Fix running vlc from path in windows (see http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php...

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+Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5-svn (not yet released):
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
+
+Input:
+ * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
+ * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
+ * Improvements to the Audio CD input
+ * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
+ * Improved subtitles encoding support
+
+Decoders:
+ * Cook (Real audio) support
+
+Playlist / Services discovery :
+ * Podcast support
+
+Audio output:
+ * New JACK audio output
+
+Video output:
+ * New video filters: magnify, gradient, edge detection and bluescreen
+ * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
+ * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
+
+Interfaces:
+ * System to inform the user and request information 
+    - HTTP authentication
+    - Fatal errors
+    - ...
+ * wxWidgets
+    - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
+ * Skins2 
+    - Support for Winamp 2 skins
+    - Improved playlist handling
+    - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
+ * OS X
+    - new Update-Checker
+    - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
+    - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
+ * HTTP
+    - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM
+    - A bunch of new RPN functions
+
+Windows Port:
+ * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
+
+OS X Port:
+ * 
+
+*Nix port:
+ * Ability to log to syslog
+ * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
+
+Developers:
+ * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
+ * Java bindings
+
 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
 ---------------------------------
 
 Audio output:
  * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
+ * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
 
 Decoder:
- * Add support for new BMP and Cook audio decoders in ffmpeg
+ * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
+ * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
 
 Demux:
  * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
@@ -17,6 +79,10 @@ Services Discovery:
  * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
  * UPnP fixes
  * Avahi 0.6 support
+ 
+Interfaces:
+ * Mac OS X
+    - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard 
 
 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
 --------------------------------
@@ -60,7 +126,7 @@ Stream output:
  * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
  
 Interfaces:
-- new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
+- new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
  * Mac OS X
     - New streaming and transcoding wizard
     - New extended controls panel