3 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5-svn (not yet released):
4 --------------------------------------------------------
7 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
10 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
11 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
12 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
13 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
14 * Improved subtitles encoding support
17 * Cook (Real audio) support
19 Playlist / Services discovery :
23 * New video filters : magnify, gradient, edge detection and bluescreen
24 * Logo video filter : can now loop through multiple images
27 * System to inform the user and request information
32 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
34 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
35 - Improved playlist handling
36 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
39 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
40 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
42 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM
43 - A bunch of new RPN functions
46 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
52 * Ability to log to syslog
53 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
56 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
59 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
60 ---------------------------------
63 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
64 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
67 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
68 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
71 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
74 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
75 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
81 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
83 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
84 --------------------------------
87 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
91 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
92 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
93 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
96 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
97 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
98 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
99 * GnomeVFS input module
100 * Support for RTP packet reordering
101 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
104 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
105 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
106 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
109 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
110 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
116 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
117 Mixer and Dolby Surround
120 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
121 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
122 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
125 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
127 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
128 - New extended controls panel
129 - New bookmarks window
130 - Fixed playlist sorting
131 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
133 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
134 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
135 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
136 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
140 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
141 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
143 - Include macro to include other files
147 * Should now work outside IE as well
150 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
153 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
154 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
157 The following languages were added:
162 The following languages were re-added:
165 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
166 --------------------------------
169 * Rewrite of the playlist
171 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
172 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
173 * Preferences improvements:
174 - New organization, designed to improve usability
175 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
177 * Core image manipulation support
178 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
179 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
180 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
181 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
182 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
183 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
184 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
185 now separated by ':' instead of ','
186 * Access filter architecture
187 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
188 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
192 * Support for SOCKS proxy
193 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
194 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
195 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
196 * Better support for Kasenna streams
197 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
198 * Massive Matroska improvements
199 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
201 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
202 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
203 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
204 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
205 * Support for FTP over IPv6
208 * Dirac decoder and encoder
209 * PNG decoder/encoder
210 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
211 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
214 * New Record and Timeshift filters
217 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
218 * Brand new SAP module
219 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
220 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
221 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
222 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
223 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
224 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
228 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
231 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
232 * Image file video output (png)
233 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
234 * Improvements to wall video filter
235 * Support for font color and opacity
241 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
242 - Seeking support in VoD streams
243 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
247 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
248 - Improved preferences
249 - Improvements to the wizard
250 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
252 - Redesigned playlist
253 - Improved preferences
255 - Support for multiple actions
258 - Support for the new playlist system
260 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
263 * Screensaver disabling fix
264 * DirectShow tuner configuration
265 * Support for no-decoration windows
268 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
269 * The OpenGL video output is back
270 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
271 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
272 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
273 is not yet available in the new module
274 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
277 * Support for single-buffered overlay
286 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
289 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
292 The following languages were added:
298 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
299 -----------------------------------------------------
302 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
303 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
306 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
307 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
308 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
311 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
314 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
317 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
320 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
321 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
322 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
326 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
328 * Support of playlist group announcement
330 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
331 -----------------------------------------------------
334 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
335 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
336 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
337 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
338 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
339 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
342 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
343 (Stream your desktop)
344 * Improved DVD support:
345 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
346 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
347 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
348 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
349 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
350 (selection of titles/chapters).
353 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
354 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
355 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
356 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
357 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
358 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
359 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
360 * Improved Ogg demuxer
361 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
362 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
365 * G.726 audio support
366 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
367 * MPEG-4 text support
368 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
369 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
370 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
374 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
375 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
376 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
377 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
378 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
379 * DVB subtitles encoder
380 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
381 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
383 * Text track muxing for mp4
384 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
385 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
386 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
387 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
388 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
391 * H.263 RTP streaming support
392 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
393 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
396 * New audio equalizer filter
397 * Very trivial volume normalizer
398 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
399 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
400 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
403 * Roku HD1000 Video output
404 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
405 with support for effects.
