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-Changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.0-git:
+Changes between 2.2.x and 3.0.0-git:
+--------------------------------
+
+Core:
+ * Support wayland surface type
+
+Access:
+ * Support HDS (Http Dynamic Streaming) from Adobe (f4m, f4v, etc.)
+ * New SMB access module using libdsm
+ * Screen capture plugin for Wayland display
+ * Support decompression and extraction through libarchive (tar, zip, rar...)
+ * Improvements of cookie handling (share cookies between playlist items,
+   domain / path matching, Secure cookies)
+
+Decoder:
+ * OMX GPU-zerocopy support for decoding and display on Android using OpenMax IL
+ * Support 4:4:4 chroma sampling with VDPAU hw acceleration
+ * Support for ARIB B24 subtitles
+ * Support for Daala video
+ * Important improvements for the MMAL decoder and output for rPI
+ * Support HEVC hardware decoding using OMX and MediaCodec
+ * Support VP9 and WMV3 decoding using OMX and performance improvements
+
+Demuxers:
+ * Support HD-DVD .evo (H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, PCM, AC-3, E-AC3, MLP, DTS)
+ * Support Opus in MPEG Transport Stream
+ * Support Daala in Ogg
+ * Support EIA-608 subtitles in MP4/mov
+ * Support WMV and WMAV in MP4/mov, aka Flip4Mac files
+ * Support bitmap audio channel reordering in MP4/mov
+
+Stream filter:
+ * Added ARIB STD-B25 TS streams decoder
+
+Video ouput:
+ * Wayland shell surface window provider
+ * Wayland shared memory video output
+ * Support rotation in Android NativeWindow output
+
+Video filter:
+ * Hardware deinterlacing on the rPI, using MMAL
+
+Stream Output:
+ * Chromecast output module
+
+Encoder:
+ * Support for Daala video in 4:2:0 and 4:4:4
+
+Muxers:
+ * Added fragmented/streamable MP4 muxer
+ * Opus in MPEG Transport Stream
+ * Daala in Ogg
+
+Service Discovery:
+ * New NetBios service discovery using libdsm
+
+Mac OS X Interface
+ * new AppleScript API giving access to audio desynchronization
+ * Port to Yosemite X.10
+
+Skins2:
+ * Support key accelerators
+
+
+Changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.0:

 --------------------------------
 
 Important changes:
 --------------------------------
 
 Important changes:

- * The licenses of more modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
+ * The licenses of more modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+,
+   notably the streaming output, muxers and access output ones

 
 Core:
 
 Core:

+ * Support automatic rotation using streams metadata, GPU-accelerated when possible

  * Partial fix of playback of short audio samples
  * Add extensions download from external repositories
  * Partial fix of playback of short audio samples
  * Add extensions download from external repositories

+ * Rework the metadata fetching algorithm and policies

 
 Access:
 
 Access:

- * Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access.
-   New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes.
+ * Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access
+   New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes

  * MMS audio selection on split audio streams
  * MMS audio selection on split audio streams

- * Blu-Ray: support overlays, preferred menu languages, region selection and navigation
- * Digital Cinema Package support
+ * Blu-Ray: support overlays, preferred menu languages, region selection
+   and BD-J navigation
+ * Digital Cinema Package support, including encrypted DCP with KDM
+ * Partial fixes for Arccos protected DVDs

 
 Decoder:
 
 Decoder:

+ * Support VDPAU acceleration for GPU-zerocopy decoding
+ * Support MediaCodec acceleration for GPU-zerocopy decoding
+ * Add Media Foundation Transform audio and video decoder
+ * Add video decoder module based on GStreamer plugins
+ * Add MMAL decoder for Broadcom VideoCore chips (like the RaspberryPi)
+   supporting MPEG-2 and H.264, supporting GPU-zerocopy display

  * Partial support for Voxware MetaSound
  * libvpx decoder for VP8 and VP9
  * Partial support for Voxware MetaSound
  * libvpx decoder for VP8 and VP9

- * Support MSN Audio, DK3, DK4, IMC, Vivo g723.1, Bink
+ * Support MSN Audio, Atrac3+, VP7, Bink, TAK, On2 AVC, DK3, DK4, IMC, Vivo g723.1,
+   Smacker, FIC, Auravision, Canopus Lossless, and numerous videogame codecs

  * Teletext subtitles display improvements
  * Mediacodec speed improvements on x86
  * Support setting the post processing level in Theora
  * Teletext subtitles display improvements
  * Mediacodec speed improvements on x86
  * Support setting the post processing level in Theora


