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.
9 * Improved http daemon.
12 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
13 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
14 * New h261 video decoder using openmash.
15 * Packetizer interfaced between demux and codec when needed
16 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
19 * mmsh streaming fixes.
20 * subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
21 * Annodex support (http://www.annodex.net).
22 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
23 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
24 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
25 * New start-time and stop-time options.
28 * Improved session announcement system.
29 * Minimize threads useage by default.
30 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
31 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
32 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
33 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
34 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
37 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
38 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
39 * Telnet interface for vlm.
40 * Http interface for vlm.
44 - Ability to embed video output.
45 - Support for bitmap fonts.
46 - Lots of improvements.
48 - New design and set of icons.
49 - Ability to embed video output.
52 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
53 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
56 * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin.
57 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
59 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
60 ---------------------------------
63 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
64 * Playing MOD files is working now.
67 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
68 ---------------------------------
71 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
72 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
75 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
76 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
77 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
78 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
81 * Internal improvments
82 * Improved import/export
85 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
87 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
88 small and strange formats.
90 * New MOD audio demux.
91 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
92 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
93 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
94 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
97 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
98 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
99 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
105 * New opengl video output plugin.
108 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
109 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
111 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
112 ---------------------------------
115 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
116 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
117 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
118 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
119 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
120 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
121 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
122 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
125 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
130 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
131 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
132 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
133 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
134 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
135 * Reworked DVB tuning.
136 * Better Icecast support.
137 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
138 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
141 * Support for Theora video encoding.
142 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
143 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
144 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
145 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
146 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
147 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
150 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
151 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
152 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
153 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
154 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
155 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
156 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
157 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
158 * Preliminary RTP support.
159 * Fixes to SAP announces.
164 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
165 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
167 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
168 - Improvements and help in preferences
169 - New streaming wizard
170 - Revised Disc Open menu
172 - Improvements of the standard pages
173 - Support for new commands
174 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
177 * Many fixes to the SAP module
178 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
181 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
182 * Text subtitles autodetection.
183 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
184 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
185 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
186 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
187 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
188 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
189 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
192 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
194 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
195 * Support for Panther.
196 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
197 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
200 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
201 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
202 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
203 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
204 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
205 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
206 * Multimonitor support (untested).
207 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
210 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
211 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
212 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
215 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
218 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
219 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
220 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
221 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
223 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
224 ---------------------------------
227 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
230 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
231 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
234 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
235 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
238 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
241 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
242 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
245 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
248 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
251 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
252 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
255 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
256 ---------------------------------
259 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
260 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
264 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
265 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
266 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
268 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
269 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
272 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
275 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
278 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
279 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
282 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
283 ---------------------------------
286 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
287 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
291 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
292 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
293 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
294 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
295 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
298 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
299 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
300 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
303 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
304 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
305 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
308 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
309 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
310 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
311 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
312 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
315 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
316 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
317 * A new CORBA control plugin.
320 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
323 * Improved build system.
324 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
325 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
326 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
327 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
330 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
331 ---------------------------------
334 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
337 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
338 * Fixed large file support on Windows
339 * Video 4 Linux support
340 * CD Digital Audio support
341 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
344 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
345 * Support for OpenDML avi files
346 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
347 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
350 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
351 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
352 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
353 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
354 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
355 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
356 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
359 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
360 * New HTTP remote control interface
363 * 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.
364 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
365 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
366 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
369 * New reset option for the preferences
370 * You can set your language in the prefences
371 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
372 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
373 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
374 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
377 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
378 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
379 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
382 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
383 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
384 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
385 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
386 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
387 * New icons by Davor Orel.
388 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
389 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
390 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
391 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
394 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
395 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
396 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
397 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
398 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
399 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
400 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
403 * Interface localization
404 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
405 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
406 * New full-featured Preferences window
408 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
409 ---------------------------------
412 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
413 * support for skins at the interface level
414 * new OSD module using Freetype2
415 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
416 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
417 input level before dropping out of date frames.
418 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
421 * fixed HTTP redirects
422 * support for opening an entire directory
423 * EOF should be detected more reliably
424 * new video4linux access plug-in
425 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
428 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
429 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
430 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
433 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
434 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
435 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
436 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
437 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
438 * new codec for raw I420 video
439 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
442 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
443 (although it still misses some important features)
444 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
447 * new HTTP output support
448 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
449 * fixed AV synchronization issues
452 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
455 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
458 * reorderable playlist
459 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
460 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
461 * support for mono audio output devices
462 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
463 * fixed several cosmetic issues
464 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
465 * the messages window remembers more lines
466 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
467 * http and ogg stream output options
468 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
471 * new skinnable interface
472 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
474 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
475 * support for FLAC audio format
476 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
478 * network tab in the interface
479 * "apply" handling in preferences
482 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
483 ---------------------------------
486 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
487 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
488 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
489 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
491 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
495 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
496 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
497 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
498 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
501 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
502 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
505 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
508 * fixed the GNU-pth support
511 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
513 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
514 * rc interface is now fully useable
515 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
518 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
519 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
520 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
521 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
522 * VLC now uses the default audio device
524 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
525 * support for mouse gestures
526 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
529 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
530 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
533 * improved ID3 tag detection
534 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
535 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
536 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
538 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
541 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
542 ---------------------------------
545 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
546 English was set as the preferred language
549 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
550 --------------------------------
553 * new mouse gesture interface
554 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
558 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
559 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
560 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
563 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
564 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
568 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
571 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
572 without the user consent
575 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
577 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
578 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
579 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
582 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
583 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
584 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
585 * playlist enhancements
586 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
587 * new step forward/step backward commands
588 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
589 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
590 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
593 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
594 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
595 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
598 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
599 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
602 * native video output is working again
603 * only commandline interface support
604 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
607 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
608 --------------------------------
611 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
612 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
613 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
614 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
615 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
616 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
617 and A/52 streams are supported)
618 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
623 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
624 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
625 * VCD entry points support
626 * VCD image file support
629 * support for *.asf format
630 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
631 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
632 * support for ogg encapsulation
633 * support for raw DV format
634 * support for *.wav format
635 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
638 Stream discovery & playlists:
639 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
640 * support for .m3u file format
641 * support for .asx file format
642 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
645 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
646 (only available with the .avi demux)
647 * support for ADPCM audio codec
648 * support for raw PCM data
649 * support for Cinepak video codec
650 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
651 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
652 * support for Xvid codec
653 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
654 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
655 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
657 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
659 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
662 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
665 * new WxWindows interface
666 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
667 device and the channels configuration
668 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
669 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
670 format that VLC can play
671 * new swedish translation
672 * enhancements of the playlist window
673 * new messages window to see debug info
674 * fixed a few crashes
677 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
678 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
679 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
680 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working