3 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5:
4 ---------------------------------
9 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
10 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
11 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
12 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
13 * Improved subtitles encoding support
16 * Cook (Real audio) support
18 Playlist / Services discovery :
22 * New video filters : magnify, gradient and edge detection
25 * System to inform the user and request information
30 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
32 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
33 - Improved playlist handling
34 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
36 - Overlay control panel
39 - Much improved default interface pages
45 * Ability to log to syslog
46 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
54 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
55 ---------------------------------
58 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
59 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
62 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
63 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
66 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
69 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
70 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
76 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
78 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
79 --------------------------------
82 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
86 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
87 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
88 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
91 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
92 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
93 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
94 * GnomeVFS input module
95 * Support for RTP packet reordering
96 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
99 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
100 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
101 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
104 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
105 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
111 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
112 Mixer and Dolby Surround
115 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
116 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
117 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
120 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
122 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
123 - New extended controls panel
124 - New bookmarks window
125 - Fixed playlist sorting
126 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
128 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
129 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
130 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
131 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
135 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
136 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
138 - Include macro to include other files
142 * Should now work outside IE as well
145 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
148 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
149 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
152 The following languages were added:
157 The following languages were re-added:
160 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
161 --------------------------------
164 * Rewrite of the playlist
166 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
167 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
168 * Preferences improvements:
169 - New organization, designed to improve usability
170 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
172 * Core image manipulation support
173 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
174 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
175 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
176 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
177 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
178 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
179 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
180 now separated by ':' instead of ','
181 * Access filter architecture
182 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
183 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
187 * Support for SOCKS proxy
188 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
189 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
190 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
191 * Better support for Kasenna streams
192 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
193 * Massive Matroska improvements
194 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
196 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
197 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
198 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
199 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
200 * Support for FTP over IPv6
203 * Dirac decoder and encoder
204 * PNG decoder/encoder
205 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
206 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
209 * New Record and Timeshift filters
212 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
213 * Brand new SAP module
214 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
215 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
216 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
217 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
218 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
219 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
223 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
226 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
227 * Image file video output (png)
228 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
229 * Improvements to wall video filter
230 * Support for font color and opacity
236 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
237 - Seeking support in VoD streams
238 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
242 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
243 - Improved preferences
244 - Improvements to the wizard
245 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
247 - Redesigned playlist
248 - Improved preferences
250 - Support for multiple actions
253 - Support for the new playlist system
255 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
258 * Screensaver disabling fix
259 * DirectShow tuner configuration
260 * Support for no-decoration windows
263 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
264 * The OpenGL video output is back
265 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
266 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
267 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
268 is not yet available in the new module
269 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
272 * Support for single-buffered overlay
281 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
284 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
287 The following languages were added:
293 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
294 -----------------------------------------------------
297 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
298 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
301 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
302 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
303 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
306 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
309 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
312 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
315 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
316 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
317 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
321 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
323 * Support of playlist group announcement
325 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
326 -----------------------------------------------------
329 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
330 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
331 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
332 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
333 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
334 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
337 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
338 (Stream your desktop)
339 * Improved DVD support:
340 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
341 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
342 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
343 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
344 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
345 (selection of titles/chapters).
348 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
349 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
350 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
351 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
352 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
353 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
354 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
355 * Improved Ogg demuxer
356 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
357 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
360 * G.726 audio support
361 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
362 * MPEG-4 text support
363 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
364 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
365 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
369 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
370 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
371 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
372 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
373 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
374 * DVB subtitles encoder
375 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
376 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
378 * Text track muxing for mp4
379 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
380 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
381 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
382 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
383 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
386 * H.263 RTP streaming support
387 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
388 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
391 * New audio equalizer filter
392 * Very trivial volume normalizer
393 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
394 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
395 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
398 * Roku HD1000 Video output
399 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
400 with support for effects.
401 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
402 - New filters can be streamed.
403 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
404 - Centralized scaling and blending
406 - "time", to display current time
407 - "marq", to display a marquee
410 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
411 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
412 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
413 * A few skins2 improvements
414 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
415 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
416 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
417 * Improved CORBA control module
420 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
421 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
422 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
425 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
426 * Experimental SVG rendering module
427 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
430 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
431 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
432 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
433 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
434 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
437 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
440 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
441 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
444 * Server/client network synchronization module
445 * VBrick streams fully supported
446 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
449 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
450 --------------------------------
453 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
454 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
455 * Improved HTTP daemon.
456 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
459 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
460 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
461 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
462 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
463 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
464 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
465 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
468 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
469 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
470 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
471 * Improved directory access module.
472 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
473 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
474 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
475 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
476 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
479 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
480 * mmsh streaming fixes.
481 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
484 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
485 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
486 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
489 * Improved session announcement system.
490 * Minimize threads usage by default.
491 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
492 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
493 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
494 * Improved transrater.
495 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
496 * New configuration system.
497 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
500 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
501 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
502 * Supports live streams and VoD.
503 * Supports scheduling.
504 * Telnet interface for vlm.
505 * HTTP interface for vlm.
508 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
509 - Ability to embed video output.
510 - Support for bitmap fonts.
511 - Lots of improvements.
512 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
513 - New design and set of icons.
514 - Ability to embed video output.
515 - Support for hotkeys.
516 - Support for bookmarks.
518 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
519 - Better hotkeys handling.
522 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
523 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
524 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
525 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
528 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
529 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
530 * Improved Windows installer.
536 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
537 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
539 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
540 ---------------------------------
543 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
544 * Playing MOD files is working now.
547 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
548 ---------------------------------
551 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
552 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
555 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
556 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
557 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
558 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
561 * Internal improvments
562 * Improved import/export
565 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
567 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
568 small and strange formats.
570 * New MOD audio demux.
