1 Changes between 0.9.1 and 1.0.0:
2 ---------------------------------
5 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
7 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.1:
8 ---------------------------------
10 Note: version 0.9.0 was skipped due to bugs being discovered at the last
15 * This release will not work with Windows 98/ME and Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther)
16 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
17 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
18 edit the ".hosts" file.
19 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
20 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
21 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
22 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
23 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
24 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
25 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
26 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
27 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
28 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
30 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
31 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
32 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
33 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
34 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
35 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
36 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
37 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
38 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
39 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
40 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
41 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
42 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
43 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
44 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
45 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
46 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
47 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
48 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
49 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
50 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
52 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
53 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
54 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
55 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
57 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
59 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
60 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
62 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
63 * Glide video output module has been removed.
64 * Due to lack of maintainer, the Skins interface might not work properly.
65 It does not work on windows for this version. Help is needed!
71 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-??)
72 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
73 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-??)
76 * Vastly improved playlist support:
77 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
79 * Shoutcast TV listings
80 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
82 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
83 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
84 * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
85 share/lua/meta/README.txt
88 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
89 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
90 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
91 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
92 * JACK audio input support
93 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
94 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
95 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
96 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
97 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
98 * Experimental EyeTV access module
99 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
100 (available as a separate download).
101 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
103 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
104 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
105 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
107 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
108 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
111 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
112 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
113 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
114 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
116 * APEv1/2 tags support
117 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
118 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
120 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
121 * TiVo Series 2 support
122 * CD+G karaoke Files support
127 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
128 * Flash Screen Video support
129 * CamStudio Screen Video support
130 * DosBox Capture support
131 * Karl Morton's Video support
132 * limited atrac3 support
134 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
135 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
136 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
138 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
139 * NellyMoser ASAO support
140 * APE (Monkey audio) support
141 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
142 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
145 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
146 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
147 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
148 * AQTitle subtitles support
149 * MKV USF subtitles support
150 * HTML-based subtitles support
151 * MPSub subtitles support
152 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
153 * MPL2 subtitles support
154 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
155 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
156 * Realtext subtitle support
157 * DKS subtitle support
158 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
159 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
162 * Flash Screen Video support
163 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
165 Video outputs and filters:
166 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
167 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
168 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
169 * New puzzle video output filter
170 * Re-written motion detection video filter
171 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
173 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
174 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
175 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
176 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
177 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
178 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
179 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
180 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
181 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
182 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
183 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
184 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
185 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
186 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
188 Audio outputs and filters:
189 * Replay gain support
190 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
191 new scaletempo audio filter)
192 * New spatializer audio filter
193 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
196 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
197 * New RTP payload formats:
198 * Speex voice audio codec
199 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
200 * G.711 (both A-law and ยต-law) output
201 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
202 * DCCP transport for RTP
203 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
208 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
209 end-user suitable way.
210 * Improved user interaction
211 * Improved mouse gestures
212 * Vastly improved Update checker
213 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
215 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
216 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
218 * Improved video output features
219 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
220 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
221 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
222 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
223 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
225 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
226 if libncursesw is available.
