1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.52 2003/06/22 15:03:33 hartman 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
22 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
23 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
24 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
25 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
26 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
27 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
28 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
31 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
32 * New HTTP remote control interface
35 * 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.
36 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
37 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
38 * SAP (Session Announcement Protocol) support.
41 * New reset option for the preferences
42 * You can set your language in the prefences
43 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
44 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
45 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
48 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
49 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
50 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
53 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
54 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
55 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
56 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
57 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
58 * New icons by Davor Orel.
59 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
60 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
61 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
62 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
65 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
66 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
67 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
68 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
69 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
70 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
71 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
74 * Interface localization
75 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
76 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
77 * New full-featured Preferences window
79 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
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83 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
84 * support for skins at the interface level
85 * new OSD module using Freetype2
86 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
87 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
88 input level before dropping out of date frames.
89 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
92 * fixed HTTP redirects
93 * support for opening an entire directory
94 * EOF should be detected more reliably
95 * new video4linux access plug-in
96 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
99 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
100 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
101 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
104 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
105 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
106 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
107 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
108 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
109 * new codec for raw I420 video
110 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
113 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
114 (although it still misses some important features)
115 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
118 * new HTTP output support
119 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
120 * fixed AV synchronization issues
123 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
126 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
129 * reorderable playlist
130 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
131 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
132 * support for mono audio output devices
133 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
134 * fixed several cosmetic issues
135 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
136 * the messages window remembers more lines
137 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
138 * http and ogg stream output options
139 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
142 * new skinnable interface
143 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
145 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
146 * support for FLAC audio format
147 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
149 * network tab in the interface
150 * "apply" handling in preferences
153 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
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157 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
158 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
159 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
160 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
162 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
166 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
167 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
168 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
169 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
172 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
173 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
176 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
179 * fixed the GNU-pth support
182 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
184 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
185 * rc interface is now fully useable
186 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
189 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
190 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
191 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
192 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
193 * VLC now uses the default audio device
195 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
196 * support for mouse gestures
197 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
200 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
201 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
204 * improved ID3 tag detection
205 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
206 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
207 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
209 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
212 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
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216 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
217 English was set as the preferred language
220 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
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224 * new mouse gesture interface
225 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
229 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
230 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
231 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
234 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
235 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
239 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
242 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
243 without the user consent
246 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
248 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
249 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
250 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
253 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
254 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
255 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
256 * playlist enhancements
257 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
258 * new step forward/step backward commands
259 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
260 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
261 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
264 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
265 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
266 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
269 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
270 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
273 * native video output is working again
274 * only commandline interface support
275 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
278 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
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282 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
283 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
284 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
285 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
286 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
287 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
288 and A/52 streams are supported)
289 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
294 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
295 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
296 * VCD entry points support
297 * VCD image file support
300 * support for *.asf format
301 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
302 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
303 * support for ogg encapsulation
304 * support for raw DV format
305 * support for *.wav format
306 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
309 Stream discovery & playlists:
310 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
311 * support for .m3u file format
312 * support for .asx file format
313 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
316 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
317 (only available with the .avi demux)
318 * support for ADPCM audio codec
319 * support for raw PCM data
320 * support for Cinepak video codec
321 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
322 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
323 * support for Xvid codec
324 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
325 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
326 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
328 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
330 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
333 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
336 * new WxWindows interface
337 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
338 device and the channels configuration
339 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
340 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
341 format that VLC can play
342 * new swedish translation
343 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
345 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
346 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
347 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
350 * localization support via GNU gettext software
351 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
352 * new preferences panel
353 * new open panel with full features
354 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
355 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
356 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
359 * preferences dialog box redesigned
360 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
362 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
363 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
364 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
365 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
368 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
370 * enhancements of the playlist window
371 * new messages window to see debug info
372 * fixed a few crashes
375 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
376 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
377 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
378 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working