1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.53 2003/06/22 18:07:23 gbazin Exp $
3 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
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7 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
10 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
11 * Fixed large file support on Windows
12 * Video 4 Linux support
13 * CD Digital Audio support
14 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
17 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
18 * Support for OpenDML avi files
19 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
20 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
23 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
24 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
25 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
26 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
27 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
28 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
29 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
32 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
33 * New HTTP remote control interface
36 * 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.
37 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
38 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
39 * SAP (Session Announcement Protocol) support.
42 * New reset option for the preferences
43 * You can set your language in the prefences
44 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
45 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
46 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
49 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
50 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
51 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
54 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
55 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
56 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
57 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
58 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
59 * New icons by Davor Orel.
60 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
61 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
62 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
63 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
66 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
67 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
68 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
69 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
70 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
71 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
72 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
75 * Interface localization
76 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
77 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
78 * New full-featured Preferences window
80 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
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84 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
85 * support for skins at the interface level
86 * new OSD module using Freetype2
87 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
88 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
89 input level before dropping out of date frames.
90 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
93 * fixed HTTP redirects
94 * support for opening an entire directory
95 * EOF should be detected more reliably
96 * new video4linux access plug-in
97 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
100 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
101 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
102 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
105 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
106 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
107 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
108 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
109 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
110 * new codec for raw I420 video
111 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
114 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
115 (although it still misses some important features)
116 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
119 * new HTTP output support
120 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
121 * fixed AV synchronization issues
124 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
127 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
130 * reorderable playlist
131 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
132 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
133 * support for mono audio output devices
134 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
135 * fixed several cosmetic issues
136 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
137 * the messages window remembers more lines
138 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
139 * http and ogg stream output options
140 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
143 * new skinnable interface
144 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
146 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
147 * support for FLAC audio format
148 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
150 * network tab in the interface
151 * "apply" handling in preferences
154 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
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158 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
159 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
160 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
161 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
163 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
167 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
168 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
169 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
170 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
173 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
174 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
177 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
180 * fixed the GNU-pth support
183 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
185 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
186 * rc interface is now fully useable
187 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
190 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
191 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
192 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
193 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
194 * VLC now uses the default audio device
196 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
197 * support for mouse gestures
198 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
201 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
202 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
205 * improved ID3 tag detection
206 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
207 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
208 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
210 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
213 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
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217 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
218 English was set as the preferred language
221 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
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225 * new mouse gesture interface
226 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
230 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
231 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
232 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
235 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
236 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
240 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
243 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
244 without the user consent
247 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
249 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
250 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
251 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
254 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
255 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
256 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
257 * playlist enhancements
258 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
259 * new step forward/step backward commands
260 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
261 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
262 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
265 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
266 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
267 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
270 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
271 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
274 * native video output is working again
275 * only commandline interface support
276 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
279 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
280 --------------------------------
283 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
284 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
285 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
286 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
287 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
288 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
289 and A/52 streams are supported)
290 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
295 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
296 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
297 * VCD entry points support
298 * VCD image file support
301 * support for *.asf format
302 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
303 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
304 * support for ogg encapsulation
305 * support for raw DV format
306 * support for *.wav format
307 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
310 Stream discovery & playlists:
311 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
312 * support for .m3u file format
313 * support for .asx file format
314 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
317 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
318 (only available with the .avi demux)
319 * support for ADPCM audio codec
320 * support for raw PCM data
321 * support for Cinepak video codec
322 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
323 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
324 * support for Xvid codec
325 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
326 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
327 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
329 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
331 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
334 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
337 * new WxWindows interface
338 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
339 device and the channels configuration
340 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
341 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
342 format that VLC can play
343 * new swedish translation
344 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
346 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
347 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
348 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
351 * localization support via GNU gettext software
352 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
353 * new preferences panel
354 * new open panel with full features
355 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
356 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
357 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
360 * preferences dialog box redesigned
361 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
363 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
364 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
365 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
366 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
369 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
371 * enhancements of the playlist window
372 * new messages window to see debug info
373 * fixed a few crashes
376 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
377 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
378 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
379 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working