3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-git (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
12 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
13 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
14 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
15 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
16 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
17 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
18 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
19 interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6.
20 It will be replaced by a better alternative in the next version.
21 If you absolutely need it, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6.
22 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
23 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
24 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
25 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
26 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
27 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
28 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
29 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
30 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
31 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
32 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
33 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
34 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
35 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported. Use access://url instead.
36 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
37 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
38 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the avcodec, avformat,
39 swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build) and
46 * Vastly improved playlist support:
47 * Media library support
49 * Shoutcast TV listings
50 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
52 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
53 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
54 * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
55 share/lua/meta/README.txt
58 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
59 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
60 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
61 * JACK audio input support
62 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
63 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
64 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
65 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
66 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
68 * APEv1/2 tags support
69 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
70 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
72 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
73 * TiVo Series 2 support
74 * v4l2 access module support
75 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
76 * CD+G karaoke Files support
78 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X using OpenGL
80 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
81 * Experimental EyeTV access module (Mac OS X only)
82 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
83 (available as a separate download).
84 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
86 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
87 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
90 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
91 * Flash Screen Video support
92 * CamStudio Screen Video support
93 * DosBox Capture support
94 * Karl Morton's Video support
95 * limited atrac3 support
96 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
97 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
98 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
99 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
101 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
102 * NellyMoser ASAO support
103 * APE (Monkey audio) support
104 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support
105 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
108 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
109 * AQTitle subtitles support
110 * MKV USF subtitles support
111 * HTML-based subtitles support
112 * MPSub subtitles support
113 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
114 * MPL2 subtitles support
115 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
116 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
117 * Realtext subtitle support
118 * DKS subtitle support
119 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
122 * Flash Screen Video support
123 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
125 Video output and filters:
126 * New CoreAnimation output module (Mac OS X 10.5 only)
127 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
128 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
129 * New puzzle video output filter
130 * Re-written motion detection video filter
131 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
133 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
134 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
135 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
136 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
137 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
138 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
139 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
140 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
141 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
142 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
143 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
144 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
146 Audio output and filters
147 * Replay gain support
148 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (no pitch filter yet)
149 * New spatializer audio filter
150 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
153 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
154 * New RTP payload formats:
155 * Speex voice audio codec
156 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
157 * G.711 (both A-law and ยต-law) output
158 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
159 * DCCP transport for RTP
160 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
164 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
166 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
167 end-user suitable way.
168 * Improved user interaction
169 * Improved mouse gestures
170 * Vastly improved Update checker
171 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
173 * Improved video output features
174 * Access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
175 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
176 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
177 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
179 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
180 if libncursesw is available.
181 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
182 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
184 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
185 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
186 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
187 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
188 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
189 * Motion module use disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
190 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
191 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
194 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
195 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
196 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
199 * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party
200 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
201 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
202 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
203 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 was discontinued.
206 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
207 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
215 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
216 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
217 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
219 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
220 ----------------------------------
223 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
224 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
225 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
226 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
227 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
230 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
231 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
232 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
233 * Close MMS access on network timeout
234 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
237 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
238 ----------------------------------
241 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
242 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
245 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
246 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
247 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
248 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
250 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
254 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
257 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
260 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
263 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
266 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
267 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
268 encoding on multi-cpu systems
269 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
270 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
272 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
273 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
274 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
275 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
278 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
281 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
282 ----------------------------------
285 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
286 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
287 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
289 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
290 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
292 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
293 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
296 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
298 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
299 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
300 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
301 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
302 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
303 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
305 * Support for current Ogg file formats
306 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
307 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
310 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
313 * The automatic updating facility was removed
314 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
315 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
316 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
319 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
320 ----------------------------------
322 Various bugfixes, notably:
323 * Windows Vista compatibility
324 * Cropping in Direct3D
325 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
326 * RSS filter string overflow
328 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
330 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
331 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
334 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
335 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
338 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
341 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
344 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
347 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
348 ----------------------------------
350 Various bugfixes, notably:
351 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
352 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
353 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
354 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
355 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
356 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
359 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
360 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
363 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