406 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
407 - New filters can be streamed.
408 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
409 - Centralized scaling and blending
411 - "time", to display current time
412 - "marq", to display a marquee
415 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
416 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
417 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
418 * A few skins2 improvements
419 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
420 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
421 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
422 * Improved CORBA control module
425 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
426 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
427 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
430 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
431 * Experimental SVG rendering module
432 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
435 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
436 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
437 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
438 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
439 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
442 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
445 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
446 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
449 * Server/client network synchronization module
450 * VBrick streams fully supported
451 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
454 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
455 --------------------------------
458 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
459 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
460 * Improved HTTP daemon.
461 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
464 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
465 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
466 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
467 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
468 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
469 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
470 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
473 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
474 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
475 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
476 * Improved directory access module.
477 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
478 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
479 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
480 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
481 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
484 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
485 * mmsh streaming fixes.
486 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
489 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
490 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
491 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
494 * Improved session announcement system.
495 * Minimize threads usage by default.
496 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
497 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
498 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
499 * Improved transrater.
500 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
501 * New configuration system.
502 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
505 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
506 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
507 * Supports live streams and VoD.
508 * Supports scheduling.
509 * Telnet interface for vlm.
510 * HTTP interface for vlm.
513 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
514 - Ability to embed video output.
515 - Support for bitmap fonts.
516 - Lots of improvements.
517 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
518 - New design and set of icons.
519 - Ability to embed video output.
520 - Support for hotkeys.
521 - Support for bookmarks.
523 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
524 - Better hotkeys handling.
527 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
528 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
529 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
530 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
533 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
534 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
535 * Improved Windows installer.
541 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
542 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
544 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
545 ---------------------------------
548 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
549 * Playing MOD files is working now.
552 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
553 ---------------------------------
556 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
557 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
560 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
561 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
562 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
563 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
566 * Internal improvments
567 * Improved import/export
570 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
572 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
573 small and strange formats.
575 * New MOD audio demux.
576 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
577 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
578 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
579 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
582 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
583 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
584 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
590 * New opengl video output plugin.
593 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
594 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
596 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
597 ---------------------------------
600 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
601 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
602 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
603 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
604 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
605 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
606 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
607 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
610 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
615 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
616 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
617 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
618 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
619 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
620 * Reworked DVB tuning.
621 * Better Icecast support.
622 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
623 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
626 * Support for Theora video encoding.
627 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
628 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
629 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
630 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
631 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
632 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
635 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
636 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
637 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
638 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
639 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
640 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
641 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
642 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
643 * Preliminary RTP support.
644 * Fixes to SAP announces.
649 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
650 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
652 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
653 - Improvements and help in preferences
654 - New streaming wizard
655 - Revised Disc Open menu
657 - Improvements of the standard pages
658 - Support for new commands
659 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
662 * Many fixes to the SAP module
663 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
666 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
667 * Text subtitles autodetection.
668 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
669 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
670 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
671 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
672 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
673 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
674 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
677 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
679 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
680 * Support for Panther.
681 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
682 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
685 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
686 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
687 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
688 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
689 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
690 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
691 * Multimonitor support (untested).
692 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
695 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
696 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
697 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
700 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
703 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
704 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
705 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
706 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
708 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
709 ---------------------------------
712 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
715 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
716 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
719 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
720 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
723 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
726 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
727 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
730 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
733 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
736 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
737 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
740 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
741 ---------------------------------
744 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
745 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
749 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
750 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
751 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
753 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
754 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
757 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
760 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
763 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
764 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
767 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
768 ---------------------------------
771 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
772 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
776 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
777 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
778 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
779 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
780 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
783 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
784 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
785 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
788 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
789 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
790 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
793 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
794 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
795 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
796 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
797 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
800 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
801 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
802 * A new CORBA control plugin.
805 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
808 * Improved build system.
