1 Changes between 2.0.x and 2.1.0-git:
2 --------------------------------
4 Important changes for packagers:
5 * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed. To tune
6 compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually.
8 3rd party libraries (contrib):
9 * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a better system in /contrib
12 * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec.
13 * Numerous improvements in OpenMAX IL codec
14 * Support for Ulead DV audio
15 * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen,
16 Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1)
17 * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless
18 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder
21 * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
24 * Screen: Added support for OS X Lion
25 * Major improvements in DASH support
26 * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
27 * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module
28 * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
31 * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
32 * Vorbis: better support for metadata and cover art
33 * AVI: better support for tags and extended metadata
34 * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI
35 * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio
36 * Support for total number of tracks in major container
37 * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV
38 * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras
39 * Support for more MJPEG streams
42 * Windows Audio Session API audio output support
43 * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
44 * Important improvements on the OpenSL ES module
47 * new remapping channel filter
48 * new filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
49 * new VSXu visualization plugin
52 * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
53 * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
56 * new anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
57 anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images.
58 * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats
59 and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits)
60 * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats
61 * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters
64 * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
67 * configurable password for the HTTP server.
68 * .hosts removed from the HTTP server.
69 * fixed Lua command line interface console mode under Windows.
70 * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
71 * Hotkey support for TS program selection
74 * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based and 32bit Intel-based Macs
75 * VLC requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later now
78 * add a GUI for the QTSound access module to process audio captured locally
79 - This also allows to capture input from a webcam and a mic at the same time.
80 * add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
81 * add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
82 VLC's internal volume level
83 * add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
84 * add an option to show next / previous buttons
85 * add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
86 * add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
88 * add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
89 * add an option to play videos as a desktop background
90 * add a new panel for media conversation and streaming
91 * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
95 * Partial support for Qt5.0
96 * Menus modifications and improvements
97 * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
98 * Streaming output wizard rewrite
102 * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions
103 to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname
104 and libvlc_audio_output_device_id
105 * new libvlc_log_subscribe and libvlc_log_unsubscribe function to register logging callbacks
108 * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
109 * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
110 * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
111 * RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead
112 * RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead
114 * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
115 * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
118 Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3:
119 --------------------------------
122 * Fix some HTTP request that broke some radio channels
125 * Fix support for some flv files (notably joined)
126 * Fix a crash when opening ape files with ID3v1 tags
129 * Add GateKeeper support
130 * Fix handling for some hotkeys
131 * Fix fullscreen toggle over extra interfaces
132 * Minor bugfixes and improvements
135 * Fix Windows 8 interface style
138 * Updates for Breton, Czech, Dutch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic,
139 Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian,
140 Thai, Turkish and Walloon
141 * New translations to Uzbek and Marathi
142 * Fix activation of Gaelic and Thai translations
145 Changes between 2.0.1 and 2.0.2:
146 --------------------------------
149 * XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, like in previous versions.
150 There were too many errors with broken drivers.
151 * More accurate colourspaces conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL
152 * Add menu support for libvlc / VLCKit applications on Mac OS X
153 * Various fixes on Mac OS X, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support
154 * Misc fixes in OpenGL module, on all platforms
155 * Fix video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500,
156 an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra.
157 * Fix video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped
158 with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later.
159 * Add support for the HiDPI mode used on recent Apple products with so-called
163 * Rework Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C should work again
164 * Fixes for RAR compressed files
165 * Fix DirectShow crashes on exit
166 * Improve PulseAudio input latency
167 * Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy
168 * v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264)
169 * Fix subtitles auto-detection in subfolders and detection behaviour
170 * IE http proxy is not used anymore by VLC on Win32
171 * Accept more extensions for DVD images
172 * Fix crash in VC1 packetizer
173 * Improvements in Blu-Ray playback
174 * Improvements and fixes in HLS support
177 * Fix crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams
178 * Fix compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions
180 * Fix MP3 free format support
183 * Fixes for MKV segments, seeking and MKV title display
184 * Fix for some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes
185 * Fix for Real .ram, .f4v, .avi and .ra files support
186 * Fix for DVB channels file support
187 * Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4
190 * Fix for MPEG Audio encoding, use layer2 when using fourcc "mp2 " and "mp2a"
191 * Fix for JPEG generation, when doing snapshots
193 Audio filters and output:
194 * Limitation of spatializer volume output
195 * Fix DirectSound device selection
196 * Correct PulseAudio volume control
197 * Do not apply volume in file output
198 * Fix sampling rate in JACK output
199 * Fixes in ALSA output for latency and for broken drivers
202 * Enable drag and drop of playlist items between the temporary playlist and
203 the persistant media library
204 * Enable import of playlist items taken from the service discovery modules
205 to the media library or the temporary playlist
206 * Media key support for keyboards by other manufacturers than Apple
207 This fix was facilitated through a hardware donation by ZF Friedrichshafen AG
208 manufacturing keyboards under the brand "Cherry".
209 * Add support for the Apple Remote to set the Mac to sleep using a longer
210 press on the Play/Pause button
211 * Remove libfontconfig's font cache by an Apple Type Services lookup.
