3 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
4 --------------------------------
7 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
8 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
10 * Saved playlist now remember VLC-specific options
13 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
14 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
15 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
16 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer
17 * Packetizer interfaced between demux and codec when needed
18 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
21 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
22 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
23 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
24 * Improved directory access module.
25 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
26 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
27 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
30 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support
31 * mmsh streaming fixes.
34 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
35 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path
36 * subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys
39 * Improved session announcement system.
40 * Minimize threads usage by default.
41 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
42 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
43 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
45 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
46 * New configuration system
47 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
50 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
51 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
52 * Supports live streams and VoD.
53 * Supports scheduling.
54 * Telnet interface for vlm.
55 * HTTP interface for vlm.
59 - Ability to embed video output.
60 - Support for bitmap fonts.
61 - Lots of improvements.
63 - New design and set of icons.
64 - Ability to embed video output.
66 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties
67 - Better hotkeys handling
70 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
73 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
74 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
80 * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin.
81 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
83 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
84 ---------------------------------
87 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
88 * Playing MOD files is working now.
91 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
92 ---------------------------------
95 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
96 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
99 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
100 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
101 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
102 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
105 * Internal improvments
106 * Improved import/export
109 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
111 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
112 small and strange formats.
114 * New MOD audio demux.
115 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
116 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
117 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
118 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
121 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
122 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
123 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
129 * New opengl video output plugin.
132 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
133 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
135 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
136 ---------------------------------
139 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
140 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
141 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
142 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
143 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
144 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
145 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
146 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
149 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
154 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
155 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
156 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
157 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
158 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
159 * Reworked DVB tuning.
160 * Better Icecast support.
161 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
162 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
165 * Support for Theora video encoding.
166 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
167 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
168 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
169 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
170 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
171 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
174 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
175 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
176 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
177 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
178 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
179 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
180 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
181 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
182 * Preliminary RTP support.
183 * Fixes to SAP announces.
188 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
189 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
191 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
192 - Improvements and help in preferences
193 - New streaming wizard
194 - Revised Disc Open menu
196 - Improvements of the standard pages
197 - Support for new commands
198 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
201 * Many fixes to the SAP module
202 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
205 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
206 * Text subtitles autodetection.
207 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
208 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
209 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
210 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
211 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
212 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
213 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
216 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
218 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
219 * Support for Panther.
220 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
221 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
224 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
225 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
226 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
227 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
228 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
229 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
230 * Multimonitor support (untested).
231 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
234 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
235 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
236 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
239 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
242 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
243 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
244 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
245 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
247 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
248 ---------------------------------
251 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
254 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
255 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
258 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
259 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
262 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
265 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
266 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
269 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
272 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
275 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
276 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
279 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
280 ---------------------------------
283 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
284 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
288 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
289 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
290 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
292 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
293 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
296 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
299 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
302 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
303 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
306 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
307 ---------------------------------
310 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
311 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
315 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
316 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
317 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
318 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
319 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
322 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
323 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
324 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
327 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
328 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
329 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
332 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
333 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
334 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
335 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
336 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
339 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
340 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
341 * A new CORBA control plugin.
344 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
347 * Improved build system.
348 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
349 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
350 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
351 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
354 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
355 ---------------------------------
358 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
361 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
362 * Fixed large file support on Windows
363 * Video 4 Linux support
364 * CD Digital Audio support
365 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
368 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
369 * Support for OpenDML avi files
370 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
371 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
374 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
375 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
376 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
377 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
378 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
379 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
380 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
383 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
384 * New HTTP remote control interface
387 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
388 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
389 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
390 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
393 * New reset option for the preferences
394 * You can set your language in the prefences
395 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
396 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
397 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
398 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
401 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
402 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
403 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
406 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
407 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
408 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
409 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
410 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
411 * New icons by Davor Orel.
412 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
413 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
414 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
415 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
418 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
419 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
420 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
421 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
422 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
423 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
424 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
427 * Interface localization
428 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
429 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
430 * New full-featured Preferences window
432 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
433 ---------------------------------
436 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
437 * support for skins at the interface level
438 * new OSD module using Freetype2
439 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
440 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
441 input level before dropping out of date frames.
442 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
445 * fixed HTTP redirects
446 * support for opening an entire directory
447 * EOF should be detected more reliably
448 * new video4linux access plug-in
449 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
452 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
453 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
454 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
457 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
458 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
459 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
460 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
461 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
462 * new codec for raw I420 video
463 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
466 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
467 (although it still misses some important features)
468 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
471 * new HTTP output support
472 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
473 * fixed AV synchronization issues
476 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
479 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
482 * reorderable playlist
483 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
484 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
485 * support for mono audio output devices
486 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
487 * fixed several cosmetic issues
488 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
489 * the messages window remembers more lines
490 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
491 * http and ogg stream output options
492 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
495 * new skinnable interface
496 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
498 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
499 * support for FLAC audio format
500 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
502 * network tab in the interface
503 * "apply" handling in preferences
506 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
507 ---------------------------------
510 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
511 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
512 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
513 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
515 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
519 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
520 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
521 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
522 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
525 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
526 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
529 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
532 * fixed the GNU-pth support
535 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
537 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
538 * rc interface is now fully useable
539 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
542 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
543 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
544 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
545 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
546 * VLC now uses the default audio device
548 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
549 * support for mouse gestures
550 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
553 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
554 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
557 * improved ID3 tag detection
558 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
559 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
560 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
562 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
565 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
566 ---------------------------------
569 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
570 English was set as the preferred language
573 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
574 --------------------------------
577 * new mouse gesture interface
578 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
582 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
583 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
584 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
587 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
588 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
592 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
595 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
596 without the user consent
599 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
601 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
602 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
603 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
606 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
607 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
608 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
609 * playlist enhancements
610 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
611 * new step forward/step backward commands
612 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
613 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
614 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
617 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
618 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
619 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
622 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
623 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
626 * native video output is working again
627 * only commandline interface support
628 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
631 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
632 --------------------------------
635 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
636 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
637 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
638 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
639 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
640 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
641 and A/52 streams are supported)
642 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
647 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
648 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
649 * VCD entry points support
650 * VCD image file support
653 * support for *.asf format
654 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
655 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
656 * support for ogg encapsulation
657 * support for raw DV format
658 * support for *.wav format
659 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
662 Stream discovery & playlists:
663 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
664 * support for .m3u file format
665 * support for .asx file format
666 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
669 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
670 (only available with the .avi demux)
671 * support for ADPCM audio codec
672 * support for raw PCM data
673 * support for Cinepak video codec
674 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
675 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
676 * support for Xvid codec
677 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
678 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
679 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
681 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
683 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
686 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
689 * new WxWindows interface
690 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
691 device and the channels configuration
692 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
693 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
694 format that VLC can play
695 * new swedish translation
696 * enhancements of the playlist window
697 * new messages window to see debug info
698 * fixed a few crashes
701 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
702 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
703 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
704 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working