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-$Id: NEWS,v 1.22 2003/02/17 14:43:37 massiot Exp $
+$Id: NEWS,v 1.37 2003/04/08 08:35:59 massiot Exp $
+
+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+   input level before dropping out of date frames.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
+ * 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
+ * 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
+
+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
+
+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. (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
+
+Miscellaneous:
+ * 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
+
 
 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
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