3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
20 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
21 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
22 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
23 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
24 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
30 * Vastly improved playlist support:
31 * Media library support
33 * Shoutcast TV listings
34 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
37 * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
38 * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
41 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
42 * MKV USF subtitles support
43 * HTML based subtitles support
44 * Flash Screen Video support
47 * Flash Screen Video support
49 Video output and filters:
50 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
51 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
52 * New puzzle video output filter
53 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
54 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
56 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
57 * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
58 * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
60 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
61 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
62 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
63 was previously part of the mosaic module.
66 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
70 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
72 * Improved user interaction
74 * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental).
77 * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
83 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
84 -----------------------------------------------------------
85 Various bugfixes, notably:
86 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
87 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
88 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
89 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
90 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
91 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
94 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
95 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
98 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
100 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
101 * Diverse usability improvements
102 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
103 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
104 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
107 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
108 ---------------------------------
111 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
114 * Fullscreen controller improvements
117 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
118 --------------------------------
121 * Shoutcast TV listings support
124 * Support for RTSP authentication
125 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
126 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
127 * ATSC support for DVB input
128 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
129 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
130 * Improved support for Flash Video files
133 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
134 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
135 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
136 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
137 * Matroska WavPack support
138 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
139 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
140 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
143 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
144 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
145 * Improved libcaca support
149 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
150 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
152 * Systray support in skins
154 * Support for Apple Remote control
155 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
156 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
157 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
158 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
160 * Notifications using notification-daemon
163 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
165 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
166 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
167 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
168 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
169 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
171 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
172 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
181 * Updates to the libvlc API
182 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
186 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
187 ---------------------------------
190 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
191 * Support for downloading updates
195 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
196 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
197 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
198 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
200 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
201 * Improved subtitles encoding support
202 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
205 * Cook (Real audio) support
207 Playlist / Services discovery:
208 * XSPF playlist support
210 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
213 * New JACK audio output
217 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
218 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
219 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
220 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
221 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
222 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
225 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
228 * System to inform the user and request information
229 - HTTP authentication
233 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
234 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
235 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
238 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
239 - Improved playlist handling
240 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
242 - Embedded Video output
243 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
244 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
245 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
246 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
247 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
249 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
250 - A bunch of new RPN functions
253 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
256 * Mac-Intel compatibility
257 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
258 * Growl "Now playing" support
261 * Ability to log to syslog
262 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
265 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
267 * A bit more automatic testing
269 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
270 ---------------------------------
273 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
274 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
277 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
278 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
281 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
284 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
285 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
291 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
293 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
294 --------------------------------
297 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
301 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
302 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
303 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
306 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
307 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
308 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
309 * GnomeVFS input module
310 * Support for RTP packet reordering
311 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
314 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
315 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
316 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
319 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
320 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
326 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
327 Mixer and Dolby Surround
330 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
331 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
332 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
335 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
337 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
338 - New extended controls panel
339 - New bookmarks window
340 - Fixed playlist sorting
341 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
343 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
344 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
345 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
346 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
350 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
351 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
353 - Include macro to include other files
357 * Should now work outside IE as well
360 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
363 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
364 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
367 The following languages were added:
372 The following languages were re-added:
375 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
376 --------------------------------
379 * Rewrite of the playlist
381 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
382 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
383 * Preferences improvements:
384 - New organization, designed to improve usability
385 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
387 * Core image manipulation support
388 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
389 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
390 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
391 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
392 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
393 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
394 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
395 now separated by ':' instead of ','
396 * Access filter architecture
397 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
398 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
402 * Support for SOCKS proxy
403 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
404 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
405 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
406 * Better support for Kasenna streams
407 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
408 * Massive Matroska improvements
409 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
411 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
412 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
413 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
414 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
415 * Support for FTP over IPv6
418 * Dirac decoder and encoder
419 * PNG decoder/encoder
420 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
421 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
424 * New Record and Timeshift filters
427 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
428 * Brand new SAP module
429 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
430 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
431 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
432 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
433 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
434 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
438 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
441 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
442 * Image file video output (png)
443 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
444 * Improvements to wall video filter
445 * Support for font color and opacity
451 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
452 - Seeking support in VoD streams
453 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
457 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
458 - Improved preferences
459 - Improvements to the wizard
460 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
462 - Redesigned playlist
463 - Improved preferences
465 - Support for multiple actions
468 - Support for the new playlist system
470 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
473 * Screensaver disabling fix
474 * DirectShow tuner configuration
475 * Support for no-decoration windows
478 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
479 * The OpenGL video output is back
480 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
481 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
482 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
483 is not yet available in the new module
484 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
487 * Support for single-buffered overlay
496 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
499 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
502 The following languages were added:
508 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
509 -----------------------------------------------------
512 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
513 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
516 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
517 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
518 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
521 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
524 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
527 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
530 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
531 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
532 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
536 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
538 * Support of playlist group announcement
540 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
541 -----------------------------------------------------
544 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
545 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
546 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
547 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
548 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
549 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
552 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
553 (Stream your desktop)
554 * Improved DVD support:
555 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
556 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
557 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
558 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
559 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
560 (selection of titles/chapters).