@@ -26,6 +102,10 @@ Decoder:
  * Fix channel ordering of LPCM codec in m2ts files
  * New jpeg image decoder
  * Add tx3g subtitles decoder
  * Fix channel ordering of LPCM codec in m2ts files
  * New jpeg image decoder
  * Add tx3g subtitles decoder

+ * New SVG image decoder
+ * Fix Speex decoding over RTP and in flv
+ * Support more x264 and FFv1 RGB modes
+ * Improvements on ZVBI teletext decoder, notably for speed and alignments

 
 Encoder:
  * Support for MPEG-2 encoding using x262
 
 Encoder:
  * Support for MPEG-2 encoding using x262


@@ -35,26 +115,32 @@ Encoder:
  * New png image encoder using libpng
 
 Demuxer:
  * New png image encoder using libpng
 
 Demuxer:

- * New CAF format module
- * Important rework of the Ogg demuxer, notably for seeking
- * Important rework of the ASF/WMV demuxer, notably for seeking
- * Support microseconds in SubRip subtitles
- * FLAC packets validation using CRC
+ * Support for Core Audio Format (CAF) files
+ * Important rework of the Ogg demuxer, notably improving seeking,
+   streaming resilience, speex demuxing and chained Ogg
+ * Important rework of the ASF/WMV demuxer, notably for seeking,
+   synchronization and tracks exclusion
+ * AVI improvements for better seek-indexing in non-fastseekable situations
+ * AVI fixes for uncompressed, indexed and paletized bitmaps
+ * MP4 fixes for fragmented files, vobsub, duration, aspect-ratio
+   and support for rotation, covr atom and tracks exclusion

  * Support Opus in MKV
  * Support VP8 in OGG
  * Basic support for WebVTT
  * Support Opus in MKV
  * Support VP8 in OGG
  * Basic support for WebVTT

- * Handle support for ISO/IEC 14496-3 Audio stream type in TS
+ * Handle support for ISO/IEC 14496-3 (AAC) Audio stream type in TS

  * Support HDPR TS files
  * Support HDPR TS files

+ * Support microseconds in SubRip subtitles
+ * FLAC packets validation using CRC

  * Improvements in metadata support in Ogg/Opus/Vorbis files
  * Fix encoding issues in some XML playlist formats
  * Support THP Wii/Gamecube, RenderWare and Escape Replay game video files
  * New HEVC raw packetizer and demuxer
  * Improvements in metadata support in Ogg/Opus/Vorbis files
  * Fix encoding issues in some XML playlist formats
  * Support THP Wii/Gamecube, RenderWare and Escape Replay game video files
  * New HEVC raw packetizer and demuxer

-
-Muxers:
- * Important rework of the Ogg muxer, notably for skeleton
- * Fixes for the AVI muxer for specification respect
- * Support VP8 in OGG
- * Add HEVC muxing in MP4
+ * TS support for WiDi/Miracast LPCM
+ * Handle MOV/MP4 tx3g styled subtitles through codec
+ * Support SVG images files (on glib platforms)
+ * Keep selection of tracks on segment changes in MKV
+ * Support detection of SRT languages based on filename
+ * Support for seeking Standard MIDI Files

 
 Video Output:
  * Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration
 
 Video Output:
  * Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration


@@ -63,6 +149,7 @@ Video Output:
  * New Android native window provider module
  * Direct rendering for MediaCodec Android hardware acceleration
  * Support for loading HLSL shaders in Direct3D video output
  * New Android native window provider module
  * Direct rendering for MediaCodec Android hardware acceleration
  * Support for loading HLSL shaders in Direct3D video output

+ * Add mmal based video output

 
 Video Filter:
  * New Oldmovie effect filter
 
 Video Filter:
  * New Oldmovie effect filter


@@ -70,10 +157,21 @@ Video Filter:
  * New Freeze effect filter
  * Support I422 and J422 in transform
  * NEON optimizations for deinterleaving chroma, notably NV12->I420
  * New Freeze effect filter
  * Support I422 and J422 in transform
  * NEON optimizations for deinterleaving chroma, notably NV12->I420

+ * Fix audiobargraph activation and usage

 
 Audio Output:
  * Allow setting volume while not connected with PulseAudio
  * Audio device notifications for WASAPI
 
 Audio Output:
  * Allow setting volume while not connected with PulseAudio
  * Audio device notifications for WASAPI

+ * Fix replay of sound buffer in DirectSound
+ * Split of MMDevice and WinRT audio modules
+ * Numerous fixes on AUHAL, including device management and stream changes
+ * Fixes for SPDIF passthru in most modules
+
+Muxers:
+ * Important rework of the Ogg muxer, notably for skeleton
+ * Fixes for the AVI muxer to respect the specification
+ * Support VP8 in OGG
+ * Add HEVC muxing in MP4 and TS

