-$Id: NEWS,v 1.50 2003/06/15 22:32:06 hartman Exp $
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.82 2004/02/08 21:36:39 gbazin Exp $
+Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
+ * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP
+
+Codecs:
+ * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
+ (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
+ * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
+ * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
+
+Playlist:
+ * Internal improvments
+ * Improved import/export
+
+Input:
+ * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
+ container formars.
+ * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
+ small and strange formats.
+ * Support for DTS wav files
+ * Support for DTS audio CD
+ * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
+
+Stream output:
+ * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...)
+ * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer
+
+Service discovery:
+ * Fixed sdp in SAP
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * New opengl video output plugin.
+
+Win32 port:
+ * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
+
+Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
+ Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
+ * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
+ * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
+ This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
+ * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
+ * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
+ subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
+
+Playlist:
+ * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
+ * Playlist sorting
+
+Input:
+ * RTP/RTSP support.
+ * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
+ * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
+ * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
+ * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
+ * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
+ * Reworked DVB tuning.
+ * Better Icecast support.
+ * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
+ * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
+
+Codecs:
+ * Support for Theora video encoding.
+ * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
+ * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
+ * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
+ * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
+ * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
+ * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
+
+Stream output:
+ * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
+ * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
+ * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
+ * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
+ * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
+ * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
+ * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
+ * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
+ * Preliminary RTP support.
+ * Fixes to SAP announces.
+
+Interface:
+ * Skins:
+ - Bugfixes
+ - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
+ * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
+ * wxWindows
+ - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
+ - Improvements and help in preferences
+ - New streaming wizard
+ - Revised Disc Open menu
+ * HTTP
+ - Improvements of the standard pages
+ - Support for new commands
+ * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
+
+Service discovery:
+ * Many fixes to the SAP module
+ * SAP now supports HTTP streams
+
+Subtitles:
+ * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
+ * Text subtitles autodetection.
+ * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
+ * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
+ * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
+ * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
+ * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
+ * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
+ * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
+
+Mac OS X port:
+ * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
+ * Save playlist.
+ * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
+ * Support for Panther.
+ * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
+ * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
+
+Win32 port:
+ * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
+ * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
+ * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
+ * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
+ * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
+ * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
+ * Multimonitor support (untested).
+ * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
+
+Linux port:
+ * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
+ * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
+ * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
+
+iPaq port:
+ * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
+ * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
+ * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
+ * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
+
+Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
+
+Stream output:
+ * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
+ * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
+
+Access input:
+ * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
+ * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
+
+Interfaces:
+ * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
+
+UNIX ports:
+ * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
+ * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
+
+Win32 port:
+ * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
+
+iPaq port:
+ * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
+ * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
+ mpeg1/2 videos.
+
+Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
+ * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
+ after a pause.
+
+Stream output:
+ * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
+ * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
+ * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
+UNIX ports:
+ * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
+ * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
+
+Win32 port:
+ * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
+
+iPaq port:
+ * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
+ * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
+ mpeg1/2 videos.
+
+Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
+---------------------------------
+
+Core support:
+ * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
+ * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
+ after a pause.
+
+Stream output:
+ * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
+ * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
+ * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
+ * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
+ * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
+
+Win32 port:
+ * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
+ * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
+ * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
+
+UNIX ports:
+ * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
+ * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
+ use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
+
+iPaq port:
+ * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
+ * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
+ * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
+ * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
+ * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
+
+Interfaces:
+ * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
+ * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
+ * A new CORBA control plugin.
+
+Input demux:
+ * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * Improved build system.
+ * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
+ * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
+ * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
+ Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
+
Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
---------------------------------
* 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
+ * 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
+ * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
Input demux:
* Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
* Support for OpenDML avi files
* More complete .mp4/.mov support
+ * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
Codecs:
* VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
* 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
+ * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
Interfaces:
* The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
* 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.
+ * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
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 Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
* Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
+ * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
UNIX ports:
* Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
- * New skinnable interface ported to X11.
+ * New skinable interface ported to X11.
+ * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
Mac OS X port:
* When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
* 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
* Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
format that VLC can play
* new swedish translation
- * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations
-
-GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports:
- * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output
- * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards
-
-Mac OS X port:
- * localization support via GNU gettext software
- * completely revamped Cocoa interface
- * new preferences panel
- * new open panel with full features
- * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu
- * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu
- * new playlist drawer and messages windows
-
-Win32 port:
- * preferences dialog box redesigned
- * 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 partly fixed and useable
-
-BeOS port:
- * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness,
- contrast, etc
* enhancements of the playlist window
* new messages window to see debug info
* fixed a few crashes
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