-$Id: NEWS,v 1.32 2003/03/10 00:04:14 massiot Exp $
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.42 2003/05/18 18:56:57 hartman Exp $
+
+Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core Support:
+ * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
+
+Input access:
+ * fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
+ * fixed large file support on Windows
+ * Video 4 Linux support
+ * CD Digital Audio support
+
+Input demux:
+ * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
+ * Support for OpenDML avi files
+ * More complete .mp4/.mov support
+
+Codecs:
+ * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
+ * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
+ NOTE: QDM2 sound, often used in QT content, is not yet supported
+ * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
+ * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
+
+Interfaces:
+ * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
+ * New HTTP remote control interface
+
+Stream output:
+ * 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.
+ * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * New reset option for the preferences
+ * You can set your language in the prefences
+ * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
+ * Added a Gentoo ebuild file to the distribution
+
+UNIX ports:
+ *
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
+ * New about panel
+ * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
+ * Transparency option for video out.
+ * Float on top option for video out.
+ * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities
+ * New icons
+ * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
+ * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
+ * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
+
+Win32 port:
+ * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
+ * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
+ * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
+ * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
+ * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
+
+BeOS port:
+ * Interface localization
+ * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
+ * A few new keyboard shortcuts
+ * New full-featured Preferences window
+
+Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core Support:
+ * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
+ * support for skins at the interface level
+ * new OSD module using Freetype2
+ * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
+ * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
+ input level before dropping out of date frames.
+ * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
+
+Input access:
+ * fixed HTTP redirects
+ * support for opening an entire directory
+ * EOF should be detected more reliably
+ * new video4linux access plug-in
+ * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
+
+Input demux:
+ * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
+ * fix for some ogg web radio streams
+ * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
+
+Codecs:
+ * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
+ * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
+ * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
+ * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
+ * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
+ * new codec for raw I420 video
+ * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
+
+Interfaces:
+ * improvements to wxWindows based interface
+ (although it still misses some important features)
+ * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
+
+Stream output:
+ * new HTTP output support
+ * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
+ * fixed AV synchronization issues
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * support for oldstyle id3 genres
+
+UNIX ports:
+ * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * reorderable playlist
+ * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
+ * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
+ * support for mono audio output devices
+ * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
+ * fixed several cosmetic issues
+ * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
+ * the messages window remembers more lines
+ * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
+ * http and ogg stream output options
+ * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
+
+Win32 port:
+ * new skinnable interface
+ * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
+
+iPAQ familiar Linux port:
+ * support for FLAC audio format
+ * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
+ * playlist
+ * network tab in the interface
+ * "apply" handling in preferences
+
Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
---------------------------------
gestures
* some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
+
Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
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