1 Changes between 1.1.x and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
6 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
7 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
8 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
9 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
10 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1".
11 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
12 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
13 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
14 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
15 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
16 --http-crl (optional CRL).
17 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
18 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
20 Important changes for packagers:
21 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
22 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
23 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
24 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
25 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
26 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
27 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
28 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
29 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
30 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
31 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
33 * The NPAPI webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
34 * The ActiveX webplugin has moved to git://git.videolan.org/activex-vlc.git
37 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
38 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside video outputs
39 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
40 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
41 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
42 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
45 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
46 * BDA: experimental support for ClearQam devices
47 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
48 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
49 * DShow: support for freq and video standard selection
50 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
51 * Blu-Ray Discs integration using libbluray
52 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
53 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
54 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
55 * RTP: support for dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
56 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
57 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
58 * QTCapture: added support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices
59 * X11 Screen: support for capturing partially hidden windows
62 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
63 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
64 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
65 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
66 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
67 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
68 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
69 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
70 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
71 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
72 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
73 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
74 * Support for JPEG 2000 and Motion JPEG 2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
75 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
78 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
79 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
80 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
81 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
82 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
83 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
84 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
85 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling
88 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
89 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
90 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
91 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
92 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
93 and important cleanups and optimisations
94 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
95 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Output
96 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
97 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
98 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
99 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
100 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
101 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
102 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
103 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
104 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
105 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
106 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
107 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
110 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
111 * New video output for iOS platform
112 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
113 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
114 * Various vmem improvements
115 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
117 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
118 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
119 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, which now requires a
120 Quartz Extreme capable machine
123 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
124 * New audio output in memory (amem)
125 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
126 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
127 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
130 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
131 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
132 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
133 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht up to 254 channels
134 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
135 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
136 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
137 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
138 * New anti-flickering filter
139 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
140 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
141 blackbox and customizable shadow
142 - The freetype module is used by default on the Mac now in favor of
143 quartztext, which can still be enabled manually
146 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
149 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
150 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
151 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
152 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
153 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
154 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
155 * RTP: support for Vorbis and Theora
156 * Major rework of VoD support
157 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
158 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
159 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
160 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
161 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
162 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
163 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
164 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
165 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
166 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
169 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
170 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
173 * New capabilities for libVLC:
174 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
175 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
176 list of available audio and video filters
177 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
178 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
179 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
182 * asademux: use libass only
183 * subsass: use libass
184 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
185 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
187 * upnp: use upnp_intel
188 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
189 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
190 * removal of the noise filter
191 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
192 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
193 removed in Growl's next release, too.
194 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
197 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
198 ----------------------------------
201 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
202 including support for OS X Lion
203 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
204 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
207 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
210 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
211 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
212 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
215 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
218 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
219 ----------------------------------
222 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
223 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
226 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
227 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
228 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
229 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
230 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
232 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
233 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
234 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
236 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
237 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
240 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
243 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
246 * Fix quitting on Linux
247 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
251 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
254 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
257 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
258 ---------------------------------
260 Windows and Mac OS X:
261 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
264 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
265 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
268 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
271 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
274 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
276 Miscellaneous fixes in:
277 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
279 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
280 * RTP output and XML export
281 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
285 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
286 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
287 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
288 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
291 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
292 --------------------------------
294 Windows and Mac OS X:
295 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
298 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
301 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
302 * Improve Apple Remote handling
303 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
304 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
305 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
306 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
309 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
310 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
314 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
315 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
316 * New Luganda Translation
319 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
320 --------------------------------
323 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
326 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
327 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
328 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
329 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
332 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
334 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
335 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
336 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
337 * mp4 demuxer improvements
338 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
339 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
340 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
341 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
343 Miscellaneous fixes in:
344 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
345 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
346 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
347 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
348 * Configure and build system improvements
349 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
352 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
353 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
354 * New icelandic translation
357 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
358 --------------------------------
361 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