212 This removes the "Updating Cache" dialog, before finding all fonts.
213 * Re-add an option to hide the window decoration during video playback
214 * Improve compatibility with other 3rd party apps using SPMediaKeyTap
215 * Many Fullscreen fixes
216 * Keep Aspect Ratio when resizing is back
217 * Add controls to manipulate the Subtitles Duration to the Track
218 Synchronization panel
219 * Hidden items in the sidebar are being retained for the next launch now
220 * Fix crash when trying to open an Audio CD by drag & drop
221 * Improve reliability when opening DVDs or BDs by drag & drop
222 * Fix crashes on exit
223 * Fix crash when mounting a device with multiple logical volumes while
225 * Chosen audio output device is retained throughout multiple sessions
226 * Since running the Mac OS X interface as an Extra Interface or Control
227 Interface can lead to undefined results, eventual settings will be
228 automatically reset on the first launch.
229 - This fixes issues with unresponsive playback controls and crashes on quit.
230 * Update Growl plugin for use with Growl 1.3
231 * Miscellaneous minor interface improvements
234 * Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues
235 * Fixes for icecast SD
238 * Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows
239 * Fix playlist search and selector behaviour
240 * Fix multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog
241 * Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog
242 * Fix tags and file names display
243 * Fix various crashes, display issues and usability issues
246 * Fix mousewheel on Windows
247 * Fix for key events and focus loss
250 * Fix display of some buttons
251 * Fix listing of files in the Open interface
252 * Fixes for widgets behaviour and vlm dialog
255 * Fix Ogg Heap buffer overflow
256 * Update taglib (CVE-2012-2396)
257 * Update libavcodec and other codecs libraries
260 * Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer,
261 Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish,
262 Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukrainian,
263 Thai translations update
264 * New Scottish Gaelic translation
267 Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1:
268 --------------------------------
271 * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
272 * fix the samba module compilation
273 * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
274 * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
275 * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
276 * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives
279 * Support for MXPEG files
280 * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
281 * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams
284 * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
285 * Fix a crash when seeking in mka
286 * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support
289 * Fix ogm header creation
292 * limit spatializer filter distortions
293 * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module
296 * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
297 * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection.
298 The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
299 * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X
302 * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform
305 * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
306 * allow to hide the sidebar
307 * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading
308 - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
309 * noticebly faster launch time
310 * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
311 * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
312 * improve track synchronization panel
313 * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
314 * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu
317 * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
318 * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar
319 the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
320 * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts
323 * fix for menus display
324 * Addition of $R to display current playback speed
325 * documentation update
328 * fix mobiles display for remote control mode
329 * support for .drc and .3ga extensions
332 * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
333 * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
334 * Update Jamendo selections
338 * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
339 * fix a crash on VLM close
342 * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
343 * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
344 * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201 - CVE-2012-1775)
345 * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202 - CVE-2012-1776)
348 * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations
351 Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0:
352 ---------------------------------
355 * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
356 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
357 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
358 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
359 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
360 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
361 - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
362 - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
363 - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
364 - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
365 All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
366 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
367 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
368 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
369 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
370 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
371 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
372 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
373 --http-crl (optional CRL).
374 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
375 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
376 * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
377 output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
378 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
379 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
380 * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines.
382 Important changes for packagers:
383 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
384 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
385 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
386 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
387 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
388 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
389 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
390 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
391 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
392 * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
395 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
396 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs
397 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
398 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
399 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
400 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
401 * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64.
404 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
405 * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module
406 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
407 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
408 * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
409 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
410 * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray
411 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
412 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
413 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
414 * PulseAudio audio input support
415 * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
416 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
417 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
418 * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture
419 * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound
420 * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input
421 * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
422 * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
425 * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
426 on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
427 are notably concerned.
428 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
429 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
430 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
431 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
432 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
433 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
434 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
435 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
436 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
437 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
438 * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits
439 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
440 * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
441 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
442 * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
445 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
446 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
447 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
448 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
449 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
450 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
451 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
452 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
453 * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
454 * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
455 * Improved support of tracker files
456 * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat
459 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
460 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
461 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
462 * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar
463 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
464 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
465 and important cleanups and optimisations
466 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
467 It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style)
468 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
469 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
470 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
471 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
472 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
473 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
474 * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions
475 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
476 * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
477 -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
478 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
479 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
480 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
481 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
482 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
483 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
484 * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
485 * Qt: preferences are now searchable
486 * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom
489 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
490 * New video output for iOS platform
491 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
492 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
493 * Various vmem improvements
494 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
495 chroma conversion between YUV and RGB
496 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
497 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
498 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
499 * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
501 Audio Output and Filters:
502 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
503 * New audio output in memory (amem)
504 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
505 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
506 * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
507 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
508 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
509 * New simplistic Karaoke filter
510 * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
511 * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
514 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
515 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
516 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
517 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels
518 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
519 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
520 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
521 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
522 * New anti-flickering filter
523 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
524 * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
525 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
526 blackbox and customizable shadow.
