3 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
4 ---------------------------------
7 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
10 * Add support for new BMP and Cook audio decoders in ffmpeg
13 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
16 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
17 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
21 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
22 --------------------------------
25 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
29 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
30 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
31 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
34 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
35 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
36 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
37 * GnomeVFS input module
38 * Support for RTP packet reordering
39 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
42 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
43 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
44 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
47 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
48 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
54 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
55 Mixer and Dolby Surround
58 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
59 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
60 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
63 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
65 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
66 - New extended controls panel
67 - New bookmarks window
68 - Fixed playlist sorting
69 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
71 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
72 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
73 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
74 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
78 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
79 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
81 - Include macro to include other files
85 * Should now work outside IE as well
88 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
91 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
92 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
95 The following languages were added:
100 The following languages were re-added:
103 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
104 --------------------------------
107 * Rewrite of the playlist
109 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
110 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
111 * Preferences improvements:
112 - New organization, designed to improve usability
113 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
115 * Core image manipulation support
116 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
117 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
118 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
119 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
120 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
121 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
122 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
123 now separated by ':' instead of ','
124 * Access filter architecture
125 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
126 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
130 * Support for SOCKS proxy
131 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
132 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
133 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
134 * Better support for Kasenna streams
135 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
136 * Massive Matroska improvements
137 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
139 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
140 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
141 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
142 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
143 * Support for FTP over IPv6
146 * Dirac decoder and encoder
147 * PNG decoder/encoder
148 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
149 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
152 * New Record and Timeshift filters
155 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
156 * Brand new SAP module
157 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
158 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
159 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
160 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
161 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
162 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
166 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
169 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
170 * Image file video output (png)
171 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
172 * Improvements to wall video filter
173 * Support for font color and opacity
179 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
180 - Seeking support in VoD streams
181 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
185 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
186 - Improved preferences
187 - Improvements to the wizard
188 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
190 - Redesigned playlist
191 - Improved preferences
193 - Support for multiple actions
196 - Support for the new playlist system
198 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
201 * Screensaver disabling fix
202 * DirectShow tuner configuration
203 * Support for no-decoration windows
206 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
207 * The OpenGL video output is back
208 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
209 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
210 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
211 is not yet available in the new module
212 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
215 * Support for single-buffered overlay
224 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
227 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
230 The following languages were added:
236 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
237 -----------------------------------------------------
240 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
241 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
244 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
245 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
246 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
249 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
252 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
255 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
258 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
259 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
260 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
264 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
266 * Support of playlist group announcement
268 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
269 -----------------------------------------------------
272 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
273 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
274 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
275 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
276 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
277 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
280 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
281 (Stream your desktop)
282 * Improved DVD support:
283 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
284 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
285 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
286 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
287 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
288 (selection of titles/chapters).
291 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
292 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
293 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
294 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
295 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
296 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
297 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
298 * Improved Ogg demuxer
299 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
300 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
303 * G.726 audio support
304 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
305 * MPEG-4 text support
306 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
307 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
308 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
312 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
313 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
314 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
315 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
316 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
317 * DVB subtitles encoder
318 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
319 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
321 * Text track muxing for mp4
322 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
323 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
324 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
325 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
326 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
329 * H.263 RTP streaming support
330 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
331 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
334 * New audio equalizer filter
335 * Very trivial volume normalizer
336 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
337 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
338 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
341 * Roku HD1000 Video output
342 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
343 with support for effects.
344 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
345 - New filters can be streamed.
346 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
347 - Centralized scaling and blending
349 - "time", to display current time
350 - "marq", to display a marquee
353 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
354 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
355 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
356 * A few skins2 improvements
357 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
358 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
359 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
360 * Improved CORBA control module
363 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
364 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
365 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
368 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
369 * Experimental SVG rendering module
370 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
373 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
374 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
375 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
376 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
377 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
380 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
383 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
384 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
387 * Server/client network synchronization module
388 * VBrick streams fully supported
389 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
392 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
393 --------------------------------
396 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
397 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
398 * Improved HTTP daemon.
399 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
402 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
403 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
404 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
405 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
406 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
407 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
408 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
411 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
412 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
413 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
414 * Improved directory access module.
415 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
416 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
417 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
418 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
419 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
422 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
423 * mmsh streaming fixes.
424 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
427 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
428 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
429 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
432 * Improved session announcement system.
433 * Minimize threads usage by default.
434 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
435 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
436 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
437 * Improved transrater.
438 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
439 * New configuration system.
440 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
443 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
444 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
445 * Supports live streams and VoD.
446 * Supports scheduling.
447 * Telnet interface for vlm.
448 * HTTP interface for vlm.
451 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
452 - Ability to embed video output.
453 - Support for bitmap fonts.
454 - Lots of improvements.
455 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
456 - New design and set of icons.
457 - Ability to embed video output.
458 - Support for hotkeys.
459 - Support for bookmarks.
461 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
462 - Better hotkeys handling.
465 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
466 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
467 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
468 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
471 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
472 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
473 * Improved Windows installer.
479 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
480 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
482 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
483 ---------------------------------
486 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
487 * Playing MOD files is working now.
490 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
491 ---------------------------------
494 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
495 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
498 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
499 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
500 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
501 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
504 * Internal improvments
505 * Improved import/export
508 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
510 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
511 small and strange formats.
513 * New MOD audio demux.
514 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
515 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
516 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
517 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
520 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
521 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
522 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
528 * New opengl video output plugin.