365 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
366 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
367 and stability reasons
370 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
374 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
377 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
378 ----------------------------------
381 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
384 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
385 ---------------------------------
388 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
389 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
390 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
391 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
394 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
397 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
398 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
399 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
400 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
403 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
404 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
405 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
407 Subtitles and renderer:
408 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
409 * Mark more freetype options as safe
410 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
411 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
412 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
415 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
416 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
417 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
418 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
421 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
422 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
425 * KDE device solid actions
427 * Transcode integer overflow
428 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
429 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
432 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
433 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
434 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
437 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
438 ----------------------------------
441 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
445 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
448 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
451 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
452 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
453 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
454 * Taglib thread-safety fix
457 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
461 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
464 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
467 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
468 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
470 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
474 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
475 * Miscellaneous fixes
478 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
479 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
481 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
482 * New Asturian translation
485 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
486 ----------------------------------
489 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
491 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
494 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
497 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
498 * Various fixes for Windows
501 * New Armenian translation
502 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
503 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
506 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
507 --------------------------------
510 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
512 * Fix folders opening from the interface
515 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian
516 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
519 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
520 --------------------------------
523 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
524 * fix for podcasts parsing
525 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
528 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
529 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
532 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
533 * fix m3u playlists exports
536 * fix video autoresize behaviour
539 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
542 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
545 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
548 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
551 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
552 --------------------------------
555 * Avformat fps displaying fix
556 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
559 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
560 of mono streams, especially on Windows
563 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
564 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
565 * fix console output encoding
567 Interface and extensions:
568 * Youtube and other scripts updates
569 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
572 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
573 --------------------------------
576 * New capabilities for libVLC:
577 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
578 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
579 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
580 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
581 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
582 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
583 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
584 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
585 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
586 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
587 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
588 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
589 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
590 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
591 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
595 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
596 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
597 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
598 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
599 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
602 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
605 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
606 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
607 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
611 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
614 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
615 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
616 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
619 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
620 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
621 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
622 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
625 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
626 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
629 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
630 --------------------------------
632 Important changes for users:
633 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
634 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
636 Important changes for packagers:
637 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
638 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
639 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
640 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
641 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
643 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
645 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
646 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
647 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
648 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
649 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
652 * Support for the sftp protocol
653 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
654 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
655 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
656 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
657 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
660 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
661 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
662 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
664 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
665 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
666 * Invmem module improvements
667 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
668 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
669 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
670 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
671 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
672 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
673 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
674 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
675 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
676 * Support for VP8 codec
677 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
680 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
681 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
682 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
683 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
684 * Various EGP improvements
685 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
686 * Metadata and cover art improvements
689 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
690 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
691 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
692 * Podcast images are now displayed
695 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
696 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
697 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
698 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
699 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
700 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
701 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
702 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
703 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
704 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
705 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
708 * New content extensions lua framework
711 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
712 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
713 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
714 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
715 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
716 * NEON assembly audio converter module
717 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
720 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
721 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
722 * Service discovery based on libudev
723 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
726 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
727 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
728 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
729 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
730 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
731 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
732 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
735 * New smem module, streaming to memory
736 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
737 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
740 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
742 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
743 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
746 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
749 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
750 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
751 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
752 by Andy Matuschak et al.
753 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
754 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
755 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
758 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
759 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
762 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
763 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
764 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
768 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
769 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
770 * Improved Solaris port
773 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
774 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
777 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
778 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
779 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
780 * transrate: broken since too long
781 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
782 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
783 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
784 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
785 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
786 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
787 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
788 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
789 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
790 * cddax: use cdda instead.