527 NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
528 the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
529 The Win32 font selection was improved too.
532 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
533 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
534 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
535 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
536 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
537 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
538 * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP
539 * Major rework of VoD support
540 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
541 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
542 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
543 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
544 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
545 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
546 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
547 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
548 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
549 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
552 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
553 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
556 * New capabilities for libVLC:
557 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
558 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
559 list of available audio and video filters
560 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
561 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
562 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
565 * asademux, subsass: use libass
566 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
567 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
569 * upnp: use upnp_intel
570 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
571 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
572 * removal of the noise filter
573 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
574 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
575 removed in Growl's next release, too.
576 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
579 * Update of translations for most languages.
580 * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations.
583 Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13:
584 ----------------------------------
587 * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed.
588 * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface.
591 * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix.
592 * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery.
595 * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC).
596 * XVideo support for automatic color keying.
597 * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix.
600 * Camtasia decoding fix.
603 * Rare crash while seeking fixed.
604 * V4L2 video standard selection fixed.
607 * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages.
610 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
611 ----------------------------------
614 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
615 including support for OS X Lion
616 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
617 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
620 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
623 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
624 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
625 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
628 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
631 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
632 ----------------------------------
635 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
636 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
639 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
640 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
641 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
642 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
643 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
645 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
646 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
647 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
649 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
650 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
653 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
656 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
659 * Fix quitting on Linux
660 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
664 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
667 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
670 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
671 ---------------------------------
673 Windows and Mac OS X:
674 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
677 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
678 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
681 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
684 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
687 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
689 Miscellaneous fixes in:
690 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
692 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
693 * RTP output and XML export
694 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
698 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
699 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
700 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
701 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
704 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
705 --------------------------------
707 Windows and Mac OS X:
708 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
711 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
714 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
715 * Improve Apple Remote handling
716 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
717 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
718 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
719 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
722 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
723 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
727 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
728 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
729 * New Luganda Translation
732 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
733 --------------------------------
736 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
739 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
740 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
741 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
742 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
745 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
747 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
748 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
749 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
750 * mp4 demuxer improvements
751 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
752 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
753 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
754 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
756 Miscellaneous fixes in:
757 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
758 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
759 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
760 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
761 * Configure and build system improvements
762 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
765 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
766 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
767 * New icelandic translation
770 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
771 --------------------------------
774 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
778 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
779 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
780 and stability reasons
783 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
787 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
790 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
791 ----------------------------------
794 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
797 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
798 ---------------------------------
801 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
802 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
803 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
804 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
807 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
810 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
811 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
812 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
813 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
816 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
817 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
818 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
820 Subtitles and renderer:
821 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
822 * Mark more freetype options as safe
823 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
824 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
825 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
828 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
829 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
830 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
831 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
834 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
835 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
838 * KDE device solid actions
840 * Transcode integer overflow
841 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
842 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
845 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
846 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
847 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
850 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
851 ----------------------------------
854 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
858 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
861 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
864 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
865 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
866 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
867 * Taglib thread-safety fix
870 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
874 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
877 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
880 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
881 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
883 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
887 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
888 * Miscellaneous fixes
891 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
892 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
894 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
895 * New Asturian translation
898 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
899 ----------------------------------
902 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
904 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
907 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
910 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
911 * Various fixes for Windows
914 * New Armenian translation
915 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
916 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
919 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
920 --------------------------------
923 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
925 * Fix folders opening from the interface
928 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukrainian
929 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
932 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
933 --------------------------------
936 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
937 * fix for podcasts parsing
938 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
941 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
942 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
945 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
946 * fix m3u playlists exports
949 * fix video autoresize behaviour
952 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
955 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
958 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
961 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
964 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
965 --------------------------------
968 * Avformat fps displaying fix
969 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
972 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
973 of mono streams, especially on Windows
976 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
977 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
978 * fix console output encoding
980 Interface and extensions:
981 * Youtube and other scripts updates
982 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
985 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
986 --------------------------------
989 * New capabilities for libVLC:
990 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
991 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
992 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
993 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
994 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
995 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
996 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
997 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
998 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
999 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
1000 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
1001 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
1002 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
1003 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
1004 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
1008 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
1009 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
1010 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
1011 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
1012 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
1015 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
1018 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
1019 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
1020 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
1024 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
1027 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
1028 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
1029 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
1032 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
1033 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
1034 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
1035 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
1038 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
1039 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
1042 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
1043 --------------------------------
1045 Important changes for users:
1046 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
1047 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
1049 Important changes for packagers:
1050 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
1051 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
1052 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
1053 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
1054 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
1056 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
1058 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
1059 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
1060 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
1061 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
1062 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
1065 * Support for the sftp protocol
1066 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
1067 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
1068 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
1069 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
1070 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
1073 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
1074 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
1075 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
1077 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
1078 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
1079 * Invmem module improvements
1080 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
1081 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
1082 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
1083 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
1084 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
1085 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
1086 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
1087 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
1088 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
1089 * Support for VP8 codec
1090 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
1093 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
1094 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
1095 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
1096 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
1097 * Various EGP improvements
1098 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
1099 * Metadata and cover art improvements
1102 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
1103 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
1104 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
1105 * Podcast images are now displayed
1108 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
1109 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
1110 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
1111 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
1112 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
1113 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
1114 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
1115 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
1116 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
1117 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
1118 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
1121 * New content extensions lua framework
1124 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
1125 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
1126 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
1127 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
1128 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
1129 * NEON assembly audio converter module
1130 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
1133 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
1134 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
1135 * Service discovery based on libudev
1136 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
1139 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
1140 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
1141 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
1142 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
1143 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
1144 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
1145 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
1148 * New smem module, streaming to memory
1149 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
1150 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
1153 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
1155 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
1156 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
1159 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
1162 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
1163 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
1164 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
1165 by Andy Matuschak et al.
