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
29 * Vastly improved playlist support:
30 * Media library support
32 * Shoutcast TV listings
33 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
36 * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
37 * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
40 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
41 * Teletext subtitles (telx) 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*.
63 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
67 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
69 * Improved user interaction
72 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6-bugfix (not yet released):
73 -----------------------------------------------------------
74 Various bugfixes notably:
75 * out-of-bound read in demuxers
76 * demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
77 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
80 * further usability improvements
83 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
84 ---------------------------------
87 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
90 * Fullscreen controller improvements
93 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
94 --------------------------------
97 * Shoutcast TV listings support
100 * Support for RTSP authentication
101 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
102 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
103 * ATSC support for DVB input
104 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
105 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
106 * Improved support for Flash Video files
109 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
110 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
111 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
112 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
113 * Matroska WavPack support
114 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
115 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
116 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
119 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
120 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
121 * Improved libcaca support
125 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
126 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
128 * Systray support in skins
130 * Support for Apple Remote control
131 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
132 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
133 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
134 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
136 * Notifications using notification-daemon
139 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
141 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
142 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
143 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
144 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
145 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
147 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
148 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
157 * Updates to the libvlc API
158 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
162 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
163 ---------------------------------
166 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
167 * Support for downloading updates
171 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
172 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
173 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
174 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
176 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
177 * Improved subtitles encoding support
178 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
181 * Cook (Real audio) support
183 Playlist / Services discovery:
184 * XSPF playlist support
186 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
189 * New JACK audio output
193 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
194 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
195 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
196 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
197 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
198 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
201 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
204 * System to inform the user and request information
205 - HTTP authentication
209 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
210 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
211 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
214 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
215 - Improved playlist handling
216 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
218 - Embedded Video output
219 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
220 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
221 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
222 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
223 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
225 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
226 - A bunch of new RPN functions
229 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
232 * Mac-Intel compatibility
233 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
234 * Growl "Now playing" support
237 * Ability to log to syslog
238 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
241 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
243 * A bit more automatic testing
245 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
246 ---------------------------------
249 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
250 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
253 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
254 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
257 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
260 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
261 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
267 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
269 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
270 --------------------------------
273 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
277 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
278 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
279 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
282 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
283 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
284 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
285 * GnomeVFS input module
286 * Support for RTP packet reordering
287 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
290 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
291 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
292 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
295 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
296 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
302 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
303 Mixer and Dolby Surround
306 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
307 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
308 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
311 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
313 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
314 - New extended controls panel
315 - New bookmarks window
316 - Fixed playlist sorting
317 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
319 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
320 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
321 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
322 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
326 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
327 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
329 - Include macro to include other files
333 * Should now work outside IE as well
336 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
339 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
340 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
343 The following languages were added:
348 The following languages were re-added:
351 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
352 --------------------------------
355 * Rewrite of the playlist
357 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
358 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
359 * Preferences improvements:
360 - New organization, designed to improve usability
361 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
363 * Core image manipulation support
364 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
365 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
366 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
367 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
368 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
369 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
370 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
371 now separated by ':' instead of ','
372 * Access filter architecture
373 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
374 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
378 * Support for SOCKS proxy
379 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
380 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
381 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
382 * Better support for Kasenna streams
383 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
384 * Massive Matroska improvements
385 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
387 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
388 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
389 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
390 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
391 * Support for FTP over IPv6
394 * Dirac decoder and encoder
395 * PNG decoder/encoder
396 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
397 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
400 * New Record and Timeshift filters
403 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
404 * Brand new SAP module
405 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
406 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
407 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
408 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
409 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
410 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
414 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
417 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
418 * Image file video output (png)
419 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
420 * Improvements to wall video filter
421 * Support for font color and opacity
427 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
428 - Seeking support in VoD streams
429 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
433 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
434 - Improved preferences
435 - Improvements to the wizard
436 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
438 - Redesigned playlist
439 - Improved preferences
441 - Support for multiple actions
444 - Support for the new playlist system
446 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
449 * Screensaver disabling fix
450 * DirectShow tuner configuration
451 * Support for no-decoration windows
454 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
455 * The OpenGL video output is back
456 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
457 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
458 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
459 is not yet available in the new module
460 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
463 * Support for single-buffered overlay
472 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
475 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
478 The following languages were added:
484 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
485 -----------------------------------------------------
488 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
489 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
492 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
493 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
494 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
497 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
500 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
503 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
506 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
507 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
508 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
512 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
514 * Support of playlist group announcement
516 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
517 -----------------------------------------------------
520 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
521 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
522 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
523 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
524 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
525 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
528 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
529 (Stream your desktop)
530 * Improved DVD support:
531 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
532 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
533 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
534 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
535 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
536 (selection of titles/chapters).