791 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
792 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
793 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
794 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
797 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
798 --------------------------------
801 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
803 Decoders/Packetizers:
804 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
807 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
808 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
809 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
810 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
811 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
814 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
815 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
818 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
819 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
822 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
823 and Walloon translations updated
824 * Sinhala translation started
827 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
828 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
831 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
832 --------------------------------
835 * SubRip extra styles improvements
836 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
839 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
842 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
843 increase performance and fix x264 issues
846 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
847 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
848 Russian, Slovak translation updates
849 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
852 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
853 --------------------------------
856 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
857 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
860 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
861 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
864 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
865 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
868 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
871 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
872 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
875 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
876 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
879 * New Walloon translation
880 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
883 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
884 --------------------------------
887 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
888 regressions in most popular drivers
889 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
892 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
893 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
894 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
897 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
898 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
901 * Update for appletrailers lua script
902 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
903 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
904 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
905 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
908 * New udev module for linux
911 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
914 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
917 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
918 --------------------------------
921 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
922 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
923 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
926 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
927 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
930 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
931 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
934 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
937 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
938 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
939 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
940 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
943 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
944 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
945 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
946 - no support for Goom and SDL
947 - limited text rendering support
948 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
951 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
952 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
953 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
954 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
955 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
956 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
957 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
958 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
959 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
963 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
966 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
969 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
970 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
971 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
972 Arabic and French translation updates
975 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
976 --------------------------------
979 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
980 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
981 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
982 * Fix Dailymotion access script
983 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
984 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
987 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
988 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
991 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
992 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
993 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
996 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
999 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
1000 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
1003 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
1004 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
1005 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1006 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
1007 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
1008 * Fix various crashes
1011 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
1013 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
1016 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
1017 ---------------------------------
1021 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
1022 See 'Access:' for more info.
1023 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
1026 * Instantaneous pausing
1027 * Frame-by-Frame playback
1028 * Finer speed control
1029 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
1030 * Timeshift for most medias
1031 * RTSP trickplay support
1032 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
1035 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
1036 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
1037 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
1038 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
1039 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
1040 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
1041 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
1042 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
1043 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
1044 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
1047 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
1048 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
1049 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
1050 * Metadata for mod files are supported
1051 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
1052 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
1053 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
1056 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
1057 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
1060 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
1061 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
1062 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
1063 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
1064 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
1065 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
1066 * DVB scanning on linux
1067 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
1068 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
1069 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
1070 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
1071 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
1072 * MTP device access on Unix
1073 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
1074 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
1077 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
1078 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
1079 Windows and Mac OS X.
1082 * Export the playlist in HTML
1083 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
1084 * Better metadata handling and reading
1086 Linux/Windows interface:
1087 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
1088 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
1089 * Recently played items list
1090 * Interface toolbar customizations
1091 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
1092 - More menus actions
1093 - Finer speed slider
1094 - Improvements on many dialogs
1095 - New dialog for plugins listing
1096 - Fixed-size mode for videos
1097 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
1098 * Better integration in GTK environments
1101 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
1102 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
1103 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
1104 * Additional usability improvements
1107 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
1108 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
1109 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
1110 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
1111 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
1114 * New Maemo port with:
1115 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
1116 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
1119 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
1122 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
1123 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
1124 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
1125 * Support for latest iSight models
1128 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
1129 * Surround support for PulseAudio
1132 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
1133 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
1134 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
1135 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
1136 The old image video output has been removed.
1137 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
1138 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
1141 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
1149 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
1150 --------------------------------------
1156 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
1157 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
1158 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
1159 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
1160 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
1161 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
1162 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
1164 Various fixes to the following modules:
1167 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
1168 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
1169 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
1171 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
1176 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
1177 ---------------------------------
1180 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
1181 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
1184 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
1185 ---------------------------------
1188 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
1191 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
1194 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
1195 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
1196 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
1197 main controller window.
1198 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
1201 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
1206 * Updates of other localizations
1209 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
1210 * Lots of small bugfixes.
1211 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
1212 * Telnet fixes on Windows
1213 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
1216 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
1217 ---------------------------------
1220 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
1222 Bunch of small bugfixes.
1225 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
1226 --------------------------------
1231 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
1232 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
1235 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
1236 --------------------------------
1238 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
1239 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
1242 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
1245 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
1246 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
1249 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
1250 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
1253 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
1254 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
1255 * Various fixed in playlist
1258 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
1261 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
1264 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
1265 ------------------------------------
1267 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
1268 * Fixes several memory leaks.
