3 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4-svn (not yet released):
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
10 * Bleeding edge UPnP service discovery
17 - new streaming and transcoding wizard with the same functionality as the WxWidgets one
21 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
22 -----------------------------------------------------
25 * Rewrite of the playlist
27 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
28 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
29 * Preferences improvements:
30 - New organization, designed to improve usability
31 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
33 * Core image manipulation support
34 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
35 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
36 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
37 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
38 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
39 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
40 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
41 now separated by ':' instead of ','
42 * Access filter architecture
43 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
44 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
48 * Support for SOCKS proxy
49 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
50 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
51 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
52 * Better support for Kasenna streams
53 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
54 * Massive Matroska improvements
55 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
57 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
58 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
59 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
60 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
61 * Support for FTP over IPv6
64 * Dirac decoder and encoder
66 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
67 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
70 * New Record and Timeshift filters
73 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
74 * Brand new SAP module
75 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
76 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
77 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
78 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
79 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
80 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
84 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
87 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
88 * Image file video output (png)
89 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
90 * Improvements to wall video filter
91 * Support for font color and opacity
97 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
98 - Seeking support in VoD streams
99 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
103 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
104 - Improved preferences
105 - Improvements to the wizard
106 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
108 - Redesigned playlist
109 - Improved preferences
111 - Support for multiple actions
114 - Support for the new playlist system
116 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
119 * Screensaver disabling fix
120 * DirectShow tuner configuration
121 * Support for no-decoration windows
124 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
125 * The OpenGL video output is back
126 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
127 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
128 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
129 is not yet available in the new module
130 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
133 * Support for single-buffered overlay
142 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
145 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
148 The following languages were added:
154 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
155 -----------------------------------------------------
158 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
159 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
162 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
163 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
164 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
167 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
170 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
173 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
176 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
177 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
178 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
182 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
184 * Support of playlist group announcement
186 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
187 -----------------------------------------------------
190 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
191 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
192 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
193 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
194 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
195 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
198 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
199 (Stream your desktop)
200 * Improved DVD support:
201 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
202 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
203 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
204 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
205 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
206 (selection of titles/chapters).
209 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
210 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
211 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
212 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
213 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
214 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
215 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
216 * Improved Ogg demuxer
217 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
218 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
221 * G.726 audio support
222 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
223 * MPEG-4 text support
224 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
225 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
226 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
230 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
231 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
232 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
233 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
234 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
235 * DVB subtitles encoder
236 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
237 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
239 * Text track muxing for mp4
240 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
241 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
242 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
243 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
244 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
247 * H.263 RTP streaming support
248 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
249 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
252 * New audio equalizer filter
253 * Very trivial volume normalizer
254 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
255 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
256 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
259 * Roku HD1000 Video output
260 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
261 with support for effects.
262 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
263 - New filters can be streamed.
264 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
265 - Centralized scaling and blending
267 - "time", to display current time
268 - "marq", to display a marquee
271 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
272 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
273 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
274 * A few skins2 improvements
275 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
276 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
277 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
278 * Improved CORBA control module
281 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
282 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
283 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
286 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
287 * Experimental SVG rendering module
288 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
291 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
292 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
293 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
294 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
295 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
298 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
301 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
302 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
305 * Server/client network synchronization module
306 * VBrick streams fully supported
307 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
310 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
311 --------------------------------
314 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
315 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
316 * Improved HTTP daemon.
317 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
320 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
321 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
322 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
323 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
324 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
325 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
326 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
329 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
330 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
331 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
332 * Improved directory access module.
333 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
334 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
335 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
336 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
337 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
340 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
341 * mmsh streaming fixes.
342 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
345 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
346 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
347 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
350 * Improved session announcement system.
351 * Minimize threads usage by default.
352 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
353 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
354 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
355 * Improved transrater.
356 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
357 * New configuration system.
358 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
361 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
362 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
363 * Supports live streams and VoD.
364 * Supports scheduling.
365 * Telnet interface for vlm.
366 * HTTP interface for vlm.
369 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
370 - Ability to embed video output.
371 - Support for bitmap fonts.
372 - Lots of improvements.
373 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
374 - New design and set of icons.
375 - Ability to embed video output.
376 - Support for hotkeys.
377 - Support for bookmarks.
379 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
380 - Better hotkeys handling.
383 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
384 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
385 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
386 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
389 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
390 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
391 * Improved Windows installer.
397 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
398 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
400 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
401 ---------------------------------
404 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
405 * Playing MOD files is working now.
408 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
409 ---------------------------------
412 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
413 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
416 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
417 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
418 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
419 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
422 * Internal improvments
423 * Improved import/export
426 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
428 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
429 small and strange formats.
431 * New MOD audio demux.
432 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
433 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
434 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
435 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
438 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
439 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
440 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
446 * New opengl video output plugin.
449 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
450 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
452 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
453 ---------------------------------
456 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
457 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
458 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
459 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
460 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
461 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
462 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
463 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
466 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
471 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
472 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
473 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
474 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
475 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
476 * Reworked DVB tuning.
477 * Better Icecast support.
478 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
479 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
482 * Support for Theora video encoding.
483 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
484 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
485 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
486 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
487 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
488 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
491 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
492 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
493 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
494 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
495 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
496 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
497 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
498 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
499 * Preliminary RTP support.
