3 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
4 ---------------------------------
7 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
10 * fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content on OSX when using the wizard
13 * Add support for new BMP and Cook audio decoders in ffmpeg
16 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
19 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
20 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
24 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
25 --------------------------------
28 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
32 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
33 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
34 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
37 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
38 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
39 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
40 * GnomeVFS input module
41 * Support for RTP packet reordering
42 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
45 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
46 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
47 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
50 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
51 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
57 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
58 Mixer and Dolby Surround
61 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
62 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
63 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
66 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
68 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
69 - New extended controls panel
70 - New bookmarks window
71 - Fixed playlist sorting
72 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
74 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
75 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
76 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
77 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
81 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
82 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
84 - Include macro to include other files
88 * Should now work outside IE as well
91 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
94 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
95 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
98 The following languages were added:
103 The following languages were re-added:
106 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
107 --------------------------------
110 * Rewrite of the playlist
112 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
113 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
114 * Preferences improvements:
115 - New organization, designed to improve usability
116 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
118 * Core image manipulation support
119 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
120 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
121 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
122 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
123 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
124 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
125 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
126 now separated by ':' instead of ','
127 * Access filter architecture
128 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
129 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
133 * Support for SOCKS proxy
134 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
135 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
136 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
137 * Better support for Kasenna streams
138 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
139 * Massive Matroska improvements
140 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
142 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
143 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
144 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
145 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
146 * Support for FTP over IPv6
149 * Dirac decoder and encoder
150 * PNG decoder/encoder
151 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
152 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
155 * New Record and Timeshift filters
158 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
159 * Brand new SAP module
160 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
161 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
162 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
163 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
164 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
165 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
169 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
172 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
173 * Image file video output (png)
174 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
175 * Improvements to wall video filter
176 * Support for font color and opacity
182 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
183 - Seeking support in VoD streams
184 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
188 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
189 - Improved preferences
190 - Improvements to the wizard
191 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
193 - Redesigned playlist
194 - Improved preferences
196 - Support for multiple actions
199 - Support for the new playlist system
201 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
204 * Screensaver disabling fix
205 * DirectShow tuner configuration
206 * Support for no-decoration windows
209 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
210 * The OpenGL video output is back
211 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
212 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
213 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
214 is not yet available in the new module
215 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
218 * Support for single-buffered overlay
227 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
230 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
233 The following languages were added:
239 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
240 -----------------------------------------------------
243 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
244 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
247 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
248 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
249 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
252 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
255 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
258 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
261 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
262 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
263 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
267 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
269 * Support of playlist group announcement
271 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
272 -----------------------------------------------------
275 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
276 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
277 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
278 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
279 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
280 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
283 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
284 (Stream your desktop)
285 * Improved DVD support:
286 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
287 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
288 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
289 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
290 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
291 (selection of titles/chapters).
294 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
295 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
296 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
297 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
298 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
299 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
300 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
301 * Improved Ogg demuxer
302 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
303 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
306 * G.726 audio support
307 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
308 * MPEG-4 text support
309 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
310 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
311 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
315 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
316 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
317 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
318 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
319 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
320 * DVB subtitles encoder
321 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
322 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
324 * Text track muxing for mp4
325 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
326 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
327 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
328 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
329 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
332 * H.263 RTP streaming support
333 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
334 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
337 * New audio equalizer filter
338 * Very trivial volume normalizer
339 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
340 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
341 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
344 * Roku HD1000 Video output
345 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
346 with support for effects.
347 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
348 - New filters can be streamed.
349 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
350 - Centralized scaling and blending
352 - "time", to display current time
353 - "marq", to display a marquee
356 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
357 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
358 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
359 * A few skins2 improvements
360 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
361 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
362 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
363 * Improved CORBA control module
366 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
367 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
368 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
371 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
372 * Experimental SVG rendering module
373 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
376 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
377 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
378 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
379 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
380 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
383 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
386 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
387 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
390 * Server/client network synchronization module
391 * VBrick streams fully supported
392 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
395 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
396 --------------------------------
399 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
400 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
401 * Improved HTTP daemon.
402 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
405 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
406 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
407 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
408 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
409 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
410 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
411 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
414 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
415 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
416 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
417 * Improved directory access module.
418 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
419 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
420 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
421 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
422 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
425 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
426 * mmsh streaming fixes.
427 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
430 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
431 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
432 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
435 * Improved session announcement system.
436 * Minimize threads usage by default.
437 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
438 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
439 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
440 * Improved transrater.
441 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
442 * New configuration system.
443 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
446 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
447 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
448 * Supports live streams and VoD.
449 * Supports scheduling.
450 * Telnet interface for vlm.
451 * HTTP interface for vlm.
454 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
455 - Ability to embed video output.
456 - Support for bitmap fonts.
457 - Lots of improvements.
458 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
459 - New design and set of icons.
460 - Ability to embed video output.
461 - Support for hotkeys.
462 - Support for bookmarks.
464 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
465 - Better hotkeys handling.
468 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
469 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
470 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
471 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
474 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
475 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
476 * Improved Windows installer.
482 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
483 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
485 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
486 ---------------------------------
489 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
490 * Playing MOD files is working now.
493 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
494 ---------------------------------
497 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
498 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
501 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
502 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
503 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
504 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
507 * Internal improvments
508 * Improved import/export
511 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
513 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
514 small and strange formats.
516 * New MOD audio demux.
517 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
518 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
519 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
520 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
523 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
524 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
525 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
531 * New opengl video output plugin.
