-$Id: NEWS,v 1.14 2003/02/02 01:23:36 jobi Exp $
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.23 2003/02/17 18:58:46 hartman Exp $
+
+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:
--------------------------------
* 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
Win32 port:
* preferences dialog box redesigned
- * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output
+ * 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,