227 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
228 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
230 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
231 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
232 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
233 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
234 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
235 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
236 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
237 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
240 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
241 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
242 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
245 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
246 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
247 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
248 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
249 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
250 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
253 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
254 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
264 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
265 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
266 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
269 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
270 ----------------------------------
273 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
276 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
277 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
278 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
279 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
280 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
281 * Updated Polish translation
284 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
285 ----------------------------------
288 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
289 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
290 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
293 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
294 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
295 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
296 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
297 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
298 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
299 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
300 to an unexpected application termination
301 * New Serbian translation
302 * Updated Romanian translation
305 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
306 ----------------------------------
309 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
310 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
311 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
312 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
313 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
314 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
315 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
316 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
319 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
320 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
321 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
322 * Fixed AAC resampling
323 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
324 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
327 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
328 ----------------------------------
331 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
332 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
333 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
334 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
335 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
338 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
339 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
340 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
341 * Close MMS access on network timeout
342 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
345 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
346 ----------------------------------
349 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
350 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
353 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
354 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
355 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
356 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
358 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
362 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
365 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
368 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
371 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
374 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
375 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
376 encoding on multi-cpu systems
377 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
378 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
380 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
381 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
382 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
383 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
386 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
389 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
390 ----------------------------------
393 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
394 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
395 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
397 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
398 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
400 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
401 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
404 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
406 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
407 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
408 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
409 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
410 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
411 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
413 * Support for current Ogg file formats
414 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
415 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
418 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
421 * The automatic updating facility was removed
422 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
423 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
424 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
427 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
428 ----------------------------------
430 Various bugfixes, notably:
431 * Windows Vista compatibility
432 * Cropping in Direct3D
433 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
434 * RSS filter string overflow
436 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
438 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
439 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
442 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
443 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
446 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
449 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
452 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
455 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
456 ----------------------------------
458 Various bugfixes, notably:
459 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
460 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
461 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
462 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
463 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
464 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
467 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
468 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
471 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
473 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
474 * Diverse usability improvements
475 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
476 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
477 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
480 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
481 ---------------------------------
484 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
487 * Fullscreen controller improvements
490 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
491 --------------------------------
494 * Shoutcast TV listings support
497 * Support for RTSP authentication
498 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
499 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
500 * ATSC support for DVB input
501 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
502 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
503 * Improved support for Flash Video files
506 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
507 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
508 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
509 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
510 * Matroska WavPack support
511 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
512 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
513 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
516 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
517 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
518 * Improved libcaca support
522 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
523 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
525 * Systray support in skins
527 * Support for Apple Remote control
528 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
529 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
530 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
531 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
533 * Notifications using notification-daemon
536 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
538 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
539 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
540 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
541 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
542 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
544 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
545 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
554 * Updates to the libvlc API
555 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
558 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
559 --------------------------------
562 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
563 * Support for downloading updates
567 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
568 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
569 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
570 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
572 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
573 * Improved subtitles encoding support
574 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
577 * Cook (Real audio) support
579 Playlist / Services discovery:
580 * XSPF playlist support
582 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
585 * New JACK audio output
589 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
590 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
591 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
592 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
593 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
594 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
597 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
600 * System to inform the user and request information
601 - HTTP authentication
605 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
606 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
607 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
610 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
611 - Improved playlist handling
612 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
614 - Embedded Video output
615 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
616 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
617 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
618 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
619 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
621 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
622 - A bunch of new RPN functions
625 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
628 * Mac-Intel compatibility
629 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
630 * Growl "Now playing" support
633 * Ability to log to syslog
634 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
637 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
639 * A bit more automatic testing
642 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
643 ---------------------------------
646 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
647 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
650 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
651 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
654 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
657 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
658 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
664 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
667 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
668 --------------------------------
671 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
675 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
676 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
677 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
680 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
681 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
682 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
683 * GnomeVFS input module
684 * Support for RTP packet reordering
685 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
688 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
689 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
690 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
693 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
694 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
700 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
701 Mixer and Dolby Surround
704 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
705 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
706 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
709 - new cone icon by Richard ยฏiestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
711 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
712 - New extended controls panel
713 - New bookmarks window
714 - Fixed playlist sorting
715 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
717 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
718 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
719 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
720 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
724 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
725 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
727 - Include macro to include other files
731 * Should now work outside IE as well
734 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
737 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
738 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
741 The following languages were added:
746 The following languages were re-added:
750 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
751 --------------------------------
754 * Rewrite of the playlist
756 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
757 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
758 * Preferences improvements:
759 - New organization, designed to improve usability
760 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
762 * Core image manipulation support
763 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
764 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
765 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
766 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
767 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
768 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
769 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
770 now separated by ':' instead of ','
771 * Access filter architecture
772 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
773 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
777 * Support for SOCKS proxy
778 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
779 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
780 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
781 * Better support for Kasenna streams
782 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
783 * Massive Matroska improvements
784 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
786 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
787 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
788 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
789 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
790 * Support for FTP over IPv6
793 * Dirac decoder and encoder
794 * PNG decoder/encoder
795 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
796 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
799 * New Record and Timeshift filters
802 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
803 * Brand new SAP module
804 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
805 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
806 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
807 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
808 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
809 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
813 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
816 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
817 * Image file video output (png)
818 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
819 * Improvements to wall video filter
820 * Support for font color and opacity
826 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
827 - Seeking support in VoD streams
828 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
832 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
833 - Improved preferences
834 - Improvements to the wizard
835 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
837 - Redesigned playlist
838 - Improved preferences
840 - Support for multiple actions
843 - Support for the new playlist system
845 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
848 * Screensaver disabling fix
849 * DirectShow tuner configuration
850 * Support for no-decoration windows
853 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
854 * The OpenGL video output is back
855 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
856 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
857 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
858 is not yet available in the new module
859 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
862 * Support for single-buffered overlay
871 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
874 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
877 The following languages were added:
883 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
884 --------------------------------
887 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
888 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
891 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
892 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
893 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
896 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
899 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
902 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
905 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
906 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
907 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
911 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
913 * Support of playlist group announcement
916 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
917 --------------------------------
920 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
921 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
922 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
923 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
924 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
925 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
928 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
929 (Stream your desktop)
930 * Improved DVD support:
931 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
932 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
933 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
934 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
935 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
936 (selection of titles/chapters).
