1 Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git:
2 --------------------------------
4 Important changes for packagers:
5 * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed. To tune
6 compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually.
8 3rd party libraries (contrib):
9 * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib
12 * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec.
13 * Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec
16 * high10,high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
19 * Screen: Added support for OS X Lion
20 * Major improvements in DASH support
21 * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
24 * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
25 * Vorbis: better support for metadata and cover art
26 * AVI: better support for tags and extended metadata
27 * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI
30 * Windows Audio Session API audio output support
31 * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
34 * new remapping channel filter
35 * new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
36 * new VSXu visualization plugin
39 * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
40 anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images.
41 * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats
42 and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits)
45 * configurable password for the HTTP server.
46 * .hosts removed from the HTTP server.
47 * fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows.
48 * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
51 * added a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
52 * added an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
53 VLC's internal volume level
54 * added an option to show next / previous buttons
55 * added an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
56 * added optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
60 * portaudio audio output
61 * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
62 * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
65 Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1:
66 --------------------------------
69 * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
70 * fix the samba module compilation
71 * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
72 * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
73 * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
74 * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives
77 * Support for MXPEG files
78 * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
79 * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams
82 * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
83 * Fix a crash when seeking in mka
84 * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support
87 * Fix ogm header creation
90 * limit spatializer filter distortions
91 * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module
94 * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
95 * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection.
96 The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
97 * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X
100 * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform
103 * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
104 * allow to hide the sidebar
105 * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading
106 - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
107 * noticebly faster launch time
108 * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
109 * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
110 * improve track synchronization panel
111 * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
112 * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu
115 * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
116 * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar
117 the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
118 * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts
121 * fix for menus display
122 * Addition of $R to display current playback speed
123 * documentation update
126 * fix mobiles display for remote control mode
127 * support for .drc and .3ga extensions
130 * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
131 * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
132 * Update Jamendo selections
136 * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
137 * fix a crash on VLM close
140 * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
141 * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
142 * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201)
143 * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202)
146 * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations
149 Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0:
150 ---------------------------------
153 * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
154 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
155 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
156 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
157 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
158 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
159 - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
160 - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
161 - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
162 - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
163 All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
164 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
165 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
166 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
167 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
168 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
169 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
170 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
171 --http-crl (optional CRL).
172 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
173 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
174 * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
175 output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
176 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
177 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
178 * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines.
180 Important changes for packagers:
181 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
182 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
183 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
184 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
185 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
186 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
187 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
188 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
189 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
190 * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
193 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
194 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs
195 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
196 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
197 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
198 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
199 * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64.
202 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
203 * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module
204 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
205 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
206 * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
207 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
208 * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray
209 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
210 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
211 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
212 * PulseAudio audio input support
213 * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
214 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
215 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
216 * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture
217 * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound
218 * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input
219 * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
220 * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
223 * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
224 on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
225 are notably concerned.
226 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
227 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
228 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
229 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
230 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
231 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
232 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
233 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
234 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
235 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
236 * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits
237 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
238 * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
239 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
240 * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
243 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
244 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
245 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
246 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
247 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
248 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
249 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
250 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
251 * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
252 * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
253 * Improved support of tracker files
254 * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat
257 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
258 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
259 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
260 * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar
261 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
262 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
263 and important cleanups and optimisations
264 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
265 It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style)
266 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
267 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
268 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
269 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
270 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
271 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
272 * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions
273 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
274 * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
275 -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
276 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
277 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
278 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
279 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
280 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
281 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
282 * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
283 * Qt: preferences are now searchable
284 * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom
287 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
288 * New video output for iOS platform
289 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
290 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
291 * Various vmem improvements
292 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
293 chroma conversion between YUV and RGB
294 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
295 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
296 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
297 * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
299 Audio Output and Filters:
300 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
301 * New audio output in memory (amem)
302 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
303 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
304 * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
305 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
306 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
307 * New simplistic Karaoke filter
308 * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
309 * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
312 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
313 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
314 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
315 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels
316 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
317 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
318 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
319 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
320 * New anti-flickering filter
321 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
322 * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
323 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
324 blackbox and customizable shadow.