365 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
366 * Diverse usability improvements
367 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
368 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
369 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
372 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
373 ---------------------------------
376 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
379 * Fullscreen controller improvements
382 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
383 --------------------------------
386 * Shoutcast TV listings support
389 * Support for RTSP authentication
390 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
391 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
392 * ATSC support for DVB input
393 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
394 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
395 * Improved support for Flash Video files
398 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
399 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
400 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
401 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
402 * Matroska WavPack support
403 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
404 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
405 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
408 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
409 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
410 * Improved libcaca support
414 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
415 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
417 * Systray support in skins
419 * Support for Apple Remote control
420 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
421 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
422 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
423 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
425 * Notifications using notification-daemon
428 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
430 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
431 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
432 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
433 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
434 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
436 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
437 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
446 * Updates to the libvlc API
447 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
450 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
451 --------------------------------
454 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
455 * Support for downloading updates
459 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
460 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
461 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
462 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
464 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
465 * Improved subtitles encoding support
466 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
469 * Cook (Real audio) support
471 Playlist / Services discovery:
472 * XSPF playlist support
474 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
477 * New JACK audio output
481 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
482 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
483 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
484 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
485 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
486 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
489 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
492 * System to inform the user and request information
493 - HTTP authentication
497 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
498 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
499 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
502 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
503 - Improved playlist handling
504 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
506 - Embedded Video output
507 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
508 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
509 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
510 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
511 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
513 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
514 - A bunch of new RPN functions
517 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
520 * Mac-Intel compatibility
521 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
522 * Growl "Now playing" support
525 * Ability to log to syslog
526 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
529 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
531 * A bit more automatic testing
534 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
535 ---------------------------------
538 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
539 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
542 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
543 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
546 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
549 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
550 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
556 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
559 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
560 --------------------------------
563 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
567 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
568 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
569 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
572 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
573 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
574 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
575 * GnomeVFS input module
576 * Support for RTP packet reordering
577 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
580 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
581 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
582 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
585 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
586 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
592 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
593 Mixer and Dolby Surround
596 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
597 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
598 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
601 - new cone icon by Richard ยฏiestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
603 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
604 - New extended controls panel
605 - New bookmarks window
606 - Fixed playlist sorting
607 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
609 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
610 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
611 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
612 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
616 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
617 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
619 - Include macro to include other files
623 * Should now work outside IE as well
626 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
629 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
630 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
633 The following languages were added:
638 The following languages were re-added:
642 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
643 --------------------------------
646 * Rewrite of the playlist
648 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
649 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
650 * Preferences improvements:
651 - New organization, designed to improve usability
652 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
654 * Core image manipulation support
655 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
656 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
657 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
658 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
659 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
660 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
661 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
662 now separated by ':' instead of ','
663 * Access filter architecture
664 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
665 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
669 * Support for SOCKS proxy
670 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
671 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
672 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
673 * Better support for Kasenna streams
674 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
675 * Massive Matroska improvements
676 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
678 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
679 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
680 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
681 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
682 * Support for FTP over IPv6
685 * Dirac decoder and encoder
686 * PNG decoder/encoder
687 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
688 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
691 * New Record and Timeshift filters
694 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
695 * Brand new SAP module
696 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
697 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
698 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
699 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
700 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
701 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
705 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
708 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
709 * Image file video output (png)
710 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
711 * Improvements to wall video filter
712 * Support for font color and opacity
718 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
719 - Seeking support in VoD streams
720 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
724 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
725 - Improved preferences
726 - Improvements to the wizard
727 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
729 - Redesigned playlist
730 - Improved preferences
732 - Support for multiple actions
735 - Support for the new playlist system
737 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
740 * Screensaver disabling fix
741 * DirectShow tuner configuration
742 * Support for no-decoration windows
745 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
746 * The OpenGL video output is back
747 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
748 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
749 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
750 is not yet available in the new module
751 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
754 * Support for single-buffered overlay
763 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
766 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
769 The following languages were added:
775 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
776 --------------------------------
779 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
780 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
783 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
784 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
785 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
788 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
791 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
794 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
797 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
798 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
799 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
803 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
805 * Support of playlist group announcement
808 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
809 --------------------------------
812 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
813 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
814 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
815 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
816 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
817 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
820 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
821 (Stream your desktop)
822 * Improved DVD support:
823 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
824 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
825 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
826 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
827 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
828 (selection of titles/chapters).