531 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
532 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
534 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
535 ---------------------------------
538 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
539 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
540 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
541 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
542 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
543 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
544 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
545 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
548 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
553 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
554 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
555 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
556 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
557 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
558 * Reworked DVB tuning.
559 * Better Icecast support.
560 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
561 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
564 * Support for Theora video encoding.
565 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
566 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
567 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
568 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
569 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
570 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
573 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
574 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
575 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
576 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
577 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
578 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
579 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
580 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
581 * Preliminary RTP support.
582 * Fixes to SAP announces.
587 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
588 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
590 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
591 - Improvements and help in preferences
592 - New streaming wizard
593 - Revised Disc Open menu
595 - Improvements of the standard pages
596 - Support for new commands
597 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
600 * Many fixes to the SAP module
601 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
604 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
605 * Text subtitles autodetection.
606 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
607 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
608 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
609 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
610 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
611 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
612 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
615 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
617 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
618 * Support for Panther.
619 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
620 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
623 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
624 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
625 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
626 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
627 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
628 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
629 * Multimonitor support (untested).
630 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
633 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
634 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
635 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
638 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
641 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
642 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
643 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
644 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
646 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
647 ---------------------------------
650 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
653 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
654 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
657 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
658 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
661 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
664 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
665 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
668 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
671 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
674 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
675 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
678 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
679 ---------------------------------
682 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
683 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
687 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
688 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
689 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
691 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
692 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
695 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
698 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
701 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
702 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
705 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
706 ---------------------------------
709 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
710 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
714 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
715 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
716 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
717 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
718 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
721 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
722 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
723 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
726 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
727 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
728 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
731 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
732 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
733 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
734 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
735 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
738 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
739 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
740 * A new CORBA control plugin.
743 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
746 * Improved build system.
747 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
748 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
749 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
750 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
753 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
754 ---------------------------------
757 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
760 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
761 * Fixed large file support on Windows
762 * Video 4 Linux support
763 * CD Digital Audio support
764 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
767 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
768 * Support for OpenDML avi files
769 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
770 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
773 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
774 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
775 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
776 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
777 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
778 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
779 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
782 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
783 * New HTTP remote control interface
786 * 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.
787 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
788 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
789 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
792 * New reset option for the preferences
793 * You can set your language in the prefences
794 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
795 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
796 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
797 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
800 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
801 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
802 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
805 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
806 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
807 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
808 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
809 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
810 * New icons by Davor Orel.
811 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
812 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
813 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
814 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
817 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
818 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
819 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
820 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
821 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
822 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
823 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
826 * Interface localization
827 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
828 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
829 * New full-featured Preferences window
831 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
832 ---------------------------------
835 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
836 * support for skins at the interface level
837 * new OSD module using Freetype2
838 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
839 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
840 input level before dropping out of date frames.
841 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
844 * fixed HTTP redirects
845 * support for opening an entire directory
846 * EOF should be detected more reliably
847 * new video4linux access plug-in
848 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
851 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
852 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
853 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
856 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
857 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
858 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
859 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
860 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
861 * new codec for raw I420 video
862 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
865 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
866 (although it still misses some important features)
867 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
870 * new HTTP output support
871 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
872 * fixed AV synchronization issues
875 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
878 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
881 * reorderable playlist
882 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
883 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
884 * support for mono audio output devices
885 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
886 * fixed several cosmetic issues
887 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
888 * the messages window remembers more lines
889 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
890 * http and ogg stream output options
891 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
894 * new skinnable interface
895 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
897 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
898 * support for FLAC audio format
899 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
901 * network tab in the interface
902 * "apply" handling in preferences
905 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
906 ---------------------------------
909 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
910 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
911 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
912 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
914 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
918 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
919 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
920 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
921 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
924 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
925 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
928 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
931 * fixed the GNU-pth support
934 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
936 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
937 * rc interface is now fully useable
938 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
941 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
942 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
943 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
944 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
945 * VLC now uses the default audio device
947 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
948 * support for mouse gestures
949 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
952 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
953 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
956 * improved ID3 tag detection
957 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
958 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
959 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
961 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
964 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
965 ---------------------------------
968 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
969 English was set as the preferred language
972 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
973 --------------------------------
976 * new mouse gesture interface
977 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
981 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
982 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
983 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
986 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
987 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
991 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
994 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
995 without the user consent
998 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1000 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1001 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1002 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1005 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1006 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1007 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1008 * playlist enhancements
1009 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1010 * new step forward/step backward commands
1011 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1012 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1013 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1016 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1017 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1018 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1021 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1022 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1025 * native video output is working again
1026 * only commandline interface support
1027 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1030 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1031 --------------------------------
1034 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1035 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1036 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1037 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1038 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1039 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1040 and A/52 streams are supported)
1041 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1046 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1047 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1048 * VCD entry points support
1049 * VCD image file support
1052 * support for *.asf format
1053 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1054 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1055 * support for ogg encapsulation
1056 * support for raw DV format
1057 * support for *.wav format
1058 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1061 Stream discovery & playlists:
1062 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1063 * support for .m3u file format
1064 * support for .asx file format
1065 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1068 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1069 (only available with the .avi demux)
1070 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1071 * support for raw PCM data
1072 * support for Cinepak video codec
1073 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1074 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1075 * support for Xvid codec
1076 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1077 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1078 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1080 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1082 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1085 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1088 * new WxWindows interface
1089 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1090 device and the channels configuration
1091 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1092 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1093 format that VLC can play
1094 * new swedish translation
1095 * enhancements of the playlist window
1096 * new messages window to see debug info
1097 * fixed a few crashes
1100 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1101 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1102 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1103 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working