563 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
564 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
565 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
566 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
567 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
568 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
569 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
570 * Improved Ogg demuxer
571 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
572 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
575 * G.726 audio support
576 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
577 * MPEG-4 text support
578 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
579 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
580 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
584 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
585 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
586 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
587 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
588 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
589 * DVB subtitles encoder
590 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
591 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
593 * Text track muxing for mp4
594 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
595 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
596 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
597 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
598 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
601 * H.263 RTP streaming support
602 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
603 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
606 * New audio equalizer filter
607 * Very trivial volume normalizer
608 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
609 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
610 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
613 * Roku HD1000 Video output
614 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
615 with support for effects.
616 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
617 - New filters can be streamed.
618 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
619 - Centralized scaling and blending
621 - "time", to display current time
622 - "marq", to display a marquee
625 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
626 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
627 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
628 * A few skins2 improvements
629 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
630 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
631 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
632 * Improved CORBA control module
635 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
636 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
637 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
640 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
641 * Experimental SVG rendering module
642 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
645 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
646 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
647 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
648 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
649 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
652 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
655 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
656 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
659 * Server/client network synchronization module
660 * VBrick streams fully supported
661 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
664 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
665 --------------------------------
668 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
669 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
670 * Improved HTTP daemon.
671 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
674 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
675 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
676 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
677 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
678 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
679 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
680 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
683 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
684 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
685 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
686 * Improved directory access module.
687 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
688 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
689 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
690 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
691 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
694 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
695 * mmsh streaming fixes.
696 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
699 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
700 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
701 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
704 * Improved session announcement system.
705 * Minimize threads usage by default.
706 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
707 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
708 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
709 * Improved transrater.
710 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
711 * New configuration system.
712 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
715 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
716 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
717 * Supports live streams and VoD.
718 * Supports scheduling.
719 * Telnet interface for vlm.
720 * HTTP interface for vlm.
723 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
724 - Ability to embed video output.
725 - Support for bitmap fonts.
726 - Lots of improvements.
727 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
728 - New design and set of icons.
729 - Ability to embed video output.
730 - Support for hotkeys.
731 - Support for bookmarks.
733 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
734 - Better hotkeys handling.
737 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
738 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
739 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
740 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
743 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
744 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
745 * Improved Windows installer.
751 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
752 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
754 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
755 ---------------------------------
758 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
759 * Playing MOD files is working now.
762 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
763 ---------------------------------
766 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
767 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
770 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
771 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
772 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
773 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
776 * Internal improvments
777 * Improved import/export
780 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
782 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
783 small and strange formats.
785 * New MOD audio demux.
786 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
787 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
788 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
789 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
792 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
793 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
794 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
800 * New opengl video output plugin.
803 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
804 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
806 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
807 ---------------------------------
810 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
811 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
812 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
813 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
814 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
815 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
816 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
817 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
820 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
825 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
826 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
827 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
828 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
829 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
830 * Reworked DVB tuning.
831 * Better Icecast support.
832 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
833 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
836 * Support for Theora video encoding.
837 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
838 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
839 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
840 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
841 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
842 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
845 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
846 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
847 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
848 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
849 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
850 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
851 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
852 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
853 * Preliminary RTP support.
854 * Fixes to SAP announces.
859 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
860 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
862 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
863 - Improvements and help in preferences
864 - New streaming wizard
865 - Revised Disc Open menu
867 - Improvements of the standard pages
868 - Support for new commands
869 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
872 * Many fixes to the SAP module
873 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
876 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
877 * Text subtitles autodetection.
878 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
879 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
880 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
881 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
882 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
883 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
884 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
887 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
889 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
890 * Support for Panther.
891 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
892 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
895 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
896 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
897 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
898 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
899 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
900 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
901 * Multimonitor support (untested).
