xvid codec
1193 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1194 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1195 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1197 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1199 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1202 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1205 * new WxWindows interface
1206 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1207 device and the channels configuration
1208 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1209 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1210 format that VLC can play
1211 * new swedish translation
1212 * enhancements of the playlist window
1213 * new messages window to see debug info
1214 * fixed a few crashes
1217 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1218 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1219 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1220 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working