325 NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
326 the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
327 The Win32 font selection was improved too.
330 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
331 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
332 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
333 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
334 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
335 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
336 * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP
337 * Major rework of VoD support
338 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
339 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
340 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
341 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
342 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
343 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
344 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
345 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
346 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
347 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
350 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
351 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
354 * New capabilities for libVLC:
355 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
356 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
357 list of available audio and video filters
358 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
359 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
360 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
363 * asademux, subsass: use libass
364 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
365 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
367 * upnp: use upnp_intel
368 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
369 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
370 * removal of the noise filter
371 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
372 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
373 removed in Growl's next release, too.
374 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
377 * Update of translations for most languages.
378 * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations.
381 Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13:
382 ----------------------------------
385 * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed.
386 * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface.
389 * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix.
390 * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery.
393 * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC).
394 * XVideo support for automatic color keying.
395 * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix.
398 * Camtasia decoding fix.
401 * Rare crash while seeking fixed.
402 * V4L2 video standard selection fixed.
405 * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages.
408 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
409 ----------------------------------
412 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
413 including support for OS X Lion
414 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
415 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
418 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
421 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
422 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
423 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
426 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
429 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
430 ----------------------------------
433 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
434 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
437 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
438 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
439 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
440 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
441 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
443 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
444 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
445 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
447 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
448 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
451 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
454 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
457 * Fix quitting on Linux
458 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
462 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
465 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
468 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
469 ---------------------------------
471 Windows and Mac OS X:
472 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
475 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
476 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
479 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
482 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
485 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
487 Miscellaneous fixes in:
488 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
490 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
491 * RTP output and XML export
492 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
496 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
497 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
498 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
499 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
502 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
503 --------------------------------
505 Windows and Mac OS X:
506 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
509 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
512 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
513 * Improve Apple Remote handling
514 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
515 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
516 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
517 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
520 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
521 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
525 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
526 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
527 * New Luganda Translation
530 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
531 --------------------------------
534 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
537 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
538 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
539 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
540 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
543 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
545 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
546 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
547 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
548 * mp4 demuxer improvements
549 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
550 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
551 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
552 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
554 Miscellaneous fixes in:
555 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
556 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
557 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
558 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
559 * Configure and build system improvements
560 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
563 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
564 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
565 * New icelandic translation
568 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
569 --------------------------------
572 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
576 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
577 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
578 and stability reasons
581 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
585 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
588 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
589 ----------------------------------
592 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
595 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
596 ---------------------------------
599 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
600 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
601 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
602 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
605 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
608 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
609 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
610 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
611 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
614 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
615 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
616 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
618 Subtitles and renderer:
619 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
620 * Mark more freetype options as safe
621 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
622 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
623 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
626 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
627 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
628 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
629 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
632 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
633 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
636 * KDE device solid actions
638 * Transcode integer overflow
639 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
640 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
643 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
644 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
645 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
648 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
649 ----------------------------------
652 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
656 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
659 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
662 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
663 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
664 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
665 * Taglib thread-safety fix
668 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
672 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
675 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
678 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
679 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
681 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
685 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
686 * Miscellaneous fixes
689 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
690 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
692 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
693 * New Asturian translation
696 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
697 ----------------------------------
700 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
702 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
705 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
708 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
709 * Various fixes for Windows
712 * New Armenian translation
713 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
714 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
717 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
718 --------------------------------
721 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
723 * Fix folders opening from the interface
726 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
727 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
730 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
731 --------------------------------
734 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
735 * fix for podcasts parsing
736 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
739 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
740 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
743 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
744 * fix m3u playlists exports
747 * fix video autoresize behaviour
750 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
753 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
756 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
759 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
762 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
763 --------------------------------
766 * Avformat fps displaying fix
767 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
770 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
771 of mono streams, especially on Windows
774 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
775 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
776 * fix console output encoding
778 Interface and extensions:
779 * Youtube and other scripts updates
780 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
783 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
784 --------------------------------
787 * New capabilities for libVLC:
788 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
789 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
790 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
791 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
792 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
793 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
794 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
795 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
796 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
797 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
798 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
799 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
800 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
801 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
802 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