1271 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
1272 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
1273 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
1276 * Stability fix for the video output.
1279 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
1280 --------------------------------
1283 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
1284 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
1285 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
1286 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
1287 * Fixed update system bugs
1288 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
1291 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
1292 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
1293 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
1294 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
1295 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
1296 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
1297 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
1298 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
1299 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
1300 modern Mac OS X versions
1303 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
1304 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
1306 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
1307 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
1310 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
1311 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
1312 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
1313 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
1314 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
1315 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
1318 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
1319 --------------------------------
1321 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
1322 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
1323 * Multiple bugfixes.
1326 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
1327 --------------------------------
1329 * Multiple bug fixes.
1332 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
1333 ---------------------------------
1337 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
1338 recent to work correctly
1339 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
1340 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
1341 edit the ".hosts" file.
1342 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
1343 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
1344 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
1345 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
1346 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
1347 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
1348 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
1349 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
1350 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
1351 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
1352 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
1353 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
1354 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
1355 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
1356 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
1357 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
1358 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
1359 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
1360 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
1361 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
1362 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
1363 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
1364 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
1365 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1366 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
1367 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
1368 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
1369 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
1370 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
1371 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
1372 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
1373 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
1374 and postproc modules.
1375 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
1376 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
1377 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
1378 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
1380 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
1381 filter. For example:
1382 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
1383 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
1385 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
1386 * Glide video output module has been removed.
1392 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
1394 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
1395 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
1398 * Vastly improved playlist support:
1399 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
1401 * Shoutcast TV listings
1402 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
1404 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
1405 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
1407 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
1410 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
1411 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
1412 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
1413 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
1414 * JACK audio input support
1415 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
1416 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
1417 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
1418 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
1419 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
1420 * Experimental EyeTV access module
1421 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
1422 (available as a separate download).
1423 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
1424 * RTMP input support
1425 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
1426 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
1427 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
1429 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
1430 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
1433 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
1434 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
1435 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
1436 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
1438 * APEv1/2 tags support
1439 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
1440 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
1442 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
1443 * TiVo Series 2 support
1444 * CD+G karaoke Files support
1449 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
1450 * Flash Screen Video support
1451 * CamStudio Screen Video support
1452 * DosBox Capture support
1453 * Karl Morton's Video support
1454 * limited atrac3 support
1456 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
1457 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
1458 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
1459 * H.264 PAFF support
1460 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
1461 * NellyMoser ASAO support
1462 * APE (Monkey audio) support
1463 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
1464 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
1467 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
1468 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
1469 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
1470 * AQTitle subtitles support
1471 * MKV USF subtitles support
1472 * HTML-based subtitles support
1473 * MPSub subtitles support
1474 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
1475 * MPL2 subtitles support
1476 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
1477 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
1478 * Realtext subtitle support
1479 * DKS subtitle support
1480 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
1481 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
1484 * Flash Screen Video support
1485 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
1487 Video outputs and filters:
1488 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
1489 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
1490 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
1491 * New puzzle video output filter
1492 * Re-written motion detection video filter
1493 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
1495 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
1496 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
1497 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
1498 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
1499 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
1500 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
1501 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1502 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
1503 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
1504 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
1505 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
1506 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
1507 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
1508 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
1510 Audio outputs and filters:
1511 * Replay gain support
1512 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
1513 new scaletempo audio filter)
1514 * New spatializer audio filter
1515 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
1518 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
1519 * New RTP payload formats:
1520 * Speex voice audio codec
1521 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
1522 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
1523 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
1524 * DCCP transport for RTP
1525 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
1530 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
1531 end-user suitable way.
1532 * Improved user interaction
1533 * Improved mouse gestures
1534 * Vastly improved Update checker
1535 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
1537 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
1538 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
1540 * Improved video output features
1541 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
1542 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
1543 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
1544 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
1545 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
1547 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
1548 if libncursesw is available.