1166 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
1167 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
1168 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
1171 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
1172 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
1175 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
1176 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
1177 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
1181 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
1182 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
1183 * Improved Solaris port
1186 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
1187 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
1190 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
1191 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
1192 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
1193 * transrate: broken since too long
1194 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
1195 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
1196 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
1197 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
1198 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
1199 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
1200 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
1201 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
1202 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
1203 * cddax: use cdda instead.
1204 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
1205 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
1206 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
1207 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
1210 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
1211 --------------------------------
1214 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
1216 Decoders/Packetizers:
1217 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
1220 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
1221 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
1222 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
1223 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
1224 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
1227 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
1228 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
1231 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
1232 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
1235 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
1236 and Walloon translations updated
1237 * Sinhala translation started
1240 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
1241 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
1244 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
1245 --------------------------------
1248 * SubRip extra styles improvements
1249 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
1252 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
1255 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
1256 increase performance and fix x264 issues
1259 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
1260 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
1261 Russian, Slovak translation updates
1262 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
1265 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
1266 --------------------------------
1269 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
1270 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
1273 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
1274 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
1277 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
1278 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
1281 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
1284 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
1285 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
1288 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
1289 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
1292 * New Walloon translation
1293 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
1296 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
1297 --------------------------------
1300 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
1301 regressions in most popular drivers
1302 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
1305 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
1306 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
1307 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
1310 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
1311 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
1314 * Update for appletrailers lua script
1315 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
1316 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
1317 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
1318 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
1321 * New udev module for linux
1324 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
1327 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
1330 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
1331 --------------------------------
1334 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
1335 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
1336 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
1339 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
1340 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
1343 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
1344 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
1347 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
1350 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
1351 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
1352 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
1353 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
1356 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
1357 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
1358 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
1359 - no support for Goom and SDL
1360 - limited text rendering support
1361 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
1364 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
1365 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
1366 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
1367 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
1368 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
1369 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
1370 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
1371 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
1372 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
1376 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
1379 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
1382 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
1383 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
1384 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
1385 Arabic and French translation updates
1388 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
1389 --------------------------------
1392 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
1393 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
1394 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
1395 * Fix Dailymotion access script
1396 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
1397 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
1400 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
1401 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1402 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1405 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
1406 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
1407 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
1410 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
1413 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
1414 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
1417 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
1418 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
1419 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1420 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
1421 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
1422 * Fix various crashes
1425 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
1427 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
1431 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
1432 ---------------------------------
1436 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
1437 See 'Access:' for more info.
1438 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
1441 * Instantaneous pausing
1442 * Frame-by-Frame playback
1443 * Finer speed control
1444 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
1445 * Timeshift for most medias
1446 * RTSP trickplay support
1447 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
1450 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
1451 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
1452 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
1453 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
1454 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
1455 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
1456 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
1457 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
1458 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
1459 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
1462 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
1463 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
1464 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
1465 * Metadata for mod files are supported
1466 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
1467 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
1468 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
1471 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
1472 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
1475 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
1476 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
1477 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
1478 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
1479 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
1480 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
1481 * DVB scanning on linux
1482 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
1483 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
1484 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
1485 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
1486 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
1487 * MTP device access on Unix
1488 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
1489 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
1492 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
1493 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
1494 Windows and Mac OS X.
1497 * Export the playlist in HTML
1498 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
1499 * Better metadata handling and reading
1501 Linux/Windows interface:
1502 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
1503 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
1504 * Recently played items list
1505 * Interface toolbar customizations
1506 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
1507 - More menus actions
1508 - Finer speed slider
1509 - Improvements on many dialogs
1510 - New dialog for plugins listing
1511 - Fixed-size mode for videos
1512 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
1513 * Better integration in GTK environments
1516 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
1517 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
1518 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
1519 * Additional usability improvements
1522 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
1523 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
1524 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
1525 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
1526 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
1529 * New Maemo port with:
1530 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1531 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1534 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1537 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1538 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1539 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1540 * Support for latest iSight models
1543 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1544 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1547 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1548 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1549 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1550 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1551 The old image video output has been removed.