539 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
540 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
541 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
542 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
543 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
544 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
545 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
546 * Improved Ogg demuxer
547 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
548 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
551 * G.726 audio support
552 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
553 * MPEG-4 text support
554 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
555 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
556 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
560 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
561 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
562 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
563 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
564 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
565 * DVB subtitles encoder
566 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
567 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
569 * Text track muxing for mp4
570 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
571 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
572 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
573 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
574 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
577 * H.263 RTP streaming support
578 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
579 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
582 * New audio equalizer filter
583 * Very trivial volume normalizer
584 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
585 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
586 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
589 * Roku HD1000 Video output
590 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
591 with support for effects.
592 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
593 - New filters can be streamed.
594 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
595 - Centralized scaling and blending
597 - "time", to display current time
598 - "marq", to display a marquee
601 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
602 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
603 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
604 * A few skins2 improvements
605 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
606 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
607 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
608 * Improved CORBA control module
611 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
612 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
613 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
616 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
617 * Experimental SVG rendering module
618 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
621 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
622 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
623 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
624 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
625 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
628 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
631 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
632 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
635 * Server/client network synchronization module
636 * VBrick streams fully supported
637 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
640 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
641 --------------------------------
644 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
645 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
646 * Improved HTTP daemon.
647 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
650 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
651 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
652 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
653 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
654 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
655 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
656 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
659 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
660 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
661 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
662 * Improved directory access module.
663 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
664 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
665 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
666 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
667 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
670 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
671 * mmsh streaming fixes.
672 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
675 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
676 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
677 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
680 * Improved session announcement system.
681 * Minimize threads usage by default.
682 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
683 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
684 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
685 * Improved transrater.
686 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
687 * New configuration system.
688 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
691 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
692 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
693 * Supports live streams and VoD.
694 * Supports scheduling.
695 * Telnet interface for vlm.
696 * HTTP interface for vlm.
699 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
700 - Ability to embed video output.
701 - Support for bitmap fonts.
702 - Lots of improvements.
703 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
704 - New design and set of icons.
705 - Ability to embed video output.
706 - Support for hotkeys.
707 - Support for bookmarks.
709 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
710 - Better hotkeys handling.
713 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
714 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
715 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
716 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
719 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
720 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
721 * Improved Windows installer.
727 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
728 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
730 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
731 ---------------------------------
734 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
735 * Playing MOD files is working now.
738 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
739 ---------------------------------
742 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
743 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
746 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
747 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
748 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
749 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
752 * Internal improvments
753 * Improved import/export
756 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
758 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
759 small and strange formats.
761 * New MOD audio demux.
762 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
763 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
764 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
765 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
768 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
769 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
770 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
776 * New opengl video output plugin.
779 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
780 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
782 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
783 ---------------------------------
786 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
787 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
788 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
789 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
790 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
791 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
792 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
793 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
796 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
801 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
802 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
803 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
804 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
805 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
806 * Reworked DVB tuning.
807 * Better Icecast support.
808 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
809 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
812 * Support for Theora video encoding.
813 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
814 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
815 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
816 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
817 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
818 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
821 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
822 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
823 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
824 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
825 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
826 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
827 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
828 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
829 * Preliminary RTP support.
830 * Fixes to SAP announces.
835 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
836 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
838 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
839 - Improvements and help in preferences
840 - New streaming wizard
841 - Revised Disc Open menu
843 - Improvements of the standard pages
844 - Support for new commands
845 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
848 * Many fixes to the SAP module
849 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
852 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
853 * Text subtitles autodetection.
854 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
855 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
856 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
857 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
858 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
859 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
860 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
863 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
865 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
866 * Support for Panther.
867 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
868 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
871 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
872 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
873 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
874 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
875 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
876 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
877 * Multimonitor support (untested).