1549 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
1550 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
1551 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
1553 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
1554 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
1555 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
1556 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
1557 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
1558 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
1559 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
1560 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
1563 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
1564 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
1565 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
1568 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
1569 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
1570 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
1571 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1572 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
1573 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
1576 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
1577 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
1587 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
1588 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
1589 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
1592 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
1593 ----------------------------------
1596 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
1599 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
1600 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
1601 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1602 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
1603 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1604 * Updated Polish translation
1607 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1608 ----------------------------------
1611 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1612 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1613 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1616 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1617 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1618 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1619 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1620 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1621 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1622 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1623 to an unexpected application termination
1624 * New Serbian translation
1625 * Updated Romanian translation
1628 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1629 ----------------------------------
1632 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1633 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1634 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1635 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1636 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1637 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1638 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1639 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1642 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1643 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1644 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1645 * Fixed AAC resampling
1646 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1647 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1650 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1651 ----------------------------------
1654 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1655 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1656 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1657 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1658 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1661 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1662 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1663 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1664 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1665 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1668 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1669 ----------------------------------
1672 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1673 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1676 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1677 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1678 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1679 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1681 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1685 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1688 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1691 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1694 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1697 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1698 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1699 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1700 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1701 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1703 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1704 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1705 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1706 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1709 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1712 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1713 ----------------------------------
1716 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1717 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1718 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1720 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1721 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1723 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1724 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1727 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1729 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1730 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1731 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1732 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1733 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1734 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1735 two different movies
1736 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1737 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1738 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1741 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1744 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1745 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1746 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1747 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1750 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1751 ----------------------------------
1753 Various bugfixes, notably:
1754 * Windows Vista compatibility
1755 * Cropping in Direct3D
1756 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1757 * RSS filter string overflow
1759 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1761 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1762 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1765 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1766 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1769 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1772 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1775 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1778 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1779 ----------------------------------
1781 Various bugfixes, notably:
1782 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1783 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1784 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1785 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1786 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1787 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1790 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1791 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1794 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1796 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1797 * Diverse usability improvements
1798 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1799 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1800 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1803 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1804 ---------------------------------
1806 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1807 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1810 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1813 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1814 --------------------------------
1817 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1820 * Support for RTSP authentication
1821 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1822 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1823 * ATSC support for DVB input
1824 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1825 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1826 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1829 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1830 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1831 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1832 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1833 * Matroska WavPack support
1834 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1835 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1836 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1839 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1840 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1841 * Improved libcaca support
1845 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1846 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1848 * Systray support in skins
1850 * Support for Apple Remote control
1851 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1852 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1853 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1854 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1856 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1859 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1860 Windows 9x/ME users:
1861 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1862 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1863 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1864 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1865 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1867 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1868 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1877 * Updates to the libvlc API
1878 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1881 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1882 --------------------------------
1885 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1886 * Support for downloading updates
1890 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1891 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1892 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1893 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1895 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1896 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1897 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1900 * Cook (Real audio) support
1902 Playlist / Services discovery:
1903 * XSPF playlist support
1905 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1908 * New JACK audio output
1911 * New video filters:
1912 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1913 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1914 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1915 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1916 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1917 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1920 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1923 * System to inform the user and request information
1924 - HTTP authentication
1928 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1929 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1930 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1933 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1934 - Improved playlist handling
1935 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1937 - Embedded Video output
1938 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1939 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1940 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1941 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1942 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1944 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1945 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1948 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1951 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1952 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1953 * Growl "Now playing" support
1956 * Ability to log to syslog
1957 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1960 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1962 * A bit more automatic testing
1965 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1966 ---------------------------------
1969 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1970 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1973 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1974 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1977 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1980 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1981 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1987 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1990 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1991 --------------------------------
1994 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1998 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1999 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
2000 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
2003 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
2004 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
2005 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
2006 * GnomeVFS input module
2007 * Support for RTP packet reordering
2008 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
2011 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
2012 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
2013 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
2016 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
2017 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
2023 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
2024 Mixer and Dolby Surround
2027 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
2028 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
2029 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
2032 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
2034 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
2035 - New extended controls panel
2036 - New bookmarks window
2037 - Fixed playlist sorting
2038 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
2040 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
2041 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
2042 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
2043 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
2047 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
2048 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
2050 - Include macro to include other files
2054 * Should now work outside IE as well
2057 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
2060 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
2061 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
2064 The following languages were added:
2068 * Simplified Chinese
2069 The following languages were re-added:
2073 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
2074 --------------------------------
2077 * Rewrite of the playlist
2079 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
2080 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
2081 * Preferences improvements:
2082 - New organization, designed to improve usability
2083 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
2085 * Core image manipulation support
2086 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
2087 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
2088 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
2089 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
2090 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
2091 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
2092 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
2093 now separated by ':' instead of ','
2094 * Access filter architecture
2095 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
2096 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
2100 * Support for SOCKS proxy
2101 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
2102 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
2103 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
2104 * Better support for Kasenna streams
2105 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
2106 * Massive Matroska improvements
2107 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
2109 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
2110 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
2111 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
2112 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
2113 * Support for FTP over IPv6
2115 Decoders / Encoders:
2116 * Dirac decoder and encoder
2117 * PNG decoder/encoder
2118 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
2119 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
2122 * New Record and Timeshift filters
2125 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
2126 * Brand new SAP module
2127 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
2128 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
2129 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
2130 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
2131 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
2132 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
2136 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
2139 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
2140 * Image file video output (png)
2141 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
2142 * Improvements to wall video filter
2143 * Support for font color and opacity
2149 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
2150 - Seeking support in VoD streams
2151 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
2155 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
2156 - Improved preferences
2157 - Improvements to the wizard
2158 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
2160 - Redesigned playlist
2161 - Improved preferences
2163 - Support for multiple actions
2166 - Support for the new playlist system
2168 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
2171 * Screensaver disabling fix
2172 * DirectShow tuner configuration
2173 * Support for no-decoration windows
2176 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
2177 * The OpenGL video output is back
2178 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
2179 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
2180 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
2181 is not yet available in the new module
2182 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
2185 * Support for single-buffered overlay
2194 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
2197 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
2200 The following languages were added:
2206 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
2207 --------------------------------
2210 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
2211 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
2214 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
2215 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
2216 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
2219 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2222 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
2225 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
2228 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
2229 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
2230 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
2234 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
2236 * Support of playlist group announcement
2239 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
2240 --------------------------------
2243 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
2244 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
2245 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
2246 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
2247 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
2248 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
2251 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
2252 (Stream your desktop)
2253 * Improved DVD support:
2254 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
2255 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
2256 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
2257 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
2258 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
2259 (selection of titles/chapters).
2262 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
2263 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
2264 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
2265 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
2266 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
2267 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2268 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
2269 * Improved Ogg demuxer
2270 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
2271 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
2274 * G.726 audio support
2275 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
2276 * MPEG-4 text support
2277 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
2278 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
2279 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
2283 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
2284 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
2285 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
2286 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
2287 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
2288 * DVB subtitles encoder
2289 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
2290 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
2292 * Text track muxing for mp4
2293 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
2294 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
2295 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
2296 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
2297 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
2298 * Improved ASF muxer
2300 * H.263 RTP streaming support
2301 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
2302 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
2305 * New audio equalizer filter
2306 * Very trivial volume normalizer
2307 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
2308 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
2309 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
2312 * Roku HD1000 Video output
2313 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
2314 with support for effects.
2315 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
2316 - New filters can be streamed.