809 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
810 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
811 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
812 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
815 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
816 ---------------------------------
819 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
822 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
823 * Fixed large file support on Windows
824 * Video 4 Linux support
825 * CD Digital Audio support
826 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
829 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
830 * Support for OpenDML avi files
831 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
832 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
835 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
836 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
837 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
838 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
839 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
840 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
841 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
844 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
845 * New HTTP remote control interface
848 * 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.
849 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
850 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
851 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
854 * New reset option for the preferences
855 * You can set your language in the prefences
856 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
857 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
858 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
859 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
862 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
863 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
864 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
867 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
868 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
869 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
870 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
871 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
872 * New icons by Davor Orel.
873 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
874 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
875 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
876 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
879 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
880 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
881 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
882 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
883 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
884 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
885 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
888 * Interface localization
889 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
890 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
891 * New full-featured Preferences window
893 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
894 ---------------------------------
897 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
898 * support for skins at the interface level
899 * new OSD module using Freetype2
900 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
901 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
902 input level before dropping out of date frames.
903 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
906 * fixed HTTP redirects
907 * support for opening an entire directory
908 * EOF should be detected more reliably
909 * new video4linux access plug-in
910 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
913 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
914 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
915 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
918 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
919 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
920 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
921 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
922 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
923 * new codec for raw I420 video
924 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
927 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
928 (although it still misses some important features)
929 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
932 * new HTTP output support
933 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
934 * fixed AV synchronization issues
937 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
940 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
943 * reorderable playlist
944 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
945 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
946 * support for mono audio output devices
947 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
948 * fixed several cosmetic issues
949 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
950 * the messages window remembers more lines
951 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
952 * http and ogg stream output options
953 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
956 * new skinnable interface
957 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
959 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
960 * support for FLAC audio format
961 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
963 * network tab in the interface
964 * "apply" handling in preferences
967 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
968 ---------------------------------
971 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
972 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
973 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
974 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
976 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
980 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
981 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
982 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
983 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
986 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
987 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
990 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
993 * fixed the GNU-pth support
996 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
998 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
999 * rc interface is now fully useable
1000 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1003 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1004 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1005 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1006 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1007 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1009 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1010 * support for mouse gestures
1011 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1014 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1015 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1018 * improved ID3 tag detection
1019 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1020 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1021 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1023 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1026 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1027 ---------------------------------
1030 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1031 English was set as the preferred language
1034 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1035 --------------------------------
1038 * new mouse gesture interface
1039 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1043 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1044 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1045 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1048 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1049 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1053 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1056 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1057 without the user consent
1060 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1062 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1063 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1064 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1067 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1068 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1069 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1070 * playlist enhancements
1071 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1072 * new step forward/step backward commands
1073 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1074 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1075 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1078 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1079 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1080 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1083 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1084 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1087 * native video output is working again
1088 * only commandline interface support
1089 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1092 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1093 --------------------------------
1096 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1097 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1098 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1099 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1100 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1101 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1102 and A/52 streams are supported)
1103 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1108 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1109 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1110 * VCD entry points support
1111 * VCD image file support
1114 * support for *.asf format
1115 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1116 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1117 * support for ogg encapsulation
1118 * support for raw DV format
1119 * support for *.wav format
1120 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1123 Stream discovery & playlists:
1124 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1125 * support for .m3u file format
1126 * support for .asx file format
1127 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1130 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1131 (only available with the .avi demux)
1132 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1133 * support for raw PCM data
1134 * support for Cinepak video codec
1135 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1136 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1137 * support for Xvid codec
1138 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1139 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1140 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1142 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1144 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1147 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1150 * new WxWindows interface
1151 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1152 device and the channels configuration
1153 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1154 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1155 format that VLC can play
1156 * new swedish translation
1157 * enhancements of the playlist window
1158 * new messages window to see debug info
1159 * fixed a few crashes
1162 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1163 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1164 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1165 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working