3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
8 * new --monitor-aspect-ratio option
11 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
14 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
17 * Bleeding edge UPnP service discovery
24 - new streaming and transcoding wizard
25 - new extended controls panel
26 - new bookmarks window
28 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
29 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
32 - new RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
33 - facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
35 - include macro to include other files
38 The following language was added:
41 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
42 -----------------------------------------------------
45 * Rewrite of the playlist
47 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
48 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
49 * Preferences improvements:
50 - New organization, designed to improve usability
51 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
53 * Core image manipulation support
54 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
55 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
56 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
57 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
58 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
59 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
60 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
61 now separated by ':' instead of ','
62 * Access filter architecture
63 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
64 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
68 * Support for SOCKS proxy
69 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
70 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
71 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
72 * Better support for Kasenna streams
73 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
74 * Massive Matroska improvements
75 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
77 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
78 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
79 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
80 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
81 * Support for FTP over IPv6
84 * Dirac decoder and encoder
86 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
87 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
90 * New Record and Timeshift filters
93 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
94 * Brand new SAP module
95 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
96 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
97 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
98 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
99 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
100 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
104 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
107 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
108 * Image file video output (png)
109 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
110 * Improvements to wall video filter
111 * Support for font color and opacity
117 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
118 - Seeking support in VoD streams
119 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
123 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
124 - Improved preferences
125 - Improvements to the wizard
126 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
128 - Redesigned playlist
129 - Improved preferences
131 - Support for multiple actions
134 - Support for the new playlist system
136 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
139 * Screensaver disabling fix
140 * DirectShow tuner configuration
141 * Support for no-decoration windows
144 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
145 * The OpenGL video output is back
146 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
147 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
148 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
149 is not yet available in the new module
150 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
153 * Support for single-buffered overlay
162 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
165 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
168 The following languages were added:
174 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
175 -----------------------------------------------------
178 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
179 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
182 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
183 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
184 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
187 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
190 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
193 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
196 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
197 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
198 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
202 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
204 * Support of playlist group announcement
206 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
207 -----------------------------------------------------
210 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
211 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
212 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
213 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
214 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
215 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
218 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
219 (Stream your desktop)
220 * Improved DVD support:
221 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
222 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
223 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
224 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
225 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
226 (selection of titles/chapters).
229 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
230 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
231 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
232 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
233 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
234 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
235 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
236 * Improved Ogg demuxer
237 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
238 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
241 * G.726 audio support
242 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
243 * MPEG-4 text support
244 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
245 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
246 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
250 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
251 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
252 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
253 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
254 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
255 * DVB subtitles encoder
256 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
257 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
259 * Text track muxing for mp4
260 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
261 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
262 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
263 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
264 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
267 * H.263 RTP streaming support
268 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
269 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
272 * New audio equalizer filter
273 * Very trivial volume normalizer
274 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
275 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
276 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
279 * Roku HD1000 Video output
280 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
281 with support for effects.
282 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
283 - New filters can be streamed.
284 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
285 - Centralized scaling and blending
287 - "time", to display current time
288 - "marq", to display a marquee
291 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
292 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
293 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
294 * A few skins2 improvements
295 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
296 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
297 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
298 * Improved CORBA control module
301 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
302 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
303 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
306 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
307 * Experimental SVG rendering module
308 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
311 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
312 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
313 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
314 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
315 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
318 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
321 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
322 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
325 * Server/client network synchronization module
326 * VBrick streams fully supported
327 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
330 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
331 --------------------------------
334 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
335 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
336 * Improved HTTP daemon.
337 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
340 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
341 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
342 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
343 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
344 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
345 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
346 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
349 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
350 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
351 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
352 * Improved directory access module.
353 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
354 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
355 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
356 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
357 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
360 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
361 * mmsh streaming fixes.
362 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
365 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
366 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
367 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
370 * Improved session announcement system.
371 * Minimize threads usage by default.
372 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
373 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
374 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
375 * Improved transrater.
376 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
377 * New configuration system.
378 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
381 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
382 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
383 * Supports live streams and VoD.
384 * Supports scheduling.
385 * Telnet interface for vlm.
386 * HTTP interface for vlm.
389 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
390 - Ability to embed video output.
391 - Support for bitmap fonts.
392 - Lots of improvements.
393 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
394 - New design and set of icons.
395 - Ability to embed video output.
396 - Support for hotkeys.
397 - Support for bookmarks.
399 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
400 - Better hotkeys handling.
403 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
404 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
405 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
406 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
409 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
410 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
411 * Improved Windows installer.
417 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
418 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
420 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
421 ---------------------------------
424 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
425 * Playing MOD files is working now.
428 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
429 ---------------------------------
432 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
433 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
436 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
437 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
438 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
439 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
442 * Internal improvments
443 * Improved import/export
446 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
448 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
449 small and strange formats.
451 * New MOD audio demux.
452 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
453 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
454 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
455 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
458 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
459 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
460 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
466 * New opengl video output plugin.
469 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
470 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
472 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
473 ---------------------------------
476 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
477 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
478 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
479 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
480 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
481 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
482 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
483 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
486 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
491 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
492 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
493 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
494 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
495 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
496 * Reworked DVB tuning.
497 * Better Icecast support.
498 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
499 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
502 * Support for Theora video encoding.
