1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.61 2003/08/02 14:06:22 gbazin Exp $
3 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
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6 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
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10 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
11 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
15 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
16 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
17 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
18 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
19 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
22 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
23 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
24 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
27 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
28 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
29 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
32 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
33 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
34 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
35 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
36 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
39 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
40 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
41 * A new CORBA control plugin.
44 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
47 * Improved build system.
48 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
49 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
50 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
51 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
54 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
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58 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
61 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
62 * Fixed large file support on Windows
63 * Video 4 Linux support
64 * CD Digital Audio support
65 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
68 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
69 * Support for OpenDML avi files
70 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
71 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
74 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
75 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
76 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
77 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
78 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
79 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
80 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
83 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
84 * New HTTP remote control interface
87 * 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.
88 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
89 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
90 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
93 * New reset option for the preferences
94 * You can set your language in the prefences
95 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
96 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
97 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
98 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
101 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
102 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
103 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
106 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
107 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
108 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
109 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
110 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
111 * New icons by Davor Orel.
112 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
113 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
114 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
115 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
118 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
119 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
120 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
121 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
122 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
123 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
124 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
127 * Interface localization
128 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
129 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
130 * New full-featured Preferences window
132 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
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136 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
137 * support for skins at the interface level
138 * new OSD module using Freetype2
139 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
140 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
141 input level before dropping out of date frames.
142 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
145 * fixed HTTP redirects
146 * support for opening an entire directory
147 * EOF should be detected more reliably
148 * new video4linux access plug-in
149 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
152 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
153 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
154 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
157 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
158 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
159 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
160 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
161 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
162 * new codec for raw I420 video
163 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
166 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
167 (although it still misses some important features)
168 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
171 * new HTTP output support
172 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
173 * fixed AV synchronization issues
176 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
179 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
182 * reorderable playlist
183 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
184 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
185 * support for mono audio output devices
186 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
187 * fixed several cosmetic issues
188 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
189 * the messages window remembers more lines
190 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
191 * http and ogg stream output options
192 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
195 * new skinnable interface
196 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
198 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
199 * support for FLAC audio format
200 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
202 * network tab in the interface
203 * "apply" handling in preferences
206 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
207 ---------------------------------
210 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
211 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
212 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
213 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
215 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
219 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
220 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
221 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
222 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
225 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
226 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
229 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
232 * fixed the GNU-pth support
235 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
237 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
238 * rc interface is now fully useable
239 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
242 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
243 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
244 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
245 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
246 * VLC now uses the default audio device
248 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
249 * support for mouse gestures
250 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
253 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
254 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
257 * improved ID3 tag detection
258 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
259 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
260 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
262 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
265 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
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269 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
270 English was set as the preferred language
273 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
274 --------------------------------
277 * new mouse gesture interface
278 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
282 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
283 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
284 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
287 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
288 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
292 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
295 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
296 without the user consent
299 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
301 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
302 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
303 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
306 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
307 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
308 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
309 * playlist enhancements
310 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
311 * new step forward/step backward commands
312 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
313 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
314 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
317 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
318 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
319 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
322 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
323 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
326 * native video output is working again
327 * only commandline interface support
328 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
331 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
332 --------------------------------
335 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
336 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
337 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
338 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
339 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
340 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
341 and A/52 streams are supported)
342 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
347 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
348 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
349 * VCD entry points support
350 * VCD image file support
353 * support for *.asf format
354 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
355 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
356 * support for ogg encapsulation
357 * support for raw DV format
358 * support for *.wav format
359 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
362 Stream discovery & playlists:
363 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
364 * support for .m3u file format
365 * support for .asx file format
366 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
369 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
370 (only available with the .avi demux)
371 * support for ADPCM audio codec
372 * support for raw PCM data
373 * support for Cinepak video codec
374 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
375 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
376 * support for Xvid codec
377 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
378 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
379 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
381 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
383 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
386 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
389 * new WxWindows interface
390 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
391 device and the channels configuration
392 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
393 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
394 format that VLC can play
395 * new swedish translation
396 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
398 GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
399 * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
400 * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
403 * localization support via GNU gettext software
404 * completely revamped Cocoa interface
405 * new preferences panel
406 * new open panel with full features
407 * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
408 * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
409 * new playlist drawer and messages windows
412 * preferences dialog box redesigned
413 * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
415 * new dialog box to select avi subtitles
416 * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
417 * new menu entry to spawn another interface
418 * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
421 * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
423 * enhancements of the playlist window
424 * new messages window to see debug info
425 * fixed a few crashes
428 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
429 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
430 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
431 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working