939 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
940 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
941 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
942 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
943 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
944 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
945 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
946 * Improved Ogg demuxer
947 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
948 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
951 * G.726 audio support
952 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
953 * MPEG-4 text support
954 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
955 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
956 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
960 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
961 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
962 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
963 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
964 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
965 * DVB subtitles encoder
966 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
967 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
969 * Text track muxing for mp4
970 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
971 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
972 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
973 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
974 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
977 * H.263 RTP streaming support
978 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
979 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
982 * New audio equalizer filter
983 * Very trivial volume normalizer
984 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
985 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
986 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
989 * Roku HD1000 Video output
990 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
991 with support for effects.
992 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
993 - New filters can be streamed.
994 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
995 - Centralized scaling and blending
997 - "time", to display current time
998 - "marq", to display a marquee
1001 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1002 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1003 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1004 * A few skins2 improvements
1005 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1006 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1007 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1008 * Improved CORBA control module
1011 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1012 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1013 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1016 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1017 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1018 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1021 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1022 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1023 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1024 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1025 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1028 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1031 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1032 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1035 * Server/client network synchronization module
1036 * VBrick streams fully supported
1037 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1041 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1042 --------------------------------
1045 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1046 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1047 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1048 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1051 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1052 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1053 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1054 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1055 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1056 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1057 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1060 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1061 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1062 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1063 * Improved directory access module.
1064 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1065 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1066 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1067 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1068 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1071 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1072 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1073 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1076 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1077 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1078 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1081 * Improved session announcement system.
1082 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1083 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1084 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1085 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1086 * Improved transrater.
1087 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1088 * New configuration system.
1089 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1092 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1093 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1094 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1095 * Supports scheduling.
1096 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1097 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1100 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1101 - Ability to embed video output.
1102 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1103 - Lots of improvements.
1104 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1105 - New design and set of icons.
1106 - Ability to embed video output.
1107 - Support for hotkeys.
1108 - Support for bookmarks.
1110 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1111 - Better hotkeys handling.
1114 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1115 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1116 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1117 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1120 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1121 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1122 * Improved Windows installer.
1128 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1129 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1132 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1133 ---------------------------------
1136 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1137 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1140 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1141 --------------------------------
1144 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1145 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1148 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1149 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1150 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1151 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1154 * Internal improvments
1155 * Improved import/export
1158 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1160 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1161 small and strange formats.
1163 * New MOD audio demux.
1164 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1165 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1166 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1167 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1170 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1171 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1172 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1178 * New opengl video output plugin.
1181 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1182 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1185 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1186 --------------------------------
1189 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1190 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1191 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1192 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1193 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1194 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1195 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1196 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1199 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1204 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1205 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1206 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1207 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1208 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1209 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1210 * Better Icecast support.
1211 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1212 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1215 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1216 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1217 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1218 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1219 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1220 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1221 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1224 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1225 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1226 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1227 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1228 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1229 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1230 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1231 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1232 * Preliminary RTP support.
1233 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1238 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1239 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1241 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1242 - Improvements and help in preferences
1243 - New streaming wizard
1244 - Revised Disc Open menu
1246 - Improvements of the standard pages
1247 - Support for new commands
1248 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1251 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1252 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1255 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1256 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1257 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1258 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1259 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1260 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1261 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1262 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1263 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1266 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1268 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1269 * Support for Panther.