1552 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1553 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1556 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1564 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1565 --------------------------------------
1571 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1572 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1573 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1574 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1575 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1576 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1577 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1579 Various fixes to the following modules:
1582 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1583 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1584 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1586 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1591 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1592 ---------------------------------
1595 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1596 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1599 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1600 ---------------------------------
1603 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1606 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1609 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1610 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1611 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1612 main controller window.
1613 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1616 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1621 * Updates of other localizations
1624 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1625 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1626 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1627 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1628 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1631 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1632 ---------------------------------
1635 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
1637 Bunch of small bugfixes.
1640 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
1641 --------------------------------
1646 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
1647 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
1650 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
1651 --------------------------------
1653 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
1654 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
1657 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
1660 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
1661 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
1664 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
1665 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
1668 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
1669 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
1670 * Various fixed in playlist
1673 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
1676 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
1679 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
1680 ------------------------------------
1682 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
1683 * Fixes several memory leaks.
1686 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
1687 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
1688 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
1691 * Stability fix for the video output.
1694 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
1695 --------------------------------
1698 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
1699 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
1700 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
1701 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
1702 * Fixed update system bugs
1703 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
1706 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
1707 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
1708 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
1709 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
1710 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
1711 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
1712 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
1713 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
1714 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
1715 modern Mac OS X versions
1718 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
1719 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
1721 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
1722 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
1725 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
1726 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
1727 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
1728 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
1729 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
1730 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
1733 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
1734 --------------------------------
1736 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
1737 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
1738 * Multiple bugfixes.
1741 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
1742 --------------------------------
1744 * Multiple bug fixes.
1747 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
1748 ---------------------------------
1752 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1753 recent to work correctly
1754 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1755 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1756 edit the ".hosts" file.
1757 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1758 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1759 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1760 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1761 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1762 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1763 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1764 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1765 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1766 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1767 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1768 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1769 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1770 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1771 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1772 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1773 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1774 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1775 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1776 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1777 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1778 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1779 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1780 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1781 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1782 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1783 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1784 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1785 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1786 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1787 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1788 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1789 and postproc modules.
1790 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1791 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1792 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1793 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1795 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1796 filter. For example:
1797 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1798 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1800 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1801 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1807 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1809 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1810 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1813 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1814 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1816 * Shoutcast TV listings
1817 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1819 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1820 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1822 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1825 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1826 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1827 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1828 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1829 * JACK audio input support
1830 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1831 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1832 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1833 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1834 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1835 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1836 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1837 (available as a separate download).
1838 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1839 * RTMP input support
1840 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1841 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1842 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1844 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1845 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1848 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1849 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1850 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1851 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1853 * APEv1/2 tags support
1854 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1855 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1857 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1858 * TiVo Series 2 support
1859 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1864 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1865 * Flash Screen Video support
1866 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1867 * DosBox Capture support
1868 * Karl Morton's Video support
1869 * limited atrac3 support
1871 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1872 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1873 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1874 * H.264 PAFF support
1875 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1876 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1877 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1878 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1879 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1882 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1883 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1884 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1885 * AQTitle subtitles support
1886 * MKV USF subtitles support
1887 * HTML-based subtitles support
1888 * MPSub subtitles support
1889 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1890 * MPL2 subtitles support
1891 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1892 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1893 * Realtext subtitle support
1894 * DKS subtitle support
1895 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1896 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1899 * Flash Screen Video support
1900 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1902 Video outputs and filters:
1903 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1904 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1905 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1906 * New puzzle video output filter
1907 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1908 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1910 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1911 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1912 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1913 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1914 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1915 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1916 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1917 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1918 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1919 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1920 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1921 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1922 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1923 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1925 Audio outputs and filters:
1926 * Replay gain support
1927 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1928 new scaletempo audio filter)
1929 * New spatializer audio filter
1930 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1933 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1934 * New RTP payload formats:
1935 * Speex voice audio codec
1936 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1937 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1938 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1939 * DCCP transport for RTP
1940 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1945 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1946 end-user suitable way.
1947 * Improved user interaction
1948 * Improved mouse gestures
1949 * Vastly improved Update checker
1950 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1952 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1953 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1955 * Improved video output features
1956 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1957 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1958 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1959 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1960 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1962 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1963 if libncursesw is available.
