-$Id: NEWS,v 1.19 2003/02/16 01:38:36 titer Exp $
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.33 2003/03/19 15:44:44 hartman Exp $
+
+Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core Support:
+
+Codecs:
+ * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
+ * support for '3ivd' files.
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * reorderable playlist
+ * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
+ * fixed a big issue with USB speakers
+ * fixed several cosmetic issues
+ * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
+ * the messages window remembers more lines
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * support for oldstyle id3 genres
+ * improved subtitle files support (SAMI, ssa4, vplayer)
+
+Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * advanced config options are now hidden by default
+ * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
+ * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
+ * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
+ Mac OS X
+ * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
+ * DTS S/PDIF support
+
+Codecs:
+ * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
+ * support for FLAC audio through libflac
+ * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
+ * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
+
+Stream output:
+ * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
+ * new --ttl option for Time To Live
+
+DVD support:
+ * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
+
+UNIX ports:
+ * fixed the GNU-pth support
+
+Win32 port:
+ * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
+ plugins
+ * localization support via gettext is now fully working
+ * rc interface is now fully useable
+ * fixed the MSVC project files generation
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
+ M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
+ bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
+ iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
+ * VLC now uses the default audio device
+ * new info panel
+ * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
+ * support for mouse gestures
+ * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
+
+Linupy port:
+ * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
+ YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * improved ID3 tag detection
+ * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
+ not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
+ * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
+ gestures
+ * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
+
+Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
+---------------------------------
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
+ English was set as the preferred language
+
Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
--------------------------------
* VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
Input demux:
- * fixed a bad initialization in mp4 plug-in
- * new TS --buggy-psi option for streams which don't update the
+ * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
+ * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
continuity counter
Codecs:
without the user consent
UNIX ports:
- * GTK: fixed a crash when doing fullscreen or volume up from the popup menu
+ * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
+ popup menu
* X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
* KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
* ALSA: fixed mono files output
Mac OS X port:
* fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
- * lower real-time priorities to avoid lock-up on slow machines
- * VLC can now be made handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
+ * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
+ * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
* playlist enhancements
* added half, normal and double video window menu items
* new step forward/step backward commands
* the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
- * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/theora support
+ * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
* vlc.app is now VLC.app
Win32 port:
* fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
+ * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
+ * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
BeOS port:
- * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-up
+ * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
* few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
Opie port:
- * Native video output is working again.
- * Only commandline interface support.
- * Support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package.
+ * native video output is working again
+ * only commandline interface support
+ * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
+
Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
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