806 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
807 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
808 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
809 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
810 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
813 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
816 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
817 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
818 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
822 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
825 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
826 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
827 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
830 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
831 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
832 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
833 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
836 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
837 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
840 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
841 --------------------------------
843 Important changes for users:
844 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
845 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
847 Important changes for packagers:
848 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
849 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
850 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
851 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
852 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
854 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
856 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
857 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
858 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
859 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
860 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
863 * Support for the sftp protocol
864 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
865 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
866 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
867 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
868 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
871 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
872 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
873 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
875 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
876 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
877 * Invmem module improvements
878 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
879 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
880 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
881 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
882 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
883 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
884 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
885 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
886 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
887 * Support for VP8 codec
888 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
891 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
892 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
893 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
894 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
895 * Various EGP improvements
896 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
897 * Metadata and cover art improvements
900 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
901 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
902 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
903 * Podcast images are now displayed
906 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
907 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
908 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
909 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
910 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
911 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
912 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
913 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
914 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
915 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
916 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
919 * New content extensions lua framework
922 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
923 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
924 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
925 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
926 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
927 * NEON assembly audio converter module
928 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
931 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
932 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
933 * Service discovery based on libudev
934 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
937 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
938 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
939 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
940 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
941 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
942 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
943 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
946 * New smem module, streaming to memory
947 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
948 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
951 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
953 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
954 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
957 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
960 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
961 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
962 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
963 by Andy Matuschak et al.
964 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
965 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
966 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
969 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
970 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
973 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
974 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
975 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
979 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
980 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
981 * Improved Solaris port
984 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
985 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
988 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
989 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
990 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
991 * transrate: broken since too long
992 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
993 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
994 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
995 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
996 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
997 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
998 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
999 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
1000 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
1001 * cddax: use cdda instead.
1002 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
1003 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
1004 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
1005 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
1008 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
1009 --------------------------------
1012 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
1014 Decoders/Packetizers:
1015 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
1018 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
1019 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
1020 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
1021 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
1022 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
1025 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
1026 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
1029 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
1030 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
1033 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
1034 and Walloon translations updated
1035 * Sinhala translation started
1038 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
1039 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
1042 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
1043 --------------------------------
1046 * SubRip extra styles improvements
1047 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
1050 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
1053 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
1054 increase performance and fix x264 issues
1057 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
1058 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
1059 Russian, Slovak translation updates
1060 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
1063 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
1064 --------------------------------
1067 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
1068 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
1071 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
1072 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
1075 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
1076 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
1079 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
1082 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
1083 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
1086 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
1087 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
1090 * New Walloon translation
1091 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
1094 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
1095 --------------------------------
1098 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
1099 regressions in most popular drivers
1100 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
1103 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
1104 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
1105 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
1108 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
1109 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
1112 * Update for appletrailers lua script
1113 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
1114 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
1115 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
1116 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
1119 * New udev module for linux
1122 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
1125 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
1128 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
1129 --------------------------------
1132 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
1133 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
1134 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
1137 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
1138 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
1141 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
1142 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
1145 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
1148 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
1149 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
1150 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
1151 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
1154 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
1155 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
1156 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
1157 - no support for Goom and SDL
1158 - limited text rendering support
1159 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
1162 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
1163 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
1164 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
1165 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
1166 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
1167 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
1168 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
1169 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
1170 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
1174 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
1177 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
1180 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
1181 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
1182 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
1183 Arabic and French translation updates
1186 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
1187 --------------------------------
1190 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
1191 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
1192 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
1193 * Fix Dailymotion access script
1194 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
1195 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
1198 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
1199 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1200 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1203 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
1204 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
1205 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
1208 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
1211 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
1212 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
1215 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
1216 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
1217 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1218 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