1964 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1965 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1966 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1968 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1969 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1970 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1971 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1972 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1973 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1974 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1975 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1978 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1979 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1980 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1983 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1984 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1985 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1986 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1987 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1988 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1991 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1992 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
2002 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
2003 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
2004 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
2007 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
2008 ----------------------------------
2011 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
2014 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
2015 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
2016 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2017 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
2018 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
2019 * Updated Polish translation
2022 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
2023 ----------------------------------
2026 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
2027 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
2028 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
2031 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
2032 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
2033 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
2034 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
2035 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
2036 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
2037 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
2038 to an unexpected application termination
2039 * New Serbian translation
2040 * Updated Romanian translation
2043 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
2044 ----------------------------------
2047 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
2048 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
2049 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
2050 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
2051 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
2052 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
2053 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
2054 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
2057 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
2058 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
2059 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
2060 * Fixed AAC resampling
2061 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
2062 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
2065 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
2066 ----------------------------------
2069 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
2070 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
2071 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
2072 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
2073 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
2076 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
2077 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
2078 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
2079 * Close MMS access on network timeout
2080 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
2083 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
2084 ----------------------------------
2087 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
2088 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
2091 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
2092 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
2093 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
2094 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
2096 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
2100 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
2103 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
2106 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
2109 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
2112 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
2113 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
2114 encoding on multi-cpu systems
2115 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
2116 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
2118 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2119 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
2120 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
2121 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
2124 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
2127 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
2128 ----------------------------------
2131 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
2132 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
2133 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
2135 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
2136 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
2138 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
2139 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
2142 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
2144 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2145 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
2146 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2147 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
2148 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
2149 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
2150 two different movies
2151 * Support for current Ogg file formats
2152 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
2153 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
2156 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
2159 * The automatic updating facility was removed
2160 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2161 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
2162 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
2165 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
2166 ----------------------------------
2168 Various bugfixes, notably:
2169 * Windows Vista compatibility
2170 * Cropping in Direct3D
2171 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
2172 * RSS filter string overflow
2174 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
2176 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
2177 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
2180 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
2181 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
2184 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
2187 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
2190 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
2193 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
2194 ----------------------------------
2196 Various bugfixes, notably:
2197 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
2198 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
2199 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
2200 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
2201 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
2202 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
2205 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
2206 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
2209 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
2211 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
2212 * Diverse usability improvements
2213 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
2214 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
2215 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
2218 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
2219 ---------------------------------
2221 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
2222 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
2225 * Fullscreen controller improvements
2228 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
2229 --------------------------------
2232 * Shoutcast TV listings support
2235 * Support for RTSP authentication
2236 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
2237 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
2238 * ATSC support for DVB input
2239 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
2240 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
2241 * Improved support for Flash Video files
2244 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
2245 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
2246 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
2247 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
2248 * Matroska WavPack support
2249 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
2250 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
2251 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
2254 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
2255 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
2256 * Improved libcaca support
2260 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
2261 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
2263 * Systray support in skins
2265 * Support for Apple Remote control
2266 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2267 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
2268 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
2269 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
2271 * Notifications using notification-daemon
2274 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
2275 Windows 9x/ME users:
2276 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
2277 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
2278 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
2279 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
2280 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
2282 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
2283 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
2292 * Updates to the libvlc API
2293 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
2296 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
2297 --------------------------------
2300 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
2301 * Support for downloading updates
2305 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
2306 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
2307 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
2308 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
2310 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
2311 * Improved subtitles encoding support
2312 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
2315 * Cook (Real audio) support
2317 Playlist / Services discovery:
2318 * XSPF playlist support
2320 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
2323 * New JACK audio output
2326 * New video filters:
2327 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
2328 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
2329 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
2330 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
2331 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
2332 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
2335 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
2338 * System to inform the user and request information
2339 - HTTP authentication
2343 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
2344 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2345 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
2348 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
2349 - Improved playlist handling
2350 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
2352 - Embedded Video output
2353 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
2354 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
2355 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
2356 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
2357 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
2359 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
2360 - A bunch of new RPN functions
2363 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
2366 * Mac-Intel compatibility
2367 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
2368 * Growl "Now playing" support
2371 * Ability to log to syslog
2372 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
2375 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
2377 * A bit more automatic testing
2380 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
2381 ---------------------------------
2384 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
2385 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
2388 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
2389 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
2392 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
2395 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
2396 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
2402 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
2405 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
2406 --------------------------------
2409 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
2413 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
2414 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
2415 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
2418 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
2419 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
2420 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
2421 * GnomeVFS input module
2422 * Support for RTP packet reordering
2423 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
2426 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
2427 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
2428 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
2431 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
2432 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
2438 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
2439 Mixer and Dolby Surround
2442 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
2443 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
2444 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
2447 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
2449 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
2450 - New extended controls panel
2451 - New bookmarks window
2452 - Fixed playlist sorting
2453 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
2455 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
2456 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
2457 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
2458 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
2462 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
2463 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
2465 - Include macro to include other files
2469 * Should now work outside IE as well
2472 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
2475 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
2476 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
2479 The following languages were added:
2483 * Simplified Chinese
2484 The following languages were re-added:
2488 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
2489 --------------------------------
2492 * Rewrite of the playlist
2494 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
2495 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
2496 * Preferences improvements:
2497 - New organization, designed to improve usability
2498 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
2500 * Core image manipulation support
2501 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
2502 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
2503 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
2504 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
2505 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
2506 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
2507 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
2508 now separated by ':' instead of ','
2509 * Access filter architecture
2510 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
2511 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
2515 * Support for SOCKS proxy
2516 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
2517 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
2518 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
2519 * Better support for Kasenna streams
2520 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
2521 * Massive Matroska improvements
2522 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
2524 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
2525 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
2526 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
2527 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
2528 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2530 Decoders / Encoders:
2531 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2532 * PNG decoder/encoder
2533 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2534 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2537 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2540 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2541 * Brand new SAP module
2542 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2543 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2544 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2545 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2546 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2547 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2551 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2554 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2555 * Image file video output (png)
2556 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2557 * Improvements to wall video filter
2558 * Support for font color and opacity
2564 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2565 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2566 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2570 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2571 - Improved preferences
2572 - Improvements to the wizard
2573 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2575 - Redesigned playlist
2576 - Improved preferences
2578 - Support for multiple actions
2581 - Support for the new playlist system
2583 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2586 * Screensaver disabling fix
2587 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2588 * Support for no-decoration windows
2591 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2592 * The OpenGL video output is back
2593 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2594 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2595 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2596 is not yet available in the new module
2597 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2600 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2609 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2612 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2615 The following languages were added:
2621 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2622 --------------------------------
2625 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2626 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2629 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2630 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2631 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2634 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2637 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
2640 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
2643 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
2644 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
2645 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
2649 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
2651 * Support of playlist group announcement
2654 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
2655 --------------------------------
2658 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
2659 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
2660 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
2661 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
2662 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
2663 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
2666 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
2667 (Stream your desktop)
2668 * Improved DVD support:
2669 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
2670 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
2671 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
2672 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
2673 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
2674 (selection of titles/chapters).
