3 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
4 --------------------------------
7 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
8 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
9 * Improved HTTP daemon.
10 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
13 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
14 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
15 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
16 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
17 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
18 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
19 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
22 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
23 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
24 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
25 * Improved directory access module.
26 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
27 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
28 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
29 * Fixes and improvements to DVB-S/C/T
32 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
33 * mmsh streaming fixes.
34 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
37 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
38 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
39 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
42 * Improved session announcement system.
43 * Minimize threads usage by default.
44 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
45 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
46 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
47 * Improved transrater.
48 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
49 * New configuration system.
50 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
53 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
54 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
55 * Supports live streams and VoD.
56 * Supports scheduling.
57 * Telnet interface for vlm.
58 * HTTP interface for vlm.
61 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
62 - Ability to embed video output.
63 - Support for bitmap fonts.
64 - Lots of improvements.
65 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
66 - New design and set of icons.
67 - Ability to embed video output.
68 - Support for hotkeys.
69 - Support for bookmarks.
71 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
72 - Better hotkeys handling.
75 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
77 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
78 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
81 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
82 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
83 * Improved Windows installer.
89 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
90 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
92 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
93 ---------------------------------
96 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
97 * Playing MOD files is working now.
100 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
101 ---------------------------------
104 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
105 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
108 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
109 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
110 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
111 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
114 * Internal improvments
115 * Improved import/export
118 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
120 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
121 small and strange formats.
123 * New MOD audio demux.
124 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
125 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
126 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
127 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
130 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
131 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
132 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
138 * New opengl video output plugin.
141 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
142 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
144 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
145 ---------------------------------
148 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
149 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
150 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
151 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
152 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
153 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
154 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
155 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
158 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
163 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
164 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
165 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
166 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
167 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
168 * Reworked DVB tuning.
169 * Better Icecast support.
170 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
171 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
174 * Support for Theora video encoding.
175 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
176 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
177 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
178 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
179 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
180 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
183 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
184 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
185 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
186 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
187 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
188 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
189 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
190 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
191 * Preliminary RTP support.
192 * Fixes to SAP announces.
197 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
198 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
200 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
201 - Improvements and help in preferences
202 - New streaming wizard
203 - Revised Disc Open menu
205 - Improvements of the standard pages
206 - Support for new commands
207 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
210 * Many fixes to the SAP module
211 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
214 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
215 * Text subtitles autodetection.
216 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
217 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
218 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
219 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
220 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
221 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
222 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
225 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
227 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
228 * Support for Panther.
229 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
230 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
233 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
234 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
235 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
236 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
237 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
238 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
239 * Multimonitor support (untested).
240 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
243 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
244 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
245 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
248 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
251 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
252 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
253 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
254 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
256 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
257 ---------------------------------
260 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
263 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
264 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
267 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
268 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
271 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
274 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
275 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
278 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
281 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
284 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
285 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
288 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
289 ---------------------------------
292 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
293 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
297 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
298 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
299 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
301 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
302 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
305 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
308 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
311 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
312 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
315 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
316 ---------------------------------
319 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
320 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
324 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
325 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
326 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
327 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
328 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
331 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
332 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
333 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
336 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
337 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
338 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
341 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
342 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
343 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
344 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
345 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
348 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
349 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
350 * A new CORBA control plugin.
353 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
356 * Improved build system.
357 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
358 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
359 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
360 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
363 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
364 ---------------------------------
367 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
370 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
371 * Fixed large file support on Windows
372 * Video 4 Linux support
373 * CD Digital Audio support
374 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
377 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
378 * Support for OpenDML avi files
379 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
380 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
383 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
384 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
385 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
386 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
387 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
388 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
389 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
392 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
393 * New HTTP remote control interface
396 * 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.
397 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
398 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
399 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
402 * New reset option for the preferences
403 * You can set your language in the prefences
404 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
405 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
406 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
407 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
410 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
411 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
412 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
415 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
416 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
417 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
418 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
419 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
420 * New icons by Davor Orel.
421 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
422 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
423 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
424 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
427 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
428 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
429 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
430 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
431 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
432 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
433 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
436 * Interface localization
437 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
438 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
439 * New full-featured Preferences window
441 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
442 ---------------------------------
445 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
446 * support for skins at the interface level
447 * new OSD module using Freetype2
448 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
449 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
450 input level before dropping out of date frames.
451 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
454 * fixed HTTP redirects
455 * support for opening an entire directory
456 * EOF should be detected more reliably
457 * new video4linux access plug-in
458 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
461 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
462 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
463 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
466 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
467 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
468 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
469 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
470 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
471 * new codec for raw I420 video
472 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
475 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
476 (although it still misses some important features)
477 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
480 * new HTTP output support
481 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
482 * fixed AV synchronization issues
485 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
488 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
491 * reorderable playlist
492 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
493 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
494 * support for mono audio output devices
495 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
496 * fixed several cosmetic issues
497 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
498 * the messages window remembers more lines
499 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
500 * http and ogg stream output options
501 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
504 * new skinnable interface
505 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
507 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
508 * support for FLAC audio format
509 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
511 * network tab in the interface
512 * "apply" handling in preferences
515 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
516 ---------------------------------
519 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
520 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
521 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
522 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
524 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
528 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
529 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
530 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
531 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
534 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
535 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
538 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
541 * fixed the GNU-pth support
544 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
546 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
547 * rc interface is now fully useable
548 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
551 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
552 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
553 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
554 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
555 * VLC now uses the default audio device
557 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
558 * support for mouse gestures
559 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
562 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
563 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
566 * improved ID3 tag detection
567 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
568 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
569 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
571 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
574 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
575 ---------------------------------
578 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
579 English was set as the preferred language
582 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
583 --------------------------------
586 * new mouse gesture interface
587 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
591 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
592 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
593 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
596 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
597 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
601 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
604 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
605 without the user consent
608 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
610 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
611 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
612 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
615 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
616 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
617 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
618 * playlist enhancements
619 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
620 * new step forward/step backward commands
621 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
622 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
623 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
626 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
627 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
628 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
631 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
632 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
635 * native video output is working again
636 * only commandline interface support
637 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
640 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
641 --------------------------------
644 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
645 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
646 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
647 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
648 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
649 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
650 and A/52 streams are supported)
651 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
656 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
657 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
658 * VCD entry points support
659 * VCD image file support
662 * support for *.asf format
663 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
664 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
665 * support for ogg encapsulation
666 * support for raw DV format
667 * support for *.wav format
668 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
671 Stream discovery & playlists:
672 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
673 * support for .m3u file format
674 * support for .asx file format
675 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
678 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
679 (only available with the .avi demux)
680 * support for ADPCM audio codec
681 * support for raw PCM data
682 * support for Cinepak video codec
683 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
684 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
685 * support for Xvid codec
686 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
687 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
688 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
690 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
692 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
695 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
698 * new WxWindows interface
699 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
700 device and the channels configuration
701 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
702 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
703 format that VLC can play
704 * new swedish translation
705 * enhancements of the playlist window
706 * new messages window to see debug info
707 * fixed a few crashes
710 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
711 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
712 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
713 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working