1219 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
1220 * Fix various crashes
1223 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
1225 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
1229 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
1230 ---------------------------------
1234 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
1235 See 'Access:' for more info.
1236 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
1239 * Instantaneous pausing
1240 * Frame-by-Frame playback
1241 * Finer speed control
1242 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
1243 * Timeshift for most medias
1244 * RTSP trickplay support
1245 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
1248 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
1249 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
1250 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
1251 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
1252 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
1253 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
1254 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
1255 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
1256 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
1257 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
1260 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
1261 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
1262 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
1263 * Metadata for mod files are supported
1264 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
1265 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
1266 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
1269 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
1270 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
1273 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
1274 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
1275 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
1276 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
1277 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
1278 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
1279 * DVB scanning on linux
1280 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
1281 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
1282 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
1283 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
1284 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
1285 * MTP device access on Unix
1286 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
1287 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
1290 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
1291 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
1292 Windows and Mac OS X.
1295 * Export the playlist in HTML
1296 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
1297 * Better metadata handling and reading
1299 Linux/Windows interface:
1300 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
1301 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
1302 * Recently played items list
1303 * Interface toolbar customizations
1304 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
1305 - More menus actions
1306 - Finer speed slider
1307 - Improvements on many dialogs
1308 - New dialog for plugins listing
1309 - Fixed-size mode for videos
1310 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
1311 * Better integration in GTK environments
1314 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
1315 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
1316 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
1317 * Additional usability improvements
1320 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
1321 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
1322 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
1323 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
1324 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
1327 * New Maemo port with:
1328 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1329 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1332 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1335 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1336 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1337 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1338 * Support for latest iSight models
1341 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1342 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1345 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1346 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1347 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1348 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1349 The old image video output has been removed.
1350 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1351 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1354 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1362 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1363 --------------------------------------
1369 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1370 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1371 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1372 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1373 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1374 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1375 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1377 Various fixes to the following modules:
1380 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1381 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1382 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1384 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1389 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1390 ---------------------------------
1393 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1394 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1397 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1398 ---------------------------------
1401 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1404 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1407 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1408 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1409 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1410 main controller window.
1411 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1414 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1419 * Updates of other localizations
1422 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1423 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1424 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1425 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1426 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1429 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1430 ---------------------------------
1433 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
1435 Bunch of small bugfixes.
1438 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
1439 --------------------------------
1444 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
1445 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
1448 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
1449 --------------------------------
1451 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
1452 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
1455 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
1458 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
1459 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
1462 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
1463 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
1466 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
1467 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
1468 * Various fixed in playlist
1471 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
1474 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
1477 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
1478 ------------------------------------
1480 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
1481 * Fixes several memory leaks.
1484 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
1485 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
1486 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
1489 * Stability fix for the video output.
1492 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
1493 --------------------------------
1496 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
1497 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
1498 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
1499 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
1500 * Fixed update system bugs
1501 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
1504 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
1505 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
1506 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
1507 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
1508 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
1509 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
1510 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
1511 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
1512 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
1513 modern Mac OS X versions
1516 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
1517 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
1519 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
1520 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
1523 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
1524 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
1525 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
1526 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
1527 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
1528 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
1531 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
1532 --------------------------------
1534 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
1535 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
1536 * Multiple bugfixes.
1539 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
1540 --------------------------------
1542 * Multiple bug fixes.
1545 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
1546 ---------------------------------
1550 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1551 recent to work correctly
1552 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1553 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1554 edit the ".hosts" file.
1555 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1556 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1557 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1558 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1559 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1560 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1561 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1562 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1563 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1564 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1565 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1566 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1567 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1568 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1569 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1570 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1571 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1572 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1573 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1574 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1575 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1576 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1577 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1578 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1579 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1580 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1581 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1582 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1583 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1584 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1585 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1586 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1587 and postproc modules.
1588 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1589 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1590 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1591 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1593 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1594 filter. For example:
1595 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1596 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1598 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1599 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1605 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1607 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1608 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1611 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1612 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1614 * Shoutcast TV listings
1615 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1617 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1618 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1620 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1623 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1624 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1625 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1626 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1627 * JACK audio input support
1628 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1629 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1630 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1631 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1632 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1633 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1634 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1635 (available as a separate download).