2677 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
2678 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
2679 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
2680 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
2681 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
2682 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2683 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
2684 * Improved Ogg demuxer
2685 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
2686 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
2689 * G.726 audio support
2690 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
2691 * MPEG-4 text support
2692 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
2693 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
2694 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
2698 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
2699 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
2700 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
2701 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
2702 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
2703 * DVB subtitles encoder
2704 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
2705 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
2707 * Text track muxing for mp4
2708 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
2709 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
2710 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2711 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
2712 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
2713 * Improved ASF muxer
2715 * H.263 RTP streaming support
2716 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
2717 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
2720 * New audio equalizer filter
2721 * Very trivial volume normalizer
2722 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
2723 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
2724 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
2727 * Roku HD1000 Video output
2728 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
2729 with support for effects.
2730 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
2731 - New filters can be streamed.
2732 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
2733 - Centralized scaling and blending
2735 - "time", to display current time
2736 - "marq", to display a marquee
2739 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
2740 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
2741 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
2742 * A few skins2 improvements
2743 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
2744 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
2745 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
2746 * Improved CORBA control module
2749 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
2750 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
2751 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2754 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2755 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2756 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2759 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2760 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2761 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2762 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2763 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2766 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2769 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2770 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2773 * Server/client network synchronization module
2774 * VBrick streams fully supported
2775 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2779 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2780 --------------------------------
2783 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2784 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2785 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2786 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2789 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2790 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2791 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2792 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2793 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2794 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2795 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2798 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2799 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2800 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2801 * Improved directory access module.
2802 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2803 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2804 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2805 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2806 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2809 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2810 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2811 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2814 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2815 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2816 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2819 * Improved session announcement system.
2820 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2821 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2822 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2823 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2824 * Improved transrater.
2825 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2826 * New configuration system.
2827 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2830 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2831 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2832 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2833 * Supports scheduling.
2834 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2835 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2838 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2839 - Ability to embed video output.
2840 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2841 - Lots of improvements.
2842 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2843 - New design and set of icons.
2844 - Ability to embed video output.
2845 - Support for hotkeys.
2846 - Support for bookmarks.
2848 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2849 - Better hotkeys handling.
2852 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2853 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2854 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2855 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2858 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2859 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2860 * Improved Windows installer.
2866 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2867 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2870 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2871 ---------------------------------
2874 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2875 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2878 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2879 --------------------------------
2882 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2883 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2886 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2887 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2888 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2889 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2892 * Internal improvments
2893 * Improved import/export
2896 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2898 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2899 small and strange formats.
2901 * New MOD audio demux.
2902 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2903 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2904 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2905 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2908 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2909 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2910 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2916 * New opengl video output plugin.
2919 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2920 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2923 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2924 --------------------------------
2927 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2928 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2929 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2930 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2931 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2932 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2933 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2934 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2937 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2942 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2943 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2944 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2945 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2946 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2947 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2948 * Better Icecast support.
2949 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2950 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2953 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2954 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2955 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2956 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2957 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2958 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2959 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2962 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2963 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2964 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2965 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2966 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2967 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2968 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2969 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2970 * Preliminary RTP support.
2971 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2976 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2977 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2979 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2980 - Improvements and help in preferences
2981 - New streaming wizard
2982 - Revised Disc Open menu
2984 - Improvements of the standard pages
2985 - Support for new commands
2986 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2989 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2990 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2993 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2994 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2995 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2996 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2997 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2998 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2999 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
3000 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
3001 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
3004 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
3006 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
3007 * Support for Panther.
3008 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
3009 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
3012 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
3013 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
3014 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3015 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
3016 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
3017 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
3018 * Multimonitor support (untested).