 
 Streaming:
  * Important rework of the transcoding module to fix numerous bugs
 
 Streaming:
  * Important rework of the transcoding module to fix numerous bugs


@@ -86,8 +184,9 @@ Streaming:
  * transcode module access fps values as rationals now, eg 30000/1001
  * VLC now streams all elementary streams, you can revert to previous behaviour
     with --no-sout-all
  * transcode module access fps values as rationals now, eg 30000/1001
  * VLC now streams all elementary streams, you can revert to previous behaviour
     with --no-sout-all

- * --ts-out option has been removed, it has been superceded by --demux demuxdump 
+ * --ts-out option has been removed, it has been superceded by --demux demuxdump

     --demuxdump-access udp --demuxdump-file 127.0.0.1:1234
     --demuxdump-access udp --demuxdump-file 127.0.0.1:1234

+ * Support Metacube protocol when streaming over HTTP

 
 libVLC:
  * add equalizer API libvlc_audio_equalizer_* functions
 
 libVLC:
  * add equalizer API libvlc_audio_equalizer_* functions


@@ -100,18 +199,81 @@ Visualizations:
 Interfaces:
  * Add support for subtitles drag 'n drop in skins2
  * Add record button in Qt menus
 Interfaces:
  * Add support for subtitles drag 'n drop in skins2
  * Add record button in Qt menus

- * Fixes for advanced preferences on OS X

  * New module for core dialogs on iOS
  * New module for core dialogs on iOS

+ * New layout for Qt buttons customization
+ * Support to continue media playback where it was left off for Qt and MacOS
+
+Mac OS X Interface:
+ * Avoid grey bars in fullscreen when using Mavericks with multiple monitors
+ * Improve fullscreen behavior for the native and VLCs own mode
+ * Fixes for advanced preferences
+ * Option to increase playlist font size

 
 Misc:
  * New module for TLS on OS X and iOS
  * Windows installer will kill running instance before installing
 
 Misc:
  * New module for TLS on OS X and iOS
  * Windows installer will kill running instance before installing

+ * Teletext navigation buttons support in Qt4 gui

 
 Removed modules:
  * ios video output: use ios2
  * OpenMash H.261 video decoder
  * dirac encoder: use schroedinger
 
 
 Removed modules:
  * ios video output: use ios2
  * OpenMash H.261 video decoder
  * dirac encoder: use schroedinger
 

+Translations:
+ * Update of all translations
+
+
+Changes between 2.1.4 and 2.1.5:
+--------------------------------
+
+Core:
+ * Fix compilation on OS/2
+
+Access:
+ * Stability improvements for the QTSound capture module
+
+Mac OS X audio output:
+ * Fix channel ordering
+ * Increase the buffersize
+
+Decoders:
+ * Fix DxVA2 decoding of samples needing more surfaces
+ * Improve MAD resistance to broken mp3 streams
+ * Fix PGS alignment in MKV
+
+Qt Interface:
+ * Don't rename mp3 converted files to .raw
+
+Mac OS X Interface:
+ * Correctly support video-on-top
+ * Fix video output event propagation on Macs with retina displays
+ * Stability improvements when using future VLC releases side by side
+
+Streaming:
+ * Fix transcode when audio format changes
+
+Security contents:
+ * Updated GnuTLS to 3.1.25 (CVE-2014-3466)
+ * Updated libpng to 1.6.10 (CVE-2014-0333)
+
+Translations:
+ * Update British English
+
+
+Changes between 2.1.3 and 2.1.4:
+--------------------------------
+
+Demuxers:
+ * Fix issue in WMV with multiple compressed payload and empty payloads
+
+Video Output:
+ * Fix subtitles size rendering on Windows
+
+Mac OS X:
+ * Fix DVD playback regression
+ * Fix misleading error message during video playback on OS X 10.9
+ * Fix hardware acceleration memleaks
+

 
 Changes between 2.1.2 and 2.1.3:
 --------------------------------
 
 Changes between 2.1.2 and 2.1.3:
 --------------------------------


@@ -280,7 +442,7 @@ Mac OS X interface:
 
 Translations:
  * Update of Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French,
 
 Translations:
  * Update of Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French,

-   Galician, Gujarati, Hindi, hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
+   Galician, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean,

    Lithuanian, Marathi, Modern Greek, Norwegian Bokmål, Occitan, Persian,
    Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish,
    Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
    Lithuanian, Marathi, Modern Greek, Norwegian Bokmål, Occitan, Persian,
    Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish,
    Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek