* src/input/es_out.c: fixed ES_OUT_SET_FMT control.

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 $Id$
 

+Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.7.3:
+This version is in development and not yet released.
+--------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added funtionality
+ * Complete switch to the new access2 and demux2 systems
+ * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
+ * Fix crash with deinterlace switching
+ * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
+ * Daemon mode
+ * Technical improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
+
+Input:
+ * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X (Stream your desktop)
+ * Improved DVD support:
+    - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
+    - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
+ * Experimental --input-slave option to start playing with multi-input
+ * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
+
+Demux:
+ * Support iTunes Music Store previews
+ * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
+ * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
+ * Windows Media Server RTSP support
+ * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
+ * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
+ * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skin2 is the current interface)
+
+Codecs:
+ * G.726 audio support
+ * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
+ * MPEG-4 text support
+ * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
+ * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
+
+Stream Output:
+ * Text track muxing for mp4
+ * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
+ * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
+ * H.263 RTP streaming support
+ * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
+ * Experimental WAV muxer
+ * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
+ * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
+ * Improved ASF muxer
+ * DVB subtitles encoder
+ * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
+ * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
+
+Audio Output:
+ * New audio equalizer filter
+ * Very trivial volume normalizer
+
+Interfaces:
+ * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
+ * OSD icons for Play and Pause
+ * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces
+ * A few skins2 improvements
+ * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
+ * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
+ * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
+ * Improved CORBA control module
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
+ * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
+ * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
+
+Linux port:
+ * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
+ * Experimental SVG rendering module
+
+Windows port:
+ * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
+ * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
+ * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
+ * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
+ * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
+
+Mozilla plugin:
+ * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
+ * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
+
+Misc:
+ * Roku HD1000 Video output
+ * Server/client network synchronization module
+ * VBrick streams fully supported
+ * Kasenna MediaBase streams largely supported
+ * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
+ * Experimental OpenGL video output for X11 and win32
+

 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
 --------------------------------
 
 Core support:
  * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
  * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
 --------------------------------
 
 Core support:
  * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
  * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.

- * Improved HTTP daemon
+ * Improved HTTP daemon.
+ * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.

 
 Codecs:
  * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
    (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
  * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
 
 Codecs:
  * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
    (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
  * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.

- * Packetizer interfaced between demux and codec when needed
+ * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
+ * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed

    (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
    (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).

+ * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).

 
 Input:
  * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a 
 
 Input:
  * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a 


@@ -23,11 +119,18 @@ Input:
  * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
  * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
  * New options to pass meta info to the input.
  * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
  * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
  * New options to pass meta info to the input.

+ * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
+   (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)

 
 Demux:
 
 Demux:

- * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support
- * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
+ * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.

  * mmsh streaming fixes.
  * mmsh streaming fixes.

+ * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
+
+Subtitles:
+ * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
+ * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
+ * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.

 
 Stream output:
  * Improved session announcement system.
 
 Stream output:
  * Improved session announcement system.


@@ -35,7 +138,9 @@ Stream output:
  * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
  * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
  * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
  * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
  * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
  * Improved MPEG TS muxer.

+ * Improved transrater.

  * Meta info options used by the muxers.
  * Meta info options used by the muxers.

+ * New configuration system.

  * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
 
 VideoLAN manager:
  * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
 
 VideoLAN manager:


@@ -47,24 +152,35 @@ VideoLAN manager:
  * HTTP interface for vlm.
 
 Interfaces:
  * HTTP interface for vlm.
 
 Interfaces:

- * Skins II
+ * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)

     - Ability to embed video output.
     - Support for bitmap fonts.
     - Lots of improvements.
     - Ability to embed video output.
     - Support for bitmap fonts.
     - Lots of improvements.

- * wxWindows
+ * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)

     - New design and set of icons.
     - Ability to embed video output.
     - New design and set of icons.
     - Ability to embed video output.

+    - Support for hotkeys.
+    - Support for bookmarks.
+ * Mac OS X
+    - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
+    - Better hotkeys handling.

 
 Mac OS X port:
 
 Mac OS X port:

- * Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.

  * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
  * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.

+ * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
+ * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
+ * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).

 
 Win32 port:
  * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
  * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
 
 Win32 port:
  * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
  * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.

+ * Improved Windows installer.
+
+Linux port:
+ * PowerPC fixes.

 
 Misc:
 
 Misc:

- * Improvements to the GOOM visualisation plugin.
+ * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.

  * Roku HD1000 audio output.
 
 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
  * Roku HD1000 audio output.
 
 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a: