-$Id: NEWS,v 1.27 2003/03/04 22:08:33 gbazin Exp $
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.50 2003/06/15 22:32:06 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
+ * Fixed an ipv6 link-local multicasting bug affecting all platforms but GNU/Linux
+
+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
+ * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
+ * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
+ * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
+ * 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.
+ * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
+ * SAP (Session Announcement Protocol) support.
+
+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
+ * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
+
+UNIX ports:
+ * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
+ * New skinnable interface ported to X11.
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
+ * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
+ * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
+ * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
+ * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
+ * New icons by Davor Orel.
+ * 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
+ * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
+
+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)
+ * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
+ * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
+ * Fixed ipv6 multicast support (not tested).
+
+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:
---------------------------------
+---------------------------------
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.
+ * 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.
- * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2.
+ * 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.
+ * 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.
+ * 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. ( Delta, Griffin iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work).
- * new info panel.
+ * 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.
+ * 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.
+ * 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.
+ English was set as the preferred language
Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
projects / vlc / blobdiff