902 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
905 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
906 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
907 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
910 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
913 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
914 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
915 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
916 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
918 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
919 ---------------------------------
922 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
925 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
926 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
929 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
930 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
933 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
936 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
937 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
940 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
943 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
946 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
947 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
950 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
951 ---------------------------------
954 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
955 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
959 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
960 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
961 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
963 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
964 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
967 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
970 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
973 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
974 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
977 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
978 ---------------------------------
981 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
982 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
986 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
987 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
988 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
989 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
990 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
993 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
994 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
995 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
998 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
999 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1000 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1003 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1004 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1005 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1006 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1007 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1010 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1011 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1012 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1015 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1018 * Improved build system.
1019 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1020 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1021 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1022 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1025 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1026 ---------------------------------
1029 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1032 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1033 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1034 * Video 4 Linux support
1035 * CD Digital Audio support
1036 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1039 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1040 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1041 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1042 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1045 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1046 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1047 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1048 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1049 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1050 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1051 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1054 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1055 * New HTTP remote control interface
1058 * 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.
1059 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1060 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1061 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1064 * New reset option for the preferences
1065 * You can set your language in the prefences
1066 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1067 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1068 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1069 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1072 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1073 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1074 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1077 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1078 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1079 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1080 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1081 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1082 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1083 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1084 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1085 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1086 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1089 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1090 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1091 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1092 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1093 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1094 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1095 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1098 * Interface localization
1099 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1100 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1101 * New full-featured Preferences window
1103 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1104 ---------------------------------
1107 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1108 * support for skins at the interface level
1109 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1110 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1111 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1112 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1113 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1116 * fixed HTTP redirects
1117 * support for opening an entire directory
1118 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1119 * new video4linux access plug-in
1120 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1123 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1124 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1125 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1128 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1129 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1130 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1131 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1132 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1133 * new codec for raw I420 video
1134 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1137 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1138 (although it still misses some important features)
1139 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1142 * new HTTP output support
1143 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1144 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1147 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1150 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1153 * reorderable playlist
1154 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1155 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1156 * support for mono audio output devices
1157 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1158 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1159 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1160 * the messages window remembers more lines
1161 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1162 * http and ogg stream output options
1163 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1166 * new skinnable interface
1167 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1169 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1170 * support for FLAC audio format
1171 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1173 * network tab in the interface
1174 * "apply" handling in preferences
1177 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1178 ---------------------------------
1181 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1182 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1183 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1184 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1186 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1187 * DTS S/PDIF support
1190 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1191 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1192 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1193 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1196 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1197 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1200 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1203 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1206 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1208 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1209 * rc interface is now fully useable
1210 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1213 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1214 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1215 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1216 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1217 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1219 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1220 * support for mouse gestures
1221 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1224 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1225 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1228 * improved ID3 tag detection
1229 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1230 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1231 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1233 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1236 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1237 ---------------------------------
1240 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1241 English was set as the preferred language
1244 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1245 --------------------------------
1248 * new mouse gesture interface
1249 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1253 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1254 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1255 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1258 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1259 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1263 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1266 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1267 without the user consent
1270 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1272 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1273 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1274 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1277 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1278 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1279 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1280 * playlist enhancements
1281 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1282 * new step forward/step backward commands
1283 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1284 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1285 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1288 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1289 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1290 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1293 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1294 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1297 * native video output is working again
1298 * only commandline interface support
1299 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1302 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1303 --------------------------------
1306 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1307 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1308 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1309 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1310 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1311 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1312 and A/52 streams are supported)
1313 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1318 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1319 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1320 * VCD entry points support
1321 * VCD image file support
1324 * support for *.asf format
1325 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1326 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1327 * support for ogg encapsulation
1328 * support for raw DV format
1329 * support for *.wav format
1330 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1333 Stream discovery & playlists:
1334 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1335 * support for .m3u file format
1336 * support for .asx file format
1337 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1340 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1341 (only available with the .avi demux)
1342 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1343 * support for raw PCM data
1344 * support for Cinepak video codec
1345 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1346 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1347 * support for Xvid codec
1348 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1349 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1350 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1352 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1354 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1357 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1360 * new WxWindows interface
1361 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1362 device and the channels configuration
1363 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1364 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1365 format that VLC can play
1366 * new swedish translation
1367 * enhancements of the playlist window
1368 * new messages window to see debug info
1369 * fixed a few crashes
1372 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1373 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1374 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1375 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working