1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.58 2003/07/27 14:10:02 massiot Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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7 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
8 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
12 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
13 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
14 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
15 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
16 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
19 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
20 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
21 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
24 * Fixed/improved alsa support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
27 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
28 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
29 * A new CORBA control plugin.
32 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
35 * Improved build system.
36 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
37 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
38 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
39 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
42 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
43 ---------------------------------
46 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
49 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
50 * Fixed large file support on Windows
51 * Video 4 Linux support
52 * CD Digital Audio support
53 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
56 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
57 * Support for OpenDML avi files
58 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
59 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
62 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
63 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
64 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
65 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
66 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
67 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
68 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
71 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
72 * New HTTP remote control interface
75 * 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.
76 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
77 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
78 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
81 * New reset option for the preferences
82 * You can set your language in the prefences
83 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
84 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
85 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
86 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
89 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
90 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
91 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
94 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
95 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
96 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
97 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
98 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
99 * New icons by Davor Orel.
100 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
101 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
102 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
103 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
106 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
107 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
108 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
109 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
110 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
111 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
112 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
115 * Interface localization
116 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
117 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
118 * New full-featured Preferences window
120 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
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124 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
125 * support for skins at the interface level
126 * new OSD module using Freetype2
127 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
128 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
129 input level before dropping out of date frames.
130 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
133 * fixed HTTP redirects
134 * support for opening an entire directory
135 * EOF should be detected more reliably
136 * new video4linux access plug-in
137 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
140 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
141 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
142 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
145 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
146 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
147 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
148 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
149 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
150 * new codec for raw I420 video
151 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
154 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
155 (although it still misses some important features)
156 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
159 * new HTTP output support
160 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
161 * fixed AV synchronization issues
164 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
167 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
170 * reorderable playlist
171 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
172 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
173 * support for mono audio output devices
174 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
175 * fixed several cosmetic issues
176 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
177 * the messages window remembers more lines
178 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
179 * http and ogg stream output options
180 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
183 * new skinnable interface
184 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
186 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
187 * support for FLAC audio format
188 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
190 * network tab in the interface
191 * "apply" handling in preferences
194 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
195 ---------------------------------
198 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
199 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
200 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
201 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
203 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
207 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
208 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
209 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
210 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
213 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
214 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
217 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
220 * fixed the GNU-pth support
223 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
225 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
226 * rc interface is now fully useable
227 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
230 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
231 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
232 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
233 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
234 * VLC now uses the default audio device
236 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
237 * support for mouse gestures
238 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
241 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
242 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
245 * improved ID3 tag detection
246 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
247 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
248 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
250 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
253 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
254 ---------------------------------
257 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
258 English was set as the preferred language
261 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
262 --------------------------------
265 * new mouse gesture interface
266 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
270 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
271 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
272 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
275 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
276 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
280 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
283 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
284 without the user consent
287 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
289 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
290 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
291 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
294 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
295 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
296 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
297 * playlist enhancements
298 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
299 * new step forward/step backward commands
300 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
301 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
302 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
305 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
306 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
307 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
310 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
311 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
314 * native video output is working again
315 * only commandline interface support
316 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
319 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
320 --------------------------------
323 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
324 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
325 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
326 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
327 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
328 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
329 and A/52 streams are supported)
330 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
335 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
336 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
337 * VCD entry points support
338 * VCD image file support
341 * support for *.asf format
342 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
343 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
344 * support for ogg encapsulation
345 * support for raw DV format
346 * support for *.wav format
347 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
350 Stream discovery & playlists:
351 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
352 * support for .m3u file format
353 * support for .asx file format
354 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
357 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
358 (only available with the .avi demux)
359 * support for ADPCM audio codec
360 * support for raw PCM data
361 * support for Cinepak video codec
362 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
363 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
364 * support for Xvid codec
365 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
366 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
367 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
369 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
371 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
374 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
377 * new WxWindows interface
378 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
379 device and the channels configuration
380 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
381 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
382 format that VLC can play
383 * new swedish translation
384 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
386 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
387 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
388 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
391 * localization support via GNU gettext software
392 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
393 * new preferences panel
394 * new open panel with full features
395 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
396 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
397 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
400 * preferences dialog box redesigned
401 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
403 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
404 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
405 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
406 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
409 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
411 * enhancements of the playlist window
412 * new messages window to see debug info
413 * fixed a few crashes
416 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
417 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
418 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
419 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working