1 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.2.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Multiple files are supported from RAR files
8 * You can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc
11 * The telnet interface has been removed in the favour of the lua one
14 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
17 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streamin (iphone-stuff),
18 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
19 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
20 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
21 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
22 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
25 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
26 --------------------------------
27 Important changes for users:
28 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
29 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
31 Important changes for packagers:
32 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
33 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
34 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
35 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
36 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
38 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
40 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
41 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
42 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
43 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
44 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
47 * Support for the sftp protocol
48 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
49 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
50 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
51 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
52 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
55 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
56 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
57 * Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP usage
59 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
60 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
61 * Invmem module improvements
62 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
63 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
64 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
65 * Support for Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec natively on all platforms
66 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
67 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
68 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
69 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
70 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
71 * Support for VP8 codec
74 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
75 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
76 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
77 * Various EGP improvements
78 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
79 * Many fixes on Matroska support and support for Webm format
80 * Metadata and cover art improvements
83 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
84 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
85 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
86 * Podcast images are now displayed
89 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
90 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
91 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
92 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
93 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
94 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
95 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
96 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
97 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
98 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
99 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
102 * New content extensions lua framework
105 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
106 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
107 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
108 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
109 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
110 * NEON assembly audio converter module
111 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
114 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
117 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
118 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
119 * Service discovery based on libudev
120 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
123 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
124 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
125 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
126 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
127 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
128 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
129 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
132 * New smem module, streaming to memory
133 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
134 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
137 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
139 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
140 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
143 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
144 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
145 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
146 by Andy Matuschak et al.
147 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
148 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
149 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
152 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
153 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
156 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
157 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
158 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
162 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
163 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
164 * Improved Solaris port
167 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
168 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
171 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
172 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
173 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
174 * transrate: broken since too long
175 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
176 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
177 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
178 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
179 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
180 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
181 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
182 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
183 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
184 * cddax: use cdda instead.
185 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
186 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
187 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
188 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
191 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
192 --------------------------------
195 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
197 Decoders/Packetizers:
198 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
201 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
202 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
203 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
204 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
205 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
208 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
209 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
212 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
213 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
216 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
217 and Walloon translations updated
218 * Sinhala translation started
221 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
222 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
225 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
226 --------------------------------
229 * SubRip extra styles improvements
230 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
233 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
236 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
237 increase performance and fix x264 issues
240 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
241 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
242 Russian, Slovak translation updates
243 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
246 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
247 --------------------------------
250 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
251 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
254 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
255 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
258 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
259 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
262 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
265 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
266 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
269 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
270 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
273 * New Walloon translation
274 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
277 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
278 --------------------------------
281 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
282 regressions in most popular drivers
283 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
286 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
287 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
288 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
291 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
292 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
295 * Update for appletrailers lua script
296 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
297 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
298 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
299 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
302 * New udev module for linux
305 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
308 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
311 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
312 --------------------------------
315 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
316 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
317 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
320 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
321 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
324 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
325 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
328 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
331 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
332 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
333 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
334 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
337 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
338 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
339 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
340 - no support for Goom and SDL
341 - limited text rendering support
342 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
345 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
346 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
347 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
348 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
349 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
350 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
351 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
352 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
353 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
357 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
360 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
363 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
364 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
365 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
366 Arabic and French translation updates
369 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
370 --------------------------------
373 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
374 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
375 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
376 * Fix Dailymotion access script
377 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
378 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
381 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
382 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
385 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
386 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
387 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
390 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
393 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
394 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
397 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
398 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
399 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
400 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
401 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
402 * Fix various crashes
405 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
407 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
410 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
411 ---------------------------------
415 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
416 See 'Access:' for more info.
417 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
420 * Instantaneous pausing
421 * Frame-by-Frame playback
422 * Finer speed control
423 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
424 * Timeshift for most medias
425 * RTSP trickplay support
426 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
429 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
430 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
431 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
432 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
433 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
434 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
435 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
436 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
437 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
438 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
441 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
442 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
443 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
444 * Metadata for mod files are supported
445 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
446 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
447 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
450 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
451 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
454 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
455 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
456 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
457 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
458 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
459 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
460 * DVB scanning on linux
461 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
462 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
463 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
464 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
465 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
466 * MTP device access on Unix
467 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
468 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
471 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
472 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
473 Windows and Mac OS X.
476 * Export the playlist in HTML
477 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
478 * Better metadata handling and reading
480 Linux/Windows interface:
481 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
482 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
483 * Recently played items list
484 * Interface toolbar customizations
485 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
488 - Improvements on many dialogs
489 - New dialog for plugins listing
490 - Fixed-size mode for videos
491 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
492 * Better integration in GTK environments
495 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
496 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
497 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
498 * Additional usability improvements
501 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
502 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
503 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
504 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
505 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
508 * New Maemo port with:
509 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
510 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
513 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
516 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
517 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
518 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
519 * Support for latest iSight models
522 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
523 * Surround support for PulseAudio
526 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
527 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
528 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
529 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
530 The old image video output has been removed.
531 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
532 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
535 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
543 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
544 --------------------------------------
550 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
551 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
552 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
553 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
554 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
555 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
556 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
558 Various fixes to the following modules:
561 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
562 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
565 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
570 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
571 ---------------------------------
574 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
575 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
578 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
579 ---------------------------------
582 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
585 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
588 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
589 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
590 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
591 main controller window.
592 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
595 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
600 * Updates of other localizations
603 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
604 * Lots of small bugfixes.