571 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
572 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
573 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
574 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
577 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
578 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
579 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
585 * New opengl video output plugin.
588 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
589 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
591 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
592 ---------------------------------
595 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
596 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
597 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
598 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
599 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
600 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
601 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
602 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
605 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
610 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
611 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
612 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
613 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
614 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
615 * Reworked DVB tuning.
616 * Better Icecast support.
617 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
618 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
621 * Support for Theora video encoding.
622 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
623 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
624 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
625 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
626 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
627 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
630 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
631 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
632 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
633 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
634 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
635 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
636 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
637 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
638 * Preliminary RTP support.
639 * Fixes to SAP announces.
644 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
645 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
647 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
648 - Improvements and help in preferences
649 - New streaming wizard
650 - Revised Disc Open menu
652 - Improvements of the standard pages
653 - Support for new commands
654 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
657 * Many fixes to the SAP module
658 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
661 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
662 * Text subtitles autodetection.
663 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
664 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
665 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
666 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
667 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
668 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
669 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
672 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
674 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
675 * Support for Panther.
676 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
677 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
680 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
681 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
682 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
683 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
684 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
685 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
686 * Multimonitor support (untested).
687 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
690 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
691 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
692 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
695 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
698 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
699 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
700 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
701 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
703 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
704 ---------------------------------
707 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
710 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
711 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
714 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
715 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
718 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
721 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
722 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
725 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
728 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
731 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
732 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
735 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
736 ---------------------------------
739 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
740 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
744 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
745 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
746 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
748 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
749 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
752 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
755 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
758 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
759 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
762 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
763 ---------------------------------
766 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
767 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
771 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
772 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
773 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
774 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
775 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
778 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
779 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
780 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
783 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
784 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
785 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
788 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
789 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
790 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
791 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
792 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
795 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
796 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
797 * A new CORBA control plugin.
800 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
803 * Improved build system.
804 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
805 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
806 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
807 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
810 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
811 ---------------------------------
814 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
817 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
818 * Fixed large file support on Windows
819 * Video 4 Linux support
820 * CD Digital Audio support
821 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
824 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
825 * Support for OpenDML avi files
826 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
827 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
830 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
831 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
832 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
833 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
834 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
835 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
836 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
839 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
840 * New HTTP remote control interface
843 * 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.
844 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
845 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
846 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
849 * New reset option for the preferences
850 * You can set your language in the prefences
851 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
852 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
853 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
854 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
857 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
858 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
859 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
862 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
863 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
864 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
865 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
866 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
867 * New icons by Davor Orel.
868 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
869 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
870 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
871 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
874 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
875 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
876 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
877 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
878 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
879 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
880 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
883 * Interface localization
884 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
885 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
886 * New full-featured Preferences window
888 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
889 ---------------------------------
892 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
893 * support for skins at the interface level
894 * new OSD module using Freetype2
895 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
896 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
897 input level before dropping out of date frames.
898 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
901 * fixed HTTP redirects
902 * support for opening an entire directory
903 * EOF should be detected more reliably
904 * new video4linux access plug-in
905 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
908 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
909 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
910 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
913 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
914 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
915 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
916 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
917 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
918 * new codec for raw I420 video
919 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
922 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
923 (although it still misses some important features)
924 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
927 * new HTTP output support
928 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
929 * fixed AV synchronization issues
932 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
935 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
938 * reorderable playlist
939 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
940 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
941 * support for mono audio output devices
942 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
943 * fixed several cosmetic issues
944 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
945 * the messages window remembers more lines
946 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
947 * http and ogg stream output options
948 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
951 * new skinnable interface
952 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
954 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
955 * support for FLAC audio format
956 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
958 * network tab in the interface
959 * "apply" handling in preferences
962 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
963 ---------------------------------
966 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
967 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
968 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
969 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
971 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
975 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
976 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
977 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
978 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
981 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
982 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
985 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
988 * fixed the GNU-pth support
991 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
993 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
994 * rc interface is now fully useable
995 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
998 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
999 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1000 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1001 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1002 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1004 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1005 * support for mouse gestures
1006 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1009 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1010 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1013 * improved ID3 tag detection
1014 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1015 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1016 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1018 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1021 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1022 ---------------------------------
1025 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1026 English was set as the preferred language
1029 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1030 --------------------------------
1033 * new mouse gesture interface
1034 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1038 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1039 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1040 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1043 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1044 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1048 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1051 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1052 without the user consent
1055 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1057 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1058 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1059 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1062 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1063 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1064 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1065 * playlist enhancements
1066 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1067 * new step forward/step backward commands
1068 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1069 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1070 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1073 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1074 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1075 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1078 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1079 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1082 * native video output is working again
1083 * only commandline interface support
1084 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1087 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1088 --------------------------------
1091 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1092 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1093 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1094 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1095 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1096 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1097 and A/52 streams are supported)
1098 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1103 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1104 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1105 * VCD entry points support
1106 * VCD image file support
1109 * support for *.asf format
1110 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1111 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1112 * support for ogg encapsulation
1113 * support for raw DV format
1114 * support for *.wav format
1115 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1118 Stream discovery & playlists:
1119 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1120 * support for .m3u file format
1121 * support for .asx file format
1122 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1125 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1126 (only available with the .avi demux)
1127 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1128 * support for raw PCM data
1129 * support for Cinepak video codec
1130 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1131 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1132 * support for Xvid codec
1133 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1134 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1135 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1137 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1139 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1142 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1145 * new WxWindows interface
1146 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1147 device and the channels configuration
1148 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1149 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1150 format that VLC can play
1151 * new swedish translation
1152 * enhancements of the playlist window
1153 * new messages window to see debug info
1154 * fixed a few crashes
1157 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1158 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1159 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1160 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working