2317 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
2318 - Centralized scaling and blending
2320 - "time", to display current time
2321 - "marq", to display a marquee
2324 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
2325 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
2326 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
2327 * A few skins2 improvements
2328 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
2329 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
2330 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
2331 * Improved CORBA control module
2334 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
2335 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
2336 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
2339 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
2340 * Experimental SVG rendering module
2341 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
2344 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
2345 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
2346 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
2347 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
2348 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
2351 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
2354 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
2355 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
2358 * Server/client network synchronization module
2359 * VBrick streams fully supported
2360 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
2364 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
2365 --------------------------------
2368 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
2369 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
2370 * Improved HTTP daemon.
2371 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
2374 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
2375 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
2376 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
2377 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
2378 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
2379 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
2380 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
2383 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
2384 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
2385 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
2386 * Improved directory access module.
2387 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
2388 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
2389 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
2390 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
2391 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
2394 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
2395 * mmsh streaming fixes.
2396 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
2399 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
2400 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
2401 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
2404 * Improved session announcement system.
2405 * Minimize threads usage by default.
2406 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
2407 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
2408 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2409 * Improved transrater.
2410 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
2411 * New configuration system.
2412 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
2415 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
2416 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
2417 * Supports live streams and VoD.
2418 * Supports scheduling.
2419 * Telnet interface for vlm.
2420 * HTTP interface for vlm.
2423 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
2424 - Ability to embed video output.
2425 - Support for bitmap fonts.
2426 - Lots of improvements.
2427 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
2428 - New design and set of icons.
2429 - Ability to embed video output.
2430 - Support for hotkeys.
2431 - Support for bookmarks.
2433 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
2434 - Better hotkeys handling.
2437 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
2438 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
2439 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
2440 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
2443 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
2444 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
2445 * Improved Windows installer.
2451 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
2452 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
2455 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
2456 ---------------------------------
2459 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
2460 * Playing MOD files is working now.
2463 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
2464 --------------------------------
2467 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
2468 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
2471 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
2472 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
2473 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
2474 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
2477 * Internal improvments
2478 * Improved import/export
2481 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
2483 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
2484 small and strange formats.
2486 * New MOD audio demux.
2487 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
2488 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
2489 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
2490 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
2493 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
2494 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
2495 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
2501 * New opengl video output plugin.
2504 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
2505 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
2508 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
2509 --------------------------------
2512 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
2513 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
2514 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
2515 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
2516 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
2517 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
2518 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
2519 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
2522 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
2527 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
2528 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
2529 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
2530 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
2531 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
2532 * Reworked DVB tuning.
2533 * Better Icecast support.
2534 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
2535 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
2538 * Support for Theora video encoding.
2539 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
2540 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
2541 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
2542 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
2543 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
2544 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
2547 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
2548 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
2549 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
2550 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
2551 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
2552 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
2553 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
2554 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
2555 * Preliminary RTP support.
2556 * Fixes to SAP announces.
2561 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
2562 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
2564 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
2565 - Improvements and help in preferences
2566 - New streaming wizard
2567 - Revised Disc Open menu
2569 - Improvements of the standard pages
2570 - Support for new commands
2571 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
2574 * Many fixes to the SAP module
2575 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
2578 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
2579 * Text subtitles autodetection.
2580 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
2581 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
2582 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
2583 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
2584 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
2585 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
2586 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
2589 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
2591 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
2592 * Support for Panther.
2593 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
2594 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
2597 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
2598 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
2599 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2600 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
2601 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
2602 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
2603 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2604 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2607 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2608 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2609 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2612 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2615 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2616 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2617 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2618 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2621 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2622 --------------------------------
2625 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2628 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2629 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2632 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2633 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2636 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2639 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2640 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2643 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2646 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2649 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2650 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2654 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2655 --------------------------------
2658 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2659 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2663 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2664 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2665 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2667 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2668 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2671 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2674 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2677 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2678 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2682 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2683 --------------------------------
2686 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2687 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2691 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2692 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2693 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2694 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2695 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2698 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2699 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2700 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2703 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2704 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2705 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2708 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2709 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2710 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2711 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2712 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2715 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2716 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2717 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2720 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2723 * Improved build system.