831 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
832 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
833 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
834 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
835 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
836 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
837 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
838 * Improved Ogg demuxer
839 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
840 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
843 * G.726 audio support
844 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
845 * MPEG-4 text support
846 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
847 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
848 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
852 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
853 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
854 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
855 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
856 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
857 * DVB subtitles encoder
858 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
859 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
861 * Text track muxing for mp4
862 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
863 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
864 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
865 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
866 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
869 * H.263 RTP streaming support
870 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
871 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
874 * New audio equalizer filter
875 * Very trivial volume normalizer
876 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
877 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
878 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
881 * Roku HD1000 Video output
882 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
883 with support for effects.
884 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
885 - New filters can be streamed.
886 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
887 - Centralized scaling and blending
889 - "time", to display current time
890 - "marq", to display a marquee
893 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
894 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
895 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
896 * A few skins2 improvements
897 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
898 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
899 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
900 * Improved CORBA control module
903 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
904 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
905 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
908 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
909 * Experimental SVG rendering module
910 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
913 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
914 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
915 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
916 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
917 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
920 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
923 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
924 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
927 * Server/client network synchronization module
928 * VBrick streams fully supported
929 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
933 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
934 --------------------------------
937 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
938 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
939 * Improved HTTP daemon.
940 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
943 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
944 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
945 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
946 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
947 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
948 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
949 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
952 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
953 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
954 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
955 * Improved directory access module.
956 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
957 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
958 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
959 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
960 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
963 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
964 * mmsh streaming fixes.
965 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
968 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
969 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
970 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
973 * Improved session announcement system.
974 * Minimize threads usage by default.
975 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
976 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
977 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
978 * Improved transrater.
979 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
980 * New configuration system.
981 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
984 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
985 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
986 * Supports live streams and VoD.
987 * Supports scheduling.
988 * Telnet interface for vlm.
989 * HTTP interface for vlm.
992 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
993 - Ability to embed video output.
994 - Support for bitmap fonts.
995 - Lots of improvements.
996 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
997 - New design and set of icons.
998 - Ability to embed video output.
999 - Support for hotkeys.
1000 - Support for bookmarks.
1002 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1003 - Better hotkeys handling.
1006 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1007 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1008 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1009 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1012 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1013 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1014 * Improved Windows installer.
1020 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1021 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1024 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1025 ---------------------------------
1028 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1029 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1032 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1033 --------------------------------
1036 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1037 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1040 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1041 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1042 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1043 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1046 * Internal improvments
1047 * Improved import/export
1050 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1052 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1053 small and strange formats.
1055 * New MOD audio demux.
1056 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1057 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1058 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1059 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1062 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1063 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1064 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1070 * New opengl video output plugin.
1073 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1074 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1077 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1078 --------------------------------
1081 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1082 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1083 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1084 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1085 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1086 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1087 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1088 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1091 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1096 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1097 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1098 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1099 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1100 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1101 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1102 * Better Icecast support.
1103 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1104 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1107 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1108 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1109 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1110 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1111 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1112 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1113 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1116 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1117 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1118 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1119 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1120 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1121 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1122 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1123 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1124 * Preliminary RTP support.
1125 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1130 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1131 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1133 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1134 - Improvements and help in preferences
1135 - New streaming wizard
1136 - Revised Disc Open menu
1138 - Improvements of the standard pages
1139 - Support for new commands
1140 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1143 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1144 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1147 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1148 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1149 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1150 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1151 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1152 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1153 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1154 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1155 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1158 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1160 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1161 * Support for Panther.