1636 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1637 * RTMP input support
1638 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1639 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1640 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1642 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1643 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1646 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1647 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1648 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1649 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1651 * APEv1/2 tags support
1652 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1653 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1655 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1656 * TiVo Series 2 support
1657 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1662 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1663 * Flash Screen Video support
1664 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1665 * DosBox Capture support
1666 * Karl Morton's Video support
1667 * limited atrac3 support
1669 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1670 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1671 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1672 * H.264 PAFF support
1673 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1674 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1675 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1676 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1677 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1680 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1681 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1682 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1683 * AQTitle subtitles support
1684 * MKV USF subtitles support
1685 * HTML-based subtitles support
1686 * MPSub subtitles support
1687 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1688 * MPL2 subtitles support
1689 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1690 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1691 * Realtext subtitle support
1692 * DKS subtitle support
1693 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1694 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1697 * Flash Screen Video support
1698 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1700 Video outputs and filters:
1701 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1702 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1703 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1704 * New puzzle video output filter
1705 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1706 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1708 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1709 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1710 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1711 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1712 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1713 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1714 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1715 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1716 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1717 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1718 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1719 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1720 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1721 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1723 Audio outputs and filters:
1724 * Replay gain support
1725 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1726 new scaletempo audio filter)
1727 * New spatializer audio filter
1728 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1731 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1732 * New RTP payload formats:
1733 * Speex voice audio codec
1734 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1735 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1736 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1737 * DCCP transport for RTP
1738 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1743 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1744 end-user suitable way.
1745 * Improved user interaction
1746 * Improved mouse gestures
1747 * Vastly improved Update checker
1748 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1750 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1751 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1753 * Improved video output features
1754 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1755 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1756 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1757 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1758 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1760 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1761 if libncursesw is available.
1762 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1763 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1764 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1766 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1767 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1768 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1769 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1770 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1771 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1772 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1773 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1776 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1777 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1778 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1781 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1782 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1783 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1784 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1785 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1786 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1789 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1790 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1800 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1801 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1802 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1805 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1806 ----------------------------------
1809 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1812 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1813 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1814 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1815 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1816 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1817 * Updated Polish translation
1820 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1821 ----------------------------------
1824 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1825 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1826 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1829 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1830 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1831 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1832 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1833 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1834 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1835 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1836 to an unexpected application termination
1837 * New Serbian translation
1838 * Updated Romanian translation
1841 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1842 ----------------------------------
1845 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1846 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1847 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1848 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1849 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1850 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1851 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1852 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1855 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1856 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1857 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1858 * Fixed AAC resampling
1859 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1860 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1863 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1864 ----------------------------------
1867 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1868 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1869 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1870 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1871 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1874 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1875 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1876 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1877 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1878 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1881 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1882 ----------------------------------
1885 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1886 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1889 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1890 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1891 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1892 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1894 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1898 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1901 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1904 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1907 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1910 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1911 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1912 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1913 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1914 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1916 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1917 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1918 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1919 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1922 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1925 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1926 ----------------------------------
1929 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1930 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1931 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1933 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1934 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1936 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1937 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1940 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1942 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1943 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1944 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1945 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1946 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1947 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1948 two different movies
1949 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1950 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1951 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1954 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1957 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1958 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1959 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1960 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1963 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1964 ----------------------------------
1966 Various bugfixes, notably:
1967 * Windows Vista compatibility
1968 * Cropping in Direct3D
1969 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1970 * RSS filter string overflow
1972 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1974 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1975 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1978 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1979 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1982 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1985 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1988 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1991 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1992 ----------------------------------
1994 Various bugfixes, notably:
1995 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1996 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1997 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1998 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1999 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
2000 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
2003 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
2004 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
2007 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
2009 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2010 * Diverse usability improvements