605 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
606 * Telnet fixes on Windows
607 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
610 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
611 ---------------------------------
614 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
616 Bunch of small bugfixes.
619 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
620 --------------------------------
625 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
626 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
629 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
630 --------------------------------
632 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
633 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
636 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
639 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
640 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
643 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
644 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
647 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
648 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
649 * Various fixed in playlist
652 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
655 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
658 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
659 ------------------------------------
661 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
662 * Fixes several memory leaks.
665 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
666 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
667 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
670 * Stability fix for the video output.
673 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
674 --------------------------------
677 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
678 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
679 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
680 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
681 * Fixed update system bugs
682 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
685 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
686 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
687 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
688 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
689 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
690 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
691 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
692 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
693 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
694 modern Mac OS X versions
697 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
698 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
700 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
701 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
704 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
705 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
706 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
707 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
708 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
709 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
712 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
713 --------------------------------
715 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
716 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
720 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
721 --------------------------------
723 * Multiple bug fixes.
726 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
727 ---------------------------------
731 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
732 recent to work correctly
733 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
734 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
735 edit the ".hosts" file.
736 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
737 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
738 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
739 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
740 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
741 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
742 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
743 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
744 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
745 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
746 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
747 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
748 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
749 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
750 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
751 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
752 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
753 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
754 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
755 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
756 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
757 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
758 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
759 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
760 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
761 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
762 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
763 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
764 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
765 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
766 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
767 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
768 and postproc modules.
769 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
770 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
771 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
772 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
774 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
776 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
777 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
779 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
780 * Glide video output module has been removed.
786 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
788 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
789 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
792 * Vastly improved playlist support:
793 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
795 * Shoutcast TV listings
796 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
798 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
799 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
801 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
804 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
805 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
806 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
807 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
808 * JACK audio input support
809 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
810 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
811 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
812 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
813 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
814 * Experimental EyeTV access module
815 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
816 (available as a separate download).
817 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
819 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
820 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
821 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
823 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
824 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
827 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
828 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
829 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
830 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
832 * APEv1/2 tags support
833 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
834 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
836 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
837 * TiVo Series 2 support
838 * CD+G karaoke Files support
843 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
844 * Flash Screen Video support
845 * CamStudio Screen Video support
846 * DosBox Capture support
847 * Karl Morton's Video support
848 * limited atrac3 support
850 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
851 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
852 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
854 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
855 * NellyMoser ASAO support
856 * APE (Monkey audio) support
857 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
858 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
861 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
862 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
863 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
864 * AQTitle subtitles support
865 * MKV USF subtitles support
866 * HTML-based subtitles support
867 * MPSub subtitles support
868 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
869 * MPL2 subtitles support
870 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
871 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
872 * Realtext subtitle support
873 * DKS subtitle support
874 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
875 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
878 * Flash Screen Video support
879 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
881 Video outputs and filters:
882 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
883 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
884 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
885 * New puzzle video output filter
886 * Re-written motion detection video filter
887 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
889 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
890 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
891 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
892 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
893 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
894 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
895 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
896 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
897 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
898 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
899 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
900 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
901 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
902 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
904 Audio outputs and filters:
905 * Replay gain support
906 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
907 new scaletempo audio filter)
908 * New spatializer audio filter
909 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
912 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
913 * New RTP payload formats:
914 * Speex voice audio codec
915 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
916 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
917 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
918 * DCCP transport for RTP
919 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
924 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
925 end-user suitable way.
926 * Improved user interaction
927 * Improved mouse gestures
928 * Vastly improved Update checker
929 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
931 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
932 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
934 * Improved video output features
935 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
936 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
937 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
938 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
939 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
941 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
942 if libncursesw is available.
943 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
944 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
945 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
947 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
948 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
949 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
950 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
951 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
952 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
953 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
954 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
957 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
958 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
959 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
962 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
963 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
964 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
965 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
966 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
967 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
970 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
971 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
981 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
982 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
983 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
986 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
987 ----------------------------------
990 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
993 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
994 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
995 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
996 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
997 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
998 * Updated Polish translation
1001 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1002 ----------------------------------
1005 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1006 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1007 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1010 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1011 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1012 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1013 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1014 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1015 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1016 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1017 to an unexpected application termination
1018 * New Serbian translation
1019 * Updated Romanian translation
1022 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1023 ----------------------------------
1026 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1027 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1028 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1029 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1030 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1031 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1032 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1033 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1036 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1037 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1038 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1039 * Fixed AAC resampling
1040 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1041 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1044 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1045 ----------------------------------
1048 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1049 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1050 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1051 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1052 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1055 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1056 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1057 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1058 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1059 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1062 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1063 ----------------------------------
1066 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1067 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1070 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1071 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1072 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1073 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1075 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1079 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1082 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1085 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1088 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1091 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1092 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1093 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1094 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1095 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1097 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1098 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1099 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1100 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1103 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1106 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1107 ----------------------------------
1110 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1111 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1112 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1114 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1115 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1117 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1118 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1121 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1123 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1124 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1125 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1126 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1127 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1128 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1129 two different movies
1130 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1131 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1132 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1135 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1138 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1139 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1140 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1141 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1144 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1145 ----------------------------------
1147 Various bugfixes, notably:
1148 * Windows Vista compatibility
1149 * Cropping in Direct3D
1150 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1151 * RSS filter string overflow
1153 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1155 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1156 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1159 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1160 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1163 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1166 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1169 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1172 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1173 ----------------------------------
1175 Various bugfixes, notably:
1176 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1177 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