2724 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2725 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2726 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2727 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2730 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2731 --------------------------------
2734 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2737 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2738 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2739 * Video 4 Linux support
2740 * CD Digital Audio support
2741 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2744 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2745 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2746 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2747 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2750 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2751 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2752 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2753 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2754 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2755 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2756 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2759 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2760 * New HTTP remote control interface
2763 * 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.
2764 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2765 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2766 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2769 * New reset option for the preferences
2770 * You can set your language in the prefences
2771 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2772 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2773 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2774 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2777 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2778 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2779 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2782 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2783 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2784 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2785 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2786 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2787 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2788 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2789 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2790 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2791 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2794 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2795 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2796 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2797 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2798 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2799 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2800 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2803 * Interface localization
2804 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2805 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2806 * New full-featured Preferences window
2809 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2810 --------------------------------
2813 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2814 * support for skins at the interface level
2815 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2816 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2817 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2818 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2819 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2822 * fixed HTTP redirects
2823 * support for opening an entire directory
2824 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2825 * new video4linux access plug-in
2826 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2829 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2830 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2831 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2834 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2835 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2836 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2837 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2838 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2839 * new codec for raw I420 video
2840 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2843 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2844 (although it still misses some important features)
2845 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2848 * new HTTP output support
2849 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2850 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2853 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2856 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2859 * reorderable playlist
2860 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2861 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2862 * support for mono audio output devices
2863 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2864 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2865 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2866 * the messages window remembers more lines
2867 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2868 * http and ogg stream output options
2869 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2872 * new skinnable interface
2873 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2875 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2876 * support for FLAC audio format
2877 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2879 * network tab in the interface
2880 * "apply" handling in preferences
2883 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2884 ---------------------------------
2887 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2888 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2889 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2890 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2892 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2893 * DTS S/PDIF support
2896 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2897 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2898 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2899 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2902 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2903 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2906 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2909 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2912 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2914 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2915 * rc interface is now fully useable
2916 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2919 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2920 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2921 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2922 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2923 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2925 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2926 * support for mouse gestures
2927 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2930 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2931 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2934 * improved ID3 tag detection
2935 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2936 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2937 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2939 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2942 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2943 ---------------------------------
2946 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2947 English was set as the preferred language
2950 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2951 --------------------------------
2954 * new mouse gesture interface
2955 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2959 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2960 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2961 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2964 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2965 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2969 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2972 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2973 without the user consent
2976 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2978 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2979 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2980 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2983 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2984 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2985 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2986 * playlist enhancements
2987 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2988 * new step forward/step backward commands
2989 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2990 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2991 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2994 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2995 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2996 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2999 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
3000 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
3003 * native video output is working again
3004 * only commandline interface support
3005 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
3008 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
3009 --------------------------------
3012 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
3013 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
3014 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
3015 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
3016 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
3017 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
3018 and A/52 streams are supported)
3019 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
3024 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
3025 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
3026 * VCD entry points support
3027 * VCD image file support
3030 * support for *.asf format
3031 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
3032 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
3033 * support for ogg encapsulation
3034 * support for raw DV format
3035 * support for *.wav format
3036 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
3039 Stream discovery & playlists:
3040 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
3041 * support for .m3u file format
3042 * support for .asx file format
3043 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
3046 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
3047 (only available with the .avi demux)
3048 * support for ADPCM audio codec
3049 * support for raw PCM data
3050 * support for Cinepak video codec
3051 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
3052 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
3053 * support for Xvid codec
3054 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
3055 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
3056 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
3058 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
3060 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
3063 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
3066 * new WxWindows interface
3067 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
3068 device and the channels configuration
3069 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
3070 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
3071 format that VLC can play
3072 * new swedish translation
3073 * enhancements of the playlist window
3074 * new messages window to see debug info
3075 * fixed a few crashes
3078 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
3079 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
3080 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
3081 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working