3 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.7.3:
4 --------------------------------
7 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added funtionality
8 * Complete switch to the new access2 and demux2 systems
9 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
10 * Fix crash with deinterlace switching
11 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
14 * Support iTunes Music Store previews
15 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
16 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
20 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
24 * text track muxing for mp4
25 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
26 * H.263 RTP streaming support
29 * added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
30 * added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
31 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
32 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
33 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces
36 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
39 * added a lot of javascript accessible funtionality
40 * volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
43 * Roku HD1000 Video output
44 * Experimental network synchronization module
45 * Experimental SVG rendering module
46 * VBrick streams fully supported
47 * Kasenna MediaBase streams largely supported
48 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
50 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
51 --------------------------------
54 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
55 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
56 * Improved HTTP daemon.
57 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
60 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
61 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
62 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
63 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
64 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
65 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
66 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
69 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
70 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
71 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
72 * Improved directory access module.
73 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
74 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
75 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
76 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
77 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
80 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
81 * mmsh streaming fixes.
82 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
85 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
86 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
87 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
90 * Improved session announcement system.
91 * Minimize threads usage by default.
92 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
93 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
94 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
95 * Improved transrater.
96 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
97 * New configuration system.
98 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
101 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
102 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
103 * Supports live streams and VoD.
104 * Supports scheduling.
105 * Telnet interface for vlm.
106 * HTTP interface for vlm.
109 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
110 - Ability to embed video output.
111 - Support for bitmap fonts.
112 - Lots of improvements.
113 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
114 - New design and set of icons.
115 - Ability to embed video output.
116 - Support for hotkeys.
117 - Support for bookmarks.
119 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
120 - Better hotkeys handling.
123 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
124 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
125 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
126 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
129 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
130 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
131 * Improved Windows installer.
137 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
138 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
140 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
141 ---------------------------------
144 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
145 * Playing MOD files is working now.
148 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
149 ---------------------------------
152 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
153 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
156 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
157 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
158 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
159 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
162 * Internal improvments
163 * Improved import/export
166 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
168 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
169 small and strange formats.
171 * New MOD audio demux.
172 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
173 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
174 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
175 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
178 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
179 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
180 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
186 * New opengl video output plugin.
189 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
190 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
192 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
193 ---------------------------------
196 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
197 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
198 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
199 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
200 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
201 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
202 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
203 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
206 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
211 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
212 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
213 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
214 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
215 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
216 * Reworked DVB tuning.
217 * Better Icecast support.
218 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
219 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
222 * Support for Theora video encoding.
223 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
224 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
225 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
226 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
227 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
228 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
231 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
232 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
233 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
234 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
235 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
236 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
237 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
238 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
239 * Preliminary RTP support.
240 * Fixes to SAP announces.
245 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
246 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
248 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
249 - Improvements and help in preferences
250 - New streaming wizard
251 - Revised Disc Open menu
253 - Improvements of the standard pages
254 - Support for new commands
255 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
258 * Many fixes to the SAP module
259 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
262 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
263 * Text subtitles autodetection.
264 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
265 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
266 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
267 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
268 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
269 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
270 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
273 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
275 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
276 * Support for Panther.
277 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
278 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
281 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
282 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
283 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
284 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
285 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
286 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
287 * Multimonitor support (untested).
288 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
291 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
292 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
293 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
296 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
299 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
300 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
301 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
302 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
304 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
305 ---------------------------------
308 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
311 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
312 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
315 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
316 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
319 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
322 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
323 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
326 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
329 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
332 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
333 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
336 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
337 ---------------------------------
340 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
341 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
345 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
346 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
347 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
349 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
350 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
353 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
356 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
359 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
360 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
363 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
364 ---------------------------------
367 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
368 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
372 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
373 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
374 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
375 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
376 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
379 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
380 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
381 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
384 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
385 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
386 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
389 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
390 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
391 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
392 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
393 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
396 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
397 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
398 * A new CORBA control plugin.