2011 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
2012 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
2013 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
2016 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
2017 ---------------------------------
2019 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
2020 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
2023 * Fullscreen controller improvements
2026 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
2027 --------------------------------
2030 * Shoutcast TV listings support
2033 * Support for RTSP authentication
2034 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
2035 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
2036 * ATSC support for DVB input
2037 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
2038 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
2039 * Improved support for Flash Video files
2042 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
2043 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
2044 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
2045 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
2046 * Matroska WavPack support
2047 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
2048 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
2049 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
2052 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
2053 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
2054 * Improved libcaca support
2058 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
2059 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
2061 * Systray support in skins
2063 * Support for Apple Remote control
2064 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2065 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2066 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
2067 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
2069 * Notifications using notification-daemon
2072 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
2073 Windows 9x/ME users:
2074 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
2075 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
2076 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
2077 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
2078 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
2080 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
2081 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
2090 * Updates to the libvlc API
2091 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
2094 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
2095 --------------------------------
2098 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
2099 * Support for downloading updates
2103 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
2104 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
2105 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
2106 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
2108 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
2109 * Improved subtitles encoding support
2110 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
2113 * Cook (Real audio) support
2115 Playlist / Services discovery:
2116 * XSPF playlist support
2118 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
2121 * New JACK audio output
2124 * New video filters:
2125 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
2126 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
2127 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
2128 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
2129 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
2130 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
2133 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
2136 * System to inform the user and request information
2137 - HTTP authentication
2141 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
2142 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2143 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
2146 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
2147 - Improved playlist handling
2148 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
2150 - Embedded Video output
2151 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
2152 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
2153 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2154 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
2155 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
2157 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
2158 - A bunch of new RPN functions
2161 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
2164 * Mac-Intel compatibility
2165 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
2166 * Growl "Now playing" support
2169 * Ability to log to syslog
2170 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
2173 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
2175 * A bit more automatic testing
2178 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
2179 ---------------------------------
2182 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
2183 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
2186 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
2187 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
2190 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
2193 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
2194 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
2200 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
2203 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
2204 --------------------------------
2207 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
2211 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
2212 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
2213 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
2216 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
2217 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
2218 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
2219 * GnomeVFS input module
2220 * Support for RTP packet reordering
2221 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
2224 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
2225 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
2226 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
2229 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
2230 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
2236 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
2237 Mixer and Dolby Surround
2240 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
2241 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
2242 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
2245 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
2247 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
2248 - New extended controls panel
2249 - New bookmarks window
2250 - Fixed playlist sorting
2251 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
2253 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
2254 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
2255 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
2256 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
2260 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
2261 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
2263 - Include macro to include other files
2267 * Should now work outside IE as well
2270 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
2273 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
2274 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
2277 The following languages were added:
2281 * Simplified Chinese
2282 The following languages were re-added:
2286 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
2287 --------------------------------
2290 * Rewrite of the playlist
2292 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
2293 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
2294 * Preferences improvements:
2295 - New organization, designed to improve usability
2296 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
2298 * Core image manipulation support
2299 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
2300 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
2301 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
2302 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
2303 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
2304 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
2305 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
2306 now separated by ':' instead of ','
2307 * Access filter architecture
2308 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
2309 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
2313 * Support for SOCKS proxy
2314 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
2315 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
2316 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
2317 * Better support for Kasenna streams
2318 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
2319 * Massive Matroska improvements
2320 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
2322 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
2323 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
2324 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
2325 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
2326 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2328 Decoders / Encoders:
2329 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2330 * PNG decoder/encoder
2331 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2332 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2335 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2338 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2339 * Brand new SAP module
2340 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2341 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2342 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2343 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2344 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2345 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2349 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2352 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2353 * Image file video output (png)
2354 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2355 * Improvements to wall video filter
2356 * Support for font color and opacity
2362 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2363 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2364 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2368 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2369 - Improved preferences
2370 - Improvements to the wizard
2371 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2373 - Redesigned playlist
2374 - Improved preferences
2376 - Support for multiple actions
2379 - Support for the new playlist system
2381 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2384 * Screensaver disabling fix
2385 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2386 * Support for no-decoration windows
2389 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2390 * The OpenGL video output is back
2391 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2392 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2393 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2394 is not yet available in the new module
2395 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2398 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2407 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2410 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2413 The following languages were added:
2419 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2420 --------------------------------
2423 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2424 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2427 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2428 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2429 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2432 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2435 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
2438 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
2441 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
2442 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
2443 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
2447 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
2449 * Support of playlist group announcement
2452 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
2453 --------------------------------
2456 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
2457 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
2458 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
2459 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
2460 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
2461 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
2464 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
2465 (Stream your desktop)
2466 * Improved DVD support:
2467 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
2468 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
2469 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
2470 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
2471 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
2472 (selection of titles/chapters).