1270 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1271 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1274 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1275 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1276 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1277 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1278 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1279 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1280 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1281 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1284 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1285 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1286 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1289 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1292 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1293 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1294 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1295 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1298 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1299 --------------------------------
1302 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1305 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1306 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1309 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1310 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1313 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1316 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1317 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1320 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1323 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1326 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1327 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1331 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1332 --------------------------------
1335 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1336 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1340 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1341 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1342 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1344 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1345 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1348 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1351 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1354 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1355 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1359 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1360 --------------------------------
1363 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1364 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1368 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1369 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1370 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1371 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1372 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1375 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1376 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1377 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1380 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1381 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1382 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1385 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1386 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1387 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1388 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1389 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1392 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1393 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1394 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1397 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1400 * Improved build system.
1401 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1402 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1403 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1404 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1407 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1408 --------------------------------
1411 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1414 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1415 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1416 * Video 4 Linux support
1417 * CD Digital Audio support
1418 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1421 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1422 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1423 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1424 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1427 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1428 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1429 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1430 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1431 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1432 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1433 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1436 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1437 * New HTTP remote control interface
1440 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
1441 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1442 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1443 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1446 * New reset option for the preferences
1447 * You can set your language in the prefences
1448 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1449 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1450 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1451 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1454 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1455 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1456 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1459 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1460 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1461 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1462 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1463 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1464 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1465 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1466 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1467 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1468 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1471 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1472 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1473 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1474 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1475 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1476 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1477 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1480 * Interface localization
1481 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1482 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1483 * New full-featured Preferences window
1486 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1487 --------------------------------
1490 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1491 * support for skins at the interface level
1492 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1493 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1494 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1495 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1496 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1499 * fixed HTTP redirects
1500 * support for opening an entire directory
1501 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1502 * new video4linux access plug-in
1503 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1506 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1507 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1508 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1511 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1512 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1513 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1514 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1515 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1516 * new codec for raw I420 video
1517 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1520 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1521 (although it still misses some important features)
1522 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1525 * new HTTP output support
1526 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1527 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1530 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1533 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1536 * reorderable playlist
1537 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1538 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1539 * support for mono audio output devices
1540 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1541 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1542 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1543 * the messages window remembers more lines
1544 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1545 * http and ogg stream output options
1546 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1549 * new skinnable interface
1550 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1552 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1553 * support for FLAC audio format
1554 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1556 * network tab in the interface
1557 * "apply" handling in preferences
1560 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1561 ---------------------------------
1564 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1565 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1566 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1567 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1569 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1570 * DTS S/PDIF support
1573 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1574 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1575 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1576 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1579 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1580 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1583 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1586 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1589 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1591 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1592 * rc interface is now fully useable
1593 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1596 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1597 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1598 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1599 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1600 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1602 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1603 * support for mouse gestures
1604 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1607 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1608 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1611 * improved ID3 tag detection
1612 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1613 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1614 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1616 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1619 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1620 ---------------------------------
1623 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1624 English was set as the preferred language
1627 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1628 --------------------------------
1631 * new mouse gesture interface
1632 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1636 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1637 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1638 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1641 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1642 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1646 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1649 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1650 without the user consent
1653 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1655 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1656 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1657 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1660 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1661 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1662 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1663 * playlist enhancements
1664 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1665 * new step forward/step backward commands
1666 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1667 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1668 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1671 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1672 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1673 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1676 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1677 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1680 * native video output is working again
1681 * only commandline interface support
1682 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1685 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1686 --------------------------------
1689 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1690 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1691 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1692 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1693 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1694 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1695 and A/52 streams are supported)
1696 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1701 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1702 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1703 * VCD entry points support
1704 * VCD image file support
1707 * support for *.asf format
1708 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1709 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1710 * support for ogg encapsulation
1711 * support for raw DV format
1712 * support for *.wav format
1713 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1716 Stream discovery & playlists:
1717 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1718 * support for .m3u file format
1719 * support for .asx file format
1720 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1723 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1724 (only available with the .avi demux)
1725 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1726 * support for raw PCM data
1727 * support for Cinepak video codec
1728 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1729 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1730 * support for Xvid codec
1731 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1732 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1733 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1735 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1737 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1740 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1743 * new WxWindows interface
1744 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1745 device and the channels configuration
1746 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1747 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1748 format that VLC can play
1749 * new swedish translation
1750 * enhancements of the playlist window
1751 * new messages window to see debug info
1752 * fixed a few crashes
1755 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1756 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1757 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1758 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working