* ALL: bumped version to 0.6.0-test2

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-$Id: NEWS,v 1.36 2003/04/06 23:00:24 hartman Exp $
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.46 2003/05/27 21:48:44 gbazin 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
+ * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
+ * 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.
+ * 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
+
+UNIX ports:
+ * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
+
+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 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
+
+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.
+
+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:
 ---------------------------------
@@ -10,6 +77,7 @@ Core Support:
  * 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
@@ -30,7 +98,7 @@ Codecs:
  * 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
+ * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
 
 Interfaces:
  * improvements to wxWindows based interface