2475 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
2476 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
2477 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
2478 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
2479 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
2480 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2481 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
2482 * Improved Ogg demuxer
2483 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
2484 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
2487 * G.726 audio support
2488 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
2489 * MPEG-4 text support
2490 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
2491 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
2492 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
2496 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
2497 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
2498 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
2499 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
2500 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
2501 * DVB subtitles encoder
2502 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
2503 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
2505 * Text track muxing for mp4
2506 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
2507 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
2508 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2509 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
2510 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
2511 * Improved ASF muxer
2513 * H.263 RTP streaming support
2514 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
2515 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
2518 * New audio equalizer filter
2519 * Very trivial volume normalizer
2520 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
2521 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
2522 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
2525 * Roku HD1000 Video output
2526 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
2527 with support for effects.
2528 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
2529 - New filters can be streamed.
2530 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
2531 - Centralized scaling and blending
2533 - "time", to display current time
2534 - "marq", to display a marquee
2537 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
2538 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
2539 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
2540 * A few skins2 improvements
2541 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
2542 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
2543 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
2544 * Improved CORBA control module
2547 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
2548 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
2549 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2552 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2553 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2554 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2557 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2558 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2559 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2560 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2561 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2564 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2567 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2568 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2571 * Server/client network synchronization module
2572 * VBrick streams fully supported
2573 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2577 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2578 --------------------------------
2581 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2582 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2583 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2584 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2587 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2588 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2589 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2590 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2591 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2592 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2593 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2596 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2597 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2598 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2599 * Improved directory access module.
2600 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2601 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2602 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2603 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2604 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2607 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2608 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2609 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2612 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2613 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2614 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2617 * Improved session announcement system.
2618 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2619 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2620 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2621 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2622 * Improved transrater.
2623 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2624 * New configuration system.
2625 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2628 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2629 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2630 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2631 * Supports scheduling.
2632 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2633 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2636 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2637 - Ability to embed video output.
2638 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2639 - Lots of improvements.
2640 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2641 - New design and set of icons.
2642 - Ability to embed video output.
2643 - Support for hotkeys.
2644 - Support for bookmarks.
2646 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2647 - Better hotkeys handling.
2650 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2651 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2652 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2653 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2656 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2657 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2658 * Improved Windows installer.
2664 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2665 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2668 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2669 ---------------------------------
2672 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2673 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2676 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2677 --------------------------------
2680 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2681 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2684 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2685 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2686 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2687 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2690 * Internal improvments
2691 * Improved import/export
2694 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2696 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2697 small and strange formats.
2699 * New MOD audio demux.
2700 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2701 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2702 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2703 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2706 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2707 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2708 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2714 * New opengl video output plugin.
2717 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2718 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2721 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2722 --------------------------------
2725 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2726 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2727 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2728 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2729 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2730 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2731 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2732 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2735 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2740 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2741 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2742 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2743 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2744 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2745 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2746 * Better Icecast support.
2747 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2748 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2751 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2752 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2753 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2754 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2755 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2756 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2757 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2760 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2761 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2762 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2763 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2764 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2765 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2766 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2767 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2768 * Preliminary RTP support.
2769 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2774 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2775 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2777 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2778 - Improvements and help in preferences
2779 - New streaming wizard
2780 - Revised Disc Open menu
2782 - Improvements of the standard pages
2783 - Support for new commands
2784 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2787 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2788 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2791 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2792 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2793 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2794 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2795 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2796 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2797 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2798 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2799 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2802 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2804 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2805 * Support for Panther.
2806 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2807 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2810 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2811 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2812 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2813 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2814 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2815 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2816 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2817 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2820 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2821 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2822 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2825 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2828 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2829 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2830 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2831 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2834 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2835 --------------------------------
2838 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2841 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2842 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2845 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2846 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2849 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2852 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2853 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2856 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2859 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2862 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2863 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2867 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2868 --------------------------------
2871 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2872 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2876 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2877 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2878 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2880 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2881 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2884 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2887 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2890 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2891 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2895 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2896 --------------------------------
2899 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2900 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2904 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2905 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2906 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2907 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2908 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2911 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2912 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2913 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2916 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2917 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2918 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2921 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2922 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2923 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2924 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2925 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2928 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2929 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2930 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2933 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2936 * Improved build system.