503 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
504 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
505 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
506 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
507 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
508 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
511 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
512 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
513 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
514 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
515 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
516 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
517 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
518 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
519 * Preliminary RTP support.
520 * Fixes to SAP announces.
525 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
526 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
528 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
529 - Improvements and help in preferences
530 - New streaming wizard
531 - Revised Disc Open menu
533 - Improvements of the standard pages
534 - Support for new commands
535 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
538 * Many fixes to the SAP module
539 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
542 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
543 * Text subtitles autodetection.
544 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
545 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
546 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
547 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
548 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
549 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
550 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
553 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
555 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
556 * Support for Panther.
557 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
558 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
561 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
562 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
563 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
564 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
565 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
566 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
567 * Multimonitor support (untested).
568 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
571 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
572 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
573 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
576 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
579 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
580 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
581 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
582 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
584 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
585 ---------------------------------
588 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
591 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
592 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
595 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
596 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
599 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
602 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
603 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
606 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
609 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
612 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
613 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
616 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
617 ---------------------------------
620 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
621 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
625 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
626 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
627 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
629 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
630 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
633 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
636 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
639 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
640 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
643 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
644 ---------------------------------
647 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
648 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
652 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
653 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
654 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
655 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
656 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
659 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
660 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
661 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
664 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
665 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
666 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
669 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
670 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
671 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
672 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
673 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
676 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
677 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
678 * A new CORBA control plugin.
681 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
684 * Improved build system.
685 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
686 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
687 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
688 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
691 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
692 ---------------------------------
695 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
698 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
699 * Fixed large file support on Windows
700 * Video 4 Linux support
701 * CD Digital Audio support
702 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
705 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
706 * Support for OpenDML avi files
707 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
708 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
711 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
712 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
713 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
714 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
715 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
716 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
717 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
720 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
721 * New HTTP remote control interface
724 * 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.
725 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
726 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
727 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
730 * New reset option for the preferences
731 * You can set your language in the prefences
732 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
733 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
734 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
735 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
738 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
739 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
740 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
743 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
744 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
745 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
746 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
747 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
748 * New icons by Davor Orel.
749 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
750 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
751 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
752 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
755 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
756 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
757 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
758 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
759 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
760 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
761 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
764 * Interface localization
765 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
766 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
767 * New full-featured Preferences window
769 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
770 ---------------------------------
773 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
774 * support for skins at the interface level
775 * new OSD module using Freetype2
776 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
777 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
778 input level before dropping out of date frames.
779 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
782 * fixed HTTP redirects
783 * support for opening an entire directory
784 * EOF should be detected more reliably
785 * new video4linux access plug-in
786 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
789 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
790 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
791 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
794 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
795 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
796 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
797 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
798 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
799 * new codec for raw I420 video
800 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
803 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
804 (although it still misses some important features)
805 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
808 * new HTTP output support
809 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
810 * fixed AV synchronization issues
813 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
816 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
819 * reorderable playlist
820 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
821 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
822 * support for mono audio output devices
823 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
824 * fixed several cosmetic issues
825 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
826 * the messages window remembers more lines
827 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
828 * http and ogg stream output options
829 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
832 * new skinnable interface
833 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
835 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
836 * support for FLAC audio format
837 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
839 * network tab in the interface
840 * "apply" handling in preferences
843 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
844 ---------------------------------
847 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
848 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
849 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
850 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
852 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
856 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
857 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
858 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
859 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
862 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
863 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
866 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
869 * fixed the GNU-pth support
872 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
874 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
875 * rc interface is now fully useable
876 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
879 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
880 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
881 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
882 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
883 * VLC now uses the default audio device
885 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
886 * support for mouse gestures
887 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
890 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
891 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
894 * improved ID3 tag detection
895 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
896 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
897 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
899 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
902 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
903 ---------------------------------
906 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
907 English was set as the preferred language
910 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
911 --------------------------------
914 * new mouse gesture interface
915 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
919 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
920 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
921 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
924 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
925 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
929 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
932 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
933 without the user consent
936 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
938 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
939 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
940 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
943 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
944 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
945 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
946 * playlist enhancements
947 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
948 * new step forward/step backward commands
949 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
950 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
951 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
954 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
955 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
956 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
959 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
960 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
963 * native video output is working again
964 * only commandline interface support
965 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
968 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
969 --------------------------------
972 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
973 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
974 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
975 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
976 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
977 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
978 and A/52 streams are supported)
979 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
984 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
985 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
986 * VCD entry points support
987 * VCD image file support
990 * support for *.asf format
991 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
992 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
993 * support for ogg encapsulation
994 * support for raw DV format
995 * support for *.wav format
996 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
999 Stream discovery & playlists:
1000 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1001 * support for .m3u file format
1002 * support for .asx file format
1003 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1006 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1007 (only available with the .avi demux)
1008 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1009 * support for raw PCM data
1010 * support for Cinepak video codec
1011 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1012 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1013 * support for Xvid codec
1014 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1015 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1016 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1018 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1020 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1023 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1026 * new WxWindows interface
1027 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1028 device and the channels configuration
1029 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1030 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1031 format that VLC can play
1032 * new swedish translation
1033 * enhancements of the playlist window
1034 * new messages window to see debug info
1035 * fixed a few crashes
1038 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1039 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1040 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1041 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working