401 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
404 * Improved build system.
405 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
406 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
407 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
408 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
411 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
412 ---------------------------------
415 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
418 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
419 * Fixed large file support on Windows
420 * Video 4 Linux support
421 * CD Digital Audio support
422 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
425 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
426 * Support for OpenDML avi files
427 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
428 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
431 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
432 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
433 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
434 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
435 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
436 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
437 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
440 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
441 * New HTTP remote control interface
444 * 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.
445 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
446 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
447 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
450 * New reset option for the preferences
451 * You can set your language in the prefences
452 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
453 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
454 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
455 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
458 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
459 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
460 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
463 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
464 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
465 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
466 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
467 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
468 * New icons by Davor Orel.
469 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
470 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
471 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
472 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
475 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
476 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
477 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
478 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
479 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
480 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
481 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
484 * Interface localization
485 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
486 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
487 * New full-featured Preferences window
489 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
490 ---------------------------------
493 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
494 * support for skins at the interface level
495 * new OSD module using Freetype2
496 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
497 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
498 input level before dropping out of date frames.
499 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
502 * fixed HTTP redirects
503 * support for opening an entire directory
504 * EOF should be detected more reliably
505 * new video4linux access plug-in
506 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
509 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
510 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
511 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
514 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
515 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
516 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
517 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
518 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
519 * new codec for raw I420 video
520 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
523 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
524 (although it still misses some important features)
525 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
528 * new HTTP output support
529 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
530 * fixed AV synchronization issues
533 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
536 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
539 * reorderable playlist
540 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
541 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
542 * support for mono audio output devices
543 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
544 * fixed several cosmetic issues
545 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
546 * the messages window remembers more lines
547 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
548 * http and ogg stream output options
549 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
552 * new skinnable interface
553 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
555 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
556 * support for FLAC audio format
557 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
559 * network tab in the interface
560 * "apply" handling in preferences
563 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
564 ---------------------------------
567 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
568 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
569 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
570 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
572 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
576 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
577 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
578 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
579 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
582 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
583 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
586 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
589 * fixed the GNU-pth support
592 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
594 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
595 * rc interface is now fully useable
596 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
599 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
600 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
601 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
602 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
603 * VLC now uses the default audio device
605 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
606 * support for mouse gestures
607 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
610 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
611 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
614 * improved ID3 tag detection
615 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
616 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
617 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
619 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
622 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
623 ---------------------------------
626 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
627 English was set as the preferred language
630 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
631 --------------------------------
634 * new mouse gesture interface
635 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
639 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
640 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
641 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
644 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
645 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
649 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
652 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
653 without the user consent
656 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
658 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
659 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
660 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
663 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
664 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
665 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
666 * playlist enhancements
667 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
668 * new step forward/step backward commands
669 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
670 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
671 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
674 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
675 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
676 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
679 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
680 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
683 * native video output is working again
684 * only commandline interface support
685 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
688 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
689 --------------------------------
692 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
693 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
694 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
695 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
696 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
697 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
698 and A/52 streams are supported)
699 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
704 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
705 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
706 * VCD entry points support
707 * VCD image file support
710 * support for *.asf format
711 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
712 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
713 * support for ogg encapsulation
714 * support for raw DV format
715 * support for *.wav format
716 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
719 Stream discovery & playlists:
720 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
721 * support for .m3u file format
722 * support for .asx file format
723 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
726 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
727 (only available with the .avi demux)
728 * support for ADPCM audio codec
729 * support for raw PCM data
730 * support for Cinepak video codec
731 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
732 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
733 * support for Xvid codec
734 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
735 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
736 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
738 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
740 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
743 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
746 * new WxWindows interface
747 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
748 device and the channels configuration
749 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
750 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
751 format that VLC can play
752 * new swedish translation
753 * enhancements of the playlist window
754 * new messages window to see debug info
755 * fixed a few crashes
758 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
759 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
760 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
761 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working