-$Id: NEWS,v 1.9 2003/02/01 21:39:21 ipkiss 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:
+--------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * new mouse gesture interface
+ * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
+ playing
+
+Input access:
+ * various minor fixes on the network inputs
+ * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
+ * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
+
+Input demux:
+ * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
+ * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
+ continuity counter
+
+Codecs:
+ * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
+
+DVD support:
+ * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
+ without the user consent
+
+UNIX ports:
+ * 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
+ * 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
+ * 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-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
+
Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
--------------------------------
* new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
S/PDIF and multi-channel support
* localization support via gettext on most architectures
- * new stream output architecture, allowing, using VLC to unicast,
+ * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
and A/52 streams are supported)
* build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
* ftp:// support
* stability fixes in the HTTP access
* auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
+ * VCD entry points support
+ * VCD image file support
Input demux:
* support for *.asf format
* support for ogg encapsulation
* support for raw DV format
* support for *.wav format
- * support for *.mp3 format
* new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
* raw AAC support
Stream discovery & playlists:
* support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
* support for .m3u file format
+ * support for .asx file format
+ * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
Codecs:
* support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
* support for ADPCM audio codec
* support for raw PCM data
* support for Cinepak video codec
- * support for DV video codec via libdv
+ * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
* support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
* support for Xvid codec
* support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
* new WxWindows interface
* all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
device and the channels configuration
+ * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
+ * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
+ format that VLC can play
+ * new swedish translation
+ * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
* OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
* new open panel with full features
* video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
* audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
- * new playlist and messages windows
+ * new playlist drawer and messages windows
Win32 port:
- * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output
+ * preferences dialog box redesigned
+ * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF
* support for VCDs
* new dialog box to select avi subtitles
* some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top)
* new menu entry to spawn another interface
- * rc interface is repaired
+ * rc interface is partly fixed and useable
BeOS port:
* new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
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