500 * Fixes to SAP announces.
505 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
506 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
508 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
509 - Improvements and help in preferences
510 - New streaming wizard
511 - Revised Disc Open menu
513 - Improvements of the standard pages
514 - Support for new commands
515 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
518 * Many fixes to the SAP module
519 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
522 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
523 * Text subtitles autodetection.
524 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
525 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
526 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
527 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
528 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
529 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
530 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
533 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
535 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
536 * Support for Panther.
537 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
538 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
541 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
542 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
543 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
544 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
545 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
546 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
547 * Multimonitor support (untested).
548 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
551 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
552 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
553 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
556 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
559 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
560 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
561 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
562 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
564 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
565 ---------------------------------
568 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
571 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
572 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
575 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
576 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
579 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
582 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
583 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
586 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
589 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
592 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
593 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
596 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
597 ---------------------------------
600 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
601 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
605 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
606 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
607 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
609 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
610 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
613 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
616 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
619 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
620 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
623 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
624 ---------------------------------
627 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
628 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
632 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
633 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
634 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
635 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
636 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
639 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
640 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
641 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
644 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
645 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
646 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
649 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
650 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
651 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
652 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
653 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
656 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
657 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
658 * A new CORBA control plugin.
661 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
664 * Improved build system.
665 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
666 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
667 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
668 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
671 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
672 ---------------------------------
675 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
678 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
679 * Fixed large file support on Windows
680 * Video 4 Linux support
681 * CD Digital Audio support
682 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
685 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
686 * Support for OpenDML avi files
687 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
688 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
691 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
692 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
693 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
694 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
695 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
696 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
697 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
700 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
701 * New HTTP remote control interface
704 * 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.
705 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
706 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
707 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
710 * New reset option for the preferences
711 * You can set your language in the prefences
712 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
713 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
714 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
715 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
718 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
719 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
720 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
723 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
724 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
725 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
726 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
727 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
728 * New icons by Davor Orel.
729 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
730 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
731 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
732 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
735 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
736 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
737 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
738 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
739 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
740 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
741 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
744 * Interface localization
745 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
746 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
747 * New full-featured Preferences window
749 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
750 ---------------------------------
753 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
754 * support for skins at the interface level
755 * new OSD module using Freetype2
756 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
757 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
758 input level before dropping out of date frames.
759 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
762 * fixed HTTP redirects
763 * support for opening an entire directory
764 * EOF should be detected more reliably
765 * new video4linux access plug-in
766 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
769 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
770 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
771 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
774 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
775 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
776 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
777 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
778 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
779 * new codec for raw I420 video
780 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
783 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
784 (although it still misses some important features)
785 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
788 * new HTTP output support
789 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
790 * fixed AV synchronization issues
793 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
796 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
799 * reorderable playlist
800 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
801 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
802 * support for mono audio output devices
803 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
804 * fixed several cosmetic issues
805 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
806 * the messages window remembers more lines
807 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
808 * http and ogg stream output options
809 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
812 * new skinnable interface
813 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
815 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
816 * support for FLAC audio format
817 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
819 * network tab in the interface
820 * "apply" handling in preferences
823 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
824 ---------------------------------
827 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
828 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
829 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
830 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
832 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
836 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
837 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
838 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
839 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
842 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
843 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
846 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
849 * fixed the GNU-pth support
852 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
854 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
855 * rc interface is now fully useable
856 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
859 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
860 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
861 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
862 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
863 * VLC now uses the default audio device
865 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
866 * support for mouse gestures
867 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
870 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
871 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
874 * improved ID3 tag detection
875 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
876 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
877 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
879 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
882 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
883 ---------------------------------
886 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
887 English was set as the preferred language
890 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
891 --------------------------------
894 * new mouse gesture interface
895 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
899 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
900 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
901 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
904 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
905 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
909 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
912 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
913 without the user consent
916 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
918 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
919 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
920 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
923 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
924 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
925 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
926 * playlist enhancements
927 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
928 * new step forward/step backward commands
929 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
930 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
931 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
934 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
935 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
936 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
939 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
940 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
943 * native video output is working again
944 * only commandline interface support
945 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
948 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
949 --------------------------------
952 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
953 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
954 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
955 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
956 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
957 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
958 and A/52 streams are supported)
959 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
964 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
965 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
966 * VCD entry points support
967 * VCD image file support
970 * support for *.asf format
971 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
972 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
973 * support for ogg encapsulation
974 * support for raw DV format
975 * support for *.wav format
976 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
979 Stream discovery & playlists:
980 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
981 * support for .m3u file format
982 * support for .asx file format
983 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
986 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
987 (only available with the .avi demux)
988 * support for ADPCM audio codec
989 * support for raw PCM data
990 * support for Cinepak video codec
991 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
992 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
993 * support for Xvid codec
994 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
995 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
996 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
998 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1000 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1003 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1006 * new WxWindows interface
1007 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1008 device and the channels configuration
1009 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1010 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1011 format that VLC can play
1012 * new swedish translation
1013 * enhancements of the playlist window
1014 * new messages window to see debug info
1015 * fixed a few crashes
1018 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1019 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1020 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1021 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working