878 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
881 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
882 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
883 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
886 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
889 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
890 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
891 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
892 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
894 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
895 ---------------------------------
898 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
901 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
902 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
905 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
906 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
909 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
912 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
913 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
916 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
919 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
922 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
923 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
926 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
927 ---------------------------------
930 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
931 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
935 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
936 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
937 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
939 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
940 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
943 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
946 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
949 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
950 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
953 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
954 ---------------------------------
957 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
958 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
962 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
963 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
964 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
965 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
966 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
969 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
970 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
971 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
974 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
975 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
976 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
979 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
980 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
981 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
982 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
983 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
986 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
987 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
988 * A new CORBA control plugin.
991 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
994 * Improved build system.
995 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
996 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
997 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
998 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1001 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1002 ---------------------------------
1005 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1008 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1009 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1010 * Video 4 Linux support
1011 * CD Digital Audio support
1012 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1015 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1016 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1017 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1018 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1021 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1022 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1023 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1024 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1025 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1026 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1027 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1030 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1031 * New HTTP remote control interface
1034 * 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.
1035 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1036 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1037 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1040 * New reset option for the preferences
1041 * You can set your language in the prefences
1042 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1043 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1044 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1045 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1048 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1049 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1050 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1053 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1054 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1055 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1056 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1057 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1058 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1059 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1060 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1061 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1062 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1065 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1066 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1067 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1068 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1069 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1070 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1071 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1074 * Interface localization
1075 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1076 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1077 * New full-featured Preferences window
1079 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1080 ---------------------------------
1083 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1084 * support for skins at the interface level
1085 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1086 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1087 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1088 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1089 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1092 * fixed HTTP redirects
1093 * support for opening an entire directory
1094 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1095 * new video4linux access plug-in
1096 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1099 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1100 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1101 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1104 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1105 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1106 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1107 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1108 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1109 * new codec for raw I420 video
1110 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1113 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1114 (although it still misses some important features)
1115 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1118 * new HTTP output support
1119 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1120 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1123 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1126 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1129 * reorderable playlist
1130 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1131 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1132 * support for mono audio output devices
1133 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1134 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1135 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1136 * the messages window remembers more lines
1137 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1138 * http and ogg stream output options
1139 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1142 * new skinnable interface
1143 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1145 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1146 * support for FLAC audio format
1147 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1149 * network tab in the interface
1150 * "apply" handling in preferences
1153 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1154 ---------------------------------
1157 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1158 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1159 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1160 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1162 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1163 * DTS S/PDIF support
1166 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1167 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1168 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1169 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1172 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1173 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1176 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1179 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1182 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1184 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1185 * rc interface is now fully useable
1186 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1189 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1190 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1191 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1192 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1193 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1195 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1196 * support for mouse gestures
1197 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1200 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1201 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1204 * improved ID3 tag detection
1205 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1206 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1207 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1209 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1212 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1213 ---------------------------------
1216 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1217 English was set as the preferred language
1220 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1221 --------------------------------
1224 * new mouse gesture interface
1225 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1229 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1230 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1231 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1234 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1235 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1239 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1242 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1243 without the user consent
1246 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1248 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1249 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1250 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1253 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1254 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1255 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1256 * playlist enhancements
1257 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1258 * new step forward/step backward commands
1259 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1260 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1261 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1264 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1265 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1266 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1269 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1270 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1273 * native video output is working again
1274 * only commandline interface support
1275 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1278 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1279 --------------------------------
1282 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1283 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1284 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1285 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1286 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1287 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1288 and A/52 streams are supported)
1289 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1294 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1295 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1296 * VCD entry points support
1297 * VCD image file support
1300 * support for *.asf format
1301 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1302 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1303 * support for ogg encapsulation
1304 * support for raw DV format
1305 * support for *.wav format
1306 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1309 Stream discovery & playlists:
1310 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1311 * support for .m3u file format
1312 * support for .asx file format
1313 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1316 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1317 (only available with the .avi demux)
1318 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1319 * support for raw PCM data
1320 * support for Cinepak video codec
1321 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1322 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1323 * support for Xvid codec
1324 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1325 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1326 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1328 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1330 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1333 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1336 * new WxWindows interface
1337 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1338 device and the channels configuration
1339 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1340 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1341 format that VLC can play
1342 * new swedish translation
1343 * enhancements of the playlist window
1344 * new messages window to see debug info
1345 * fixed a few crashes
1348 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1349 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1350 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1351 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working