2937 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2938 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2939 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2940 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2943 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2944 --------------------------------
2947 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2950 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
2951 (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2952 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2953 * Video 4 Linux support
2954 * CD Digital Audio support
2955 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2958 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2959 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2960 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2961 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2964 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2965 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2966 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2967 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2968 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2969 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2970 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2973 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2974 * New HTTP remote control interface
2977 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
2978 allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
2979 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2980 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2981 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2984 * New reset option for the preferences
2985 * You can set your language in the prefences
2986 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2987 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2988 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2989 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2992 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2993 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2994 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2997 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2998 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2999 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
3000 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
3001 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
3002 * New icons by Davor Orel.
3003 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
3004 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
3005 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
3006 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
3009 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
3010 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
3011 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
3012 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
3013 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
3014 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
3015 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
3018 * Interface localization
3019 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
3020 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
3021 * New full-featured Preferences window
3024 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
3025 --------------------------------
3028 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
3029 * support for skins at the interface level
3030 * new OSD module using Freetype2
3031 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
3032 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
3033 input level before dropping out of date frames.
3034 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
3037 * fixed HTTP redirects
3038 * support for opening an entire directory
3039 * EOF should be detected more reliably
3040 * new video4linux access plug-in
3041 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
3044 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
3045 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
3046 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
3049 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
3050 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
3051 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
3052 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
3053 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
3054 * new codec for raw I420 video
3055 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
3058 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
3059 (although it still misses some important features)
3060 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
3063 * new HTTP output support
3064 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
3065 * fixed AV synchronization issues
3068 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
3071 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
3074 * reorderable playlist
3075 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
3076 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
3077 * support for mono audio output devices
3078 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
3079 * fixed several cosmetic issues
3080 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
3081 * the messages window remembers more lines
3082 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
3083 * http and ogg stream output options
3084 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
3087 * new skinnable interface
3088 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
3090 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
3091 * support for FLAC audio format
3092 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
3094 * network tab in the interface
3095 * "apply" handling in preferences
3098 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
3099 ---------------------------------
3102 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
3103 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
3104 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
3105 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
3107 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
3108 * DTS S/PDIF support
3111 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
3112 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
3113 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
3114 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
3117 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
3118 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
3121 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
3124 * fixed the GNU-pth support
3127 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
3129 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
3130 * rc interface is now fully useable
3131 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
3134 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
3135 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
3136 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
3137 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
3138 * VLC now uses the default audio device
3140 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
3141 * support for mouse gestures
3142 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
3145 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
3146 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
3149 * improved ID3 tag detection
3150 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
3151 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
3152 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
3154 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
3157 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
3158 ---------------------------------
3161 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
3162 English was set as the preferred language
3165 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
3166 --------------------------------
3169 * new mouse gesture interface
3170 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
3174 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
3175 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
3176 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
3179 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
3180 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
3184 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
3187 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
3188 without the user consent
3191 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
3193 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
3194 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
3195 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
3198 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
3199 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
3200 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
3201 * playlist enhancements
3202 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
3203 * new step forward/step backward commands
3204 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
3205 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
3206 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
3209 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
3210 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
3211 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
3214 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
3215 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
3218 * native video output is working again
3219 * only commandline interface support
3220 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
3223 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
3224 --------------------------------
3227 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
3228 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
3229 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
3230 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
3231 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
3232 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
3233 and A/52 streams are supported)
3234 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
3239 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
3240 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
3241 * VCD entry points support
3242 * VCD image file support
3245 * support for *.asf format
3246 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
3247 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
3248 * support for ogg encapsulation
3249 * support for raw DV format
3250 * support for *.wav format
3251 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
3254 Stream discovery & playlists:
3255 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
3256 * support for .m3u file format
3257 * support for .asx file format
3258 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
3261 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
3262 (only available with the .avi demux)
3263 * support for ADPCM audio codec
3264 * support for raw PCM data
3265 * support for Cinepak video codec
3266 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
3267 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
3268 * support for Xvid codec
3269 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
3270 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
3271 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
3273 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
3275 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
3278 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
3281 * new WxWindows interface
3282 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
3283 device and the channels configuration
3284 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
3285 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
3286 format that VLC can play
3287 * new swedish translation
3288 * enhancements of the playlist window
3289 * new messages window to see debug info
3290 * fixed a few crashes
3293 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
3294 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
3295 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
3296 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working