1 $Id: NEWS,v 1.83 2004/02/10 17:36:45 gbazin Exp $
2 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
3 ---------------------------------
6 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
7 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP
10 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
11 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
12 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
13 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
16 * Internal improvments
17 * Improved import/export
20 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
22 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
23 small and strange formats.
25 * New MOD audio demux.
26 * Support for DTS wav files.
27 * Support for DTS audio CD.
28 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
31 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
32 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
38 * New opengl video output plugin.
41 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
43 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
44 ---------------------------------
47 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
48 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
49 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
50 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
51 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
52 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
53 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
54 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
57 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
62 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
63 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
64 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
65 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
66 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
67 * Reworked DVB tuning.
68 * Better Icecast support.
69 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
70 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
73 * Support for Theora video encoding.
74 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
75 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
76 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
77 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
78 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
79 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
82 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
83 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
84 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
85 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
86 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
87 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
88 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
89 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
90 * Preliminary RTP support.
91 * Fixes to SAP announces.
96 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
97 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
99 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
100 - Improvements and help in preferences
101 - New streaming wizard
102 - Revised Disc Open menu
104 - Improvements of the standard pages
105 - Support for new commands
106 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
109 * Many fixes to the SAP module
110 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
113 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
114 * Text subtitles autodetection.
115 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
116 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
117 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
118 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
119 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
120 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
121 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
124 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
126 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
127 * Support for Panther.
128 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
129 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
132 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
133 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
134 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
135 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
136 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
137 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
138 * Multimonitor support (untested).
139 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
142 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
143 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
144 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
147 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
150 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
151 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
152 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
153 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
155 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
156 ---------------------------------
159 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
162 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
163 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
166 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
167 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
170 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
173 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
174 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
177 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
180 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
183 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
184 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
187 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
188 ---------------------------------
191 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
192 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
196 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
197 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
198 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
200 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
201 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
204 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
207 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
210 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
211 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
214 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
215 ---------------------------------
218 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
219 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
223 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
224 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
225 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
226 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
227 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
230 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
231 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
232 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
235 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
236 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
237 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
240 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
241 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
242 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
243 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
244 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
247 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
248 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
249 * A new CORBA control plugin.
252 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
255 * Improved build system.
256 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
257 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
258 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
259 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
262 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
263 ---------------------------------
266 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
269 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
270 * Fixed large file support on Windows
271 * Video 4 Linux support
272 * CD Digital Audio support
273 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
276 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
277 * Support for OpenDML avi files
278 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
279 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
282 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
283 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
284 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
285 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
286 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
287 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
288 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
291 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
292 * New HTTP remote control interface
295 * 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.
296 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
297 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
298 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
301 * New reset option for the preferences
302 * You can set your language in the prefences
303 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
304 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
305 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
306 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
309 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
310 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
311 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
314 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
315 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
316 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
317 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
318 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
319 * New icons by Davor Orel.
320 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
321 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
322 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
323 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
326 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
327 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
328 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
329 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
330 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
331 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
332 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
335 * Interface localization
336 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
337 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
338 * New full-featured Preferences window
340 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
341 ---------------------------------
344 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
345 * support for skins at the interface level
346 * new OSD module using Freetype2
347 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
348 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
349 input level before dropping out of date frames.
350 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
353 * fixed HTTP redirects
354 * support for opening an entire directory
355 * EOF should be detected more reliably
356 * new video4linux access plug-in
357 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
360 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
361 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
362 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
365 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
366 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
367 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
368 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
369 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
370 * new codec for raw I420 video
371 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
374 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
375 (although it still misses some important features)
376 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
379 * new HTTP output support
380 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
381 * fixed AV synchronization issues
384 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
387 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
390 * reorderable playlist
391 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
392 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
393 * support for mono audio output devices
394 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
395 * fixed several cosmetic issues
396 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
397 * the messages window remembers more lines
398 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
399 * http and ogg stream output options
400 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
403 * new skinnable interface
404 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
406 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
407 * support for FLAC audio format
408 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
410 * network tab in the interface
411 * "apply" handling in preferences
414 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
415 ---------------------------------
418 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
419 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
420 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
421 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
423 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
427 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
428 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
429 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
430 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
433 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
434 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
437 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
440 * fixed the GNU-pth support
443 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
445 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
446 * rc interface is now fully useable
447 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
450 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
451 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
452 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
453 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
454 * VLC now uses the default audio device
456 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
457 * support for mouse gestures
458 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
461 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
462 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
465 * improved ID3 tag detection
466 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
467 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
468 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
470 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
473 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
474 ---------------------------------
477 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
478 English was set as the preferred language
481 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
482 --------------------------------
485 * new mouse gesture interface
486 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
490 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
491 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
492 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
495 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
496 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
500 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
503 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
504 without the user consent
507 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
509 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
510 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
511 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
514 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
515 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
516 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
517 * playlist enhancements
518 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
519 * new step forward/step backward commands
520 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
521 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
522 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
525 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
526 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
527 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
530 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
531 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
534 * native video output is working again
535 * only commandline interface support
536 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
539 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
540 --------------------------------
543 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
544 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
545 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
546 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
547 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
548 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
549 and A/52 streams are supported)
550 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
555 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
556 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
557 * VCD entry points support
558 * VCD image file support
561 * support for *.asf format
562 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
563 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
564 * support for ogg encapsulation
565 * support for raw DV format
566 * support for *.wav format
567 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
570 Stream discovery & playlists:
571 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
572 * support for .m3u file format
573 * support for .asx file format
574 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
577 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
578 (only available with the .avi demux)
579 * support for ADPCM audio codec
580 * support for raw PCM data
581 * support for Cinepak video codec
582 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
583 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
584 * support for Xvid codec
585 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
586 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
587 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
589 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
591 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
594 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
597 * new WxWindows interface
598 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
599 device and the channels configuration
600 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
601 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
602 format that VLC can play
603 * new swedish translation
604 * enhancements of the playlist window
605 * new messages window to see debug info
606 * fixed a few crashes
609 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
610 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
611 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
612 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working