3019 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
3022 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
3023 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
3024 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
3027 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
3030 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
3031 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
3032 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
3033 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
3036 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
3037 --------------------------------
3040 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
3043 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
3044 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3047 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
3048 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
3051 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
3054 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3055 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3058 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3061 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3064 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3065 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3069 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3070 --------------------------------
3073 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3074 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3078 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3079 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3080 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3082 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
3083 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
3086 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
3089 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
3092 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
3093 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
3097 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
3098 --------------------------------
3101 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
3102 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
3106 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
3107 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
3108 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
3109 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
3110 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
3113 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
3114 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
3115 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
3118 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
3119 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
3120 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
3123 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
3124 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
3125 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
3126 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
3127 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
3130 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
3131 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
3132 * A new CORBA control plugin.
3135 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
3138 * Improved build system.
3139 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
3140 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
3141 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
3142 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
3145 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
3146 --------------------------------
3149 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
3152 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
3153 (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
3154 * Fixed large file support on Windows
3155 * Video 4 Linux support
3156 * CD Digital Audio support
3157 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
3160 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
3161 * Support for OpenDML avi files
3162 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
3163 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
3166 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
3167 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
3168 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
3169 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
3170 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
3171 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
3172 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
3175 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
3176 * New HTTP remote control interface
3179 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
3180 allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
3181 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
3182 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
3183 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
3186 * New reset option for the preferences
3187 * You can set your language in the prefences
3188 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
3189 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
3190 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
3191 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
3194 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
3195 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
3196 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
3199 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
3200 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
3201 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
3202 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
3203 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
3204 * New icons by Davor Orel.
3205 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
3206 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
3207 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
3208 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
3211 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
3212 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
3213 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
3214 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
3215 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
3216 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
3217 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
3220 * Interface localization
3221 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
3222 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
3223 * New full-featured Preferences window
3226 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
3227 --------------------------------
3230 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
3231 * support for skins at the interface level
3232 * new OSD module using Freetype2
3233 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
3234 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
3235 input level before dropping out of date frames.
3236 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
3239 * fixed HTTP redirects
3240 * support for opening an entire directory
3241 * EOF should be detected more reliably
3242 * new video4linux access plug-in
3243 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
3246 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
3247 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
3248 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
3251 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
3252 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
3253 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
3254 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
3255 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
3256 * new codec for raw I420 video
3257 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
3260 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
3261 (although it still misses some important features)
3262 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
3265 * new HTTP output support
3266 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
3267 * fixed AV synchronization issues
3270 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
3273 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
3276 * reorderable playlist
3277 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
3278 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
3279 * support for mono audio output devices
3280 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
3281 * fixed several cosmetic issues
3282 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
3283 * the messages window remembers more lines
3284 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
3285 * http and ogg stream output options
3286 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
3289 * new skinnable interface
3290 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
3292 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
3293 * support for FLAC audio format
3294 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
3296 * network tab in the interface
3297 * "apply" handling in preferences
3300 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
3301 ---------------------------------
3304 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
3305 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
3306 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
3307 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
3309 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
3310 * DTS S/PDIF support
3313 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
3314 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
3315 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
3316 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
3319 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
3320 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
3323 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
3326 * fixed the GNU-pth support
3329 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
3331 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
3332 * rc interface is now fully useable
3333 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
3336 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
3337 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
3338 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
3339 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
3340 * VLC now uses the default audio device
3342 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
3343 * support for mouse gestures
3344 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
3347 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
3348 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
3351 * improved ID3 tag detection
3352 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
3353 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
3354 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
3356 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
3359 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
3360 ---------------------------------
3363 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
3364 English was set as the preferred language
3367 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
3368 --------------------------------
3371 * new mouse gesture interface
3372 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
3376 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
3377 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
3378 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
3381 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
3382 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
3386 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
3389 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
3390 without the user consent
3393 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
3395 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
3396 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
3397 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
3400 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
3401 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
3402 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
3403 * playlist enhancements
3404 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
3405 * new step forward/step backward commands
3406 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
3407 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
3408 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
3411 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
3412 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
3413 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
3416 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
3417 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
3420 * native video output is working again
3421 * only commandline interface support
3422 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
3425 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
3426 --------------------------------
3429 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
3430 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
3431 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
3432 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
3433 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
3434 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
3435 and A/52 streams are supported)
3436 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
3441 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
3442 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
3443 * VCD entry points support
3444 * VCD image file support
3447 * support for *.asf format
3448 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
3449 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
3450 * support for ogg encapsulation
3451 * support for raw DV format
3452 * support for *.wav format
3453 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
3456 Stream discovery & playlists:
3457 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
3458 * support for .m3u file format
3459 * support for .asx file format
3460 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
3463 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
3464 (only available with the .avi demux)
3465 * support for ADPCM audio codec
3466 * support for raw PCM data
3467 * support for Cinepak video codec
3468 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
3469 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
3470 * support for Xvid codec
3471 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
3472 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
3473 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
3475 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
3477 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
3480 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
3483 * new WxWindows interface
3484 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
3485 device and the channels configuration
3486 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
3487 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
3488 format that VLC can play
3489 * new swedish translation
3490 * enhancements of the playlist window
3491 * new messages window to see debug info
3492 * fixed a few crashes
3495 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
3496 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
3497 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
3498 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working