1162 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1163 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1166 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1167 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1168 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1169 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1170 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1171 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1172 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1173 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1176 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1177 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1178 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1181 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1184 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1185 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1186 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1187 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1190 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1191 --------------------------------
1194 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1197 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1198 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1201 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1202 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1205 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1208 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1209 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1212 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1215 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1218 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1219 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1223 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1224 --------------------------------
1227 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1228 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1232 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1233 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1234 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1236 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1237 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1240 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1243 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1246 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1247 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1251 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1252 --------------------------------
1255 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1256 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1260 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1261 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1262 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1263 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1264 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1267 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1268 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1269 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1272 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1273 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1274 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1277 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1278 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1279 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1280 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1281 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1284 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1285 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1286 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1289 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1292 * Improved build system.
1293 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1294 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1295 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1296 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1299 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1300 --------------------------------
1303 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1306 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1307 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1308 * Video 4 Linux support
1309 * CD Digital Audio support
1310 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1313 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1314 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1315 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1316 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1319 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1320 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1321 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1322 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1323 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1324 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1325 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1328 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1329 * New HTTP remote control interface
1332 * 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.
1333 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1334 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1335 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1338 * New reset option for the preferences
1339 * You can set your language in the prefences
1340 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1341 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1342 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1343 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1346 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1347 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1348 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1351 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1352 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1353 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1354 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1355 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1356 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1357 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1358 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1359 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1360 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1363 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1364 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1365 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1366 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1367 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1368 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1369 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1372 * Interface localization
1373 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1374 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1375 * New full-featured Preferences window
1378 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1379 --------------------------------
1382 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1383 * support for skins at the interface level
1384 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1385 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1386 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1387 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1388 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1391 * fixed HTTP redirects
1392 * support for opening an entire directory
1393 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1394 * new video4linux access plug-in
1395 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1398 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1399 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1400 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1403 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1404 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1405 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1406 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1407 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1408 * new codec for raw I420 video
1409 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1412 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1413 (although it still misses some important features)
1414 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1417 * new HTTP output support
1418 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1419 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1422 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1425 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1428 * reorderable playlist
1429 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1430 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1431 * support for mono audio output devices
1432 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1433 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1434 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1435 * the messages window remembers more lines
1436 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1437 * http and ogg stream output options
1438 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1441 * new skinnable interface
1442 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1444 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1445 * support for FLAC audio format
1446 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1448 * network tab in the interface
1449 * "apply" handling in preferences
1452 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1453 ---------------------------------
1456 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1457 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1458 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1459 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1461 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1462 * DTS S/PDIF support
1465 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1466 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1467 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1468 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1471 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1472 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1475 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1478 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1481 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1483 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1484 * rc interface is now fully useable
1485 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1488 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1489 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1490 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1491 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1492 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1494 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1495 * support for mouse gestures
1496 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1499 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1500 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1503 * improved ID3 tag detection
1504 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1505 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1506 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1508 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1511 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1512 ---------------------------------
1515 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1516 English was set as the preferred language
1519 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1520 --------------------------------
1523 * new mouse gesture interface
1524 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1528 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1529 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1530 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1533 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1534 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1538 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1541 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1542 without the user consent
1545 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1547 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1548 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1549 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1552 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1553 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1554 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1555 * playlist enhancements
1556 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1557 * new step forward/step backward commands
1558 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1559 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1560 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1563 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1564 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1565 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1568 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1569 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1572 * native video output is working again
1573 * only commandline interface support
1574 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1577 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1578 --------------------------------
1581 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1582 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1583 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1584 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1585 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1586 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1587 and A/52 streams are supported)
1588 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1593 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1594 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1595 * VCD entry points support
1596 * VCD image file support
1599 * support for *.asf format
1600 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1601 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1602 * support for ogg encapsulation
1603 * support for raw DV format
1604 * support for *.wav format
1605 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1608 Stream discovery & playlists:
1609 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1610 * support for .m3u file format
1611 * support for .asx file format
1612 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1615 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1616 (only available with the .avi demux)
1617 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1618 * support for raw PCM data
1619 * support for Cinepak video codec
1620 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1621 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1622 * support for Xvid codec
1623 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1624 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1625 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1627 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1629 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1632 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1635 * new WxWindows interface
1636 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1637 device and the channels configuration
1638 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1639 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1640 format that VLC can play
1641 * new swedish translation
1642 * enhancements of the playlist window
1643 * new messages window to see debug info
1644 * fixed a few crashes
1647 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1648 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1649 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1650 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working