534 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
535 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
537 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
538 ---------------------------------
541 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
542 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
543 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
544 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
545 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
546 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
547 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
548 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
551 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
556 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
557 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
558 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
559 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
560 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
561 * Reworked DVB tuning.
562 * Better Icecast support.
563 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
564 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
567 * Support for Theora video encoding.
568 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
569 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
570 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
571 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
572 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
573 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
576 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
577 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
578 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
579 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
580 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
581 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
582 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
583 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
584 * Preliminary RTP support.
585 * Fixes to SAP announces.
590 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
591 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
593 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
594 - Improvements and help in preferences
595 - New streaming wizard
596 - Revised Disc Open menu
598 - Improvements of the standard pages
599 - Support for new commands
600 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
603 * Many fixes to the SAP module
604 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
607 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
608 * Text subtitles autodetection.
609 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
610 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
611 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
612 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
613 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
614 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
615 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
618 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
620 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
621 * Support for Panther.
622 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
623 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
626 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
627 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
628 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
629 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
630 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
631 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
632 * Multimonitor support (untested).
633 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
636 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
637 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
638 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
641 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
644 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
645 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
646 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
647 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
649 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
650 ---------------------------------
653 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
656 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
657 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
660 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
661 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
664 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
667 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
668 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
671 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
674 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
677 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
678 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
681 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
682 ---------------------------------
685 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
686 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
690 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
691 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
692 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
694 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
695 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
698 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
701 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
704 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
705 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
708 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
709 ---------------------------------
712 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
713 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
717 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
718 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
719 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
720 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
721 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
724 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
725 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
726 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
729 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
730 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
731 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
734 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
735 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
736 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
737 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
738 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
741 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
742 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
743 * A new CORBA control plugin.
746 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
749 * Improved build system.
750 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
751 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
752 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
753 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
756 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
757 ---------------------------------
760 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
763 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
764 * Fixed large file support on Windows
765 * Video 4 Linux support
766 * CD Digital Audio support
767 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
770 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
771 * Support for OpenDML avi files
772 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
773 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
776 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
777 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
778 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
779 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
780 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
781 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
782 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
785 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
786 * New HTTP remote control interface
789 * 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.
790 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
791 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
792 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
795 * New reset option for the preferences
796 * You can set your language in the prefences
797 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
798 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
799 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
800 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
803 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
804 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
805 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
808 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
809 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
810 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
811 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
812 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
813 * New icons by Davor Orel.
814 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
815 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
816 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
817 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
820 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
821 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
822 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
823 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
824 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
825 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
826 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
829 * Interface localization
830 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
831 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
832 * New full-featured Preferences window
834 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
835 ---------------------------------
838 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
839 * support for skins at the interface level
840 * new OSD module using Freetype2
841 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
842 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
843 input level before dropping out of date frames.
844 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
847 * fixed HTTP redirects
848 * support for opening an entire directory
849 * EOF should be detected more reliably
850 * new video4linux access plug-in
851 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
854 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
855 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
856 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
859 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
860 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
861 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
862 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
863 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
864 * new codec for raw I420 video
865 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
868 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
869 (although it still misses some important features)
870 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
873 * new HTTP output support
874 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
875 * fixed AV synchronization issues
878 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
881 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
884 * reorderable playlist
885 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
886 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
887 * support for mono audio output devices
888 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
889 * fixed several cosmetic issues
890 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
891 * the messages window remembers more lines
892 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
893 * http and ogg stream output options
894 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
897 * new skinnable interface
898 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
900 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
901 * support for FLAC audio format
902 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
904 * network tab in the interface
905 * "apply" handling in preferences
908 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
909 ---------------------------------
912 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
913 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
914 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
915 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
917 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
921 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
922 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
923 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
924 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
927 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
928 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
931 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
934 * fixed the GNU-pth support
937 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
939 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
940 * rc interface is now fully useable
941 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
944 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
945 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
946 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
947 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
948 * VLC now uses the default audio device
950 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
951 * support for mouse gestures
952 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
955 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
956 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
959 * improved ID3 tag detection
960 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
961 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
962 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
964 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
967 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
968 ---------------------------------
971 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
972 English was set as the preferred language
975 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
976 --------------------------------
979 * new mouse gesture interface
980 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
984 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
985 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
986 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
989 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
990 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
994 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
997 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
998 without the user consent
1001 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1003 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1004 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1005 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1008 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1009 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1010 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1011 * playlist enhancements
1012 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1013 * new step forward/step backward commands
1014 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1015 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1016 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1019 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1020 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1021 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1024 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1025 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1028 * native video output is working again
1029 * only commandline interface support
1030 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1033 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1034 --------------------------------
1037 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1038 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1039 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1040 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1041 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1042 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1043 and A/52 streams are supported)
1044 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1049 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1050 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1051 * VCD entry points support
1052 * VCD image file support
1055 * support for *.asf format
1056 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1057 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1058 * support for ogg encapsulation
1059 * support for raw DV format
1060 * support for *.wav format
1061 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1064 Stream discovery & playlists:
1065 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1066 * support for .m3u file format
1067 * support for .asx file format
1068 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1071 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1072 (only available with the .avi demux)
1073 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1074 * support for raw PCM data
1075 * support for Cinepak video codec
1076 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1077 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1078 * support for Xvid codec
1079 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1080 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1081 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1083 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1085 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1088 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1091 * new WxWindows interface
1092 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1093 device and the channels configuration
1094 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1095 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1096 format that VLC can play
1097 * new swedish translation
1098 * enhancements of the playlist window
1099 * new messages window to see debug info
1100 * fixed a few crashes
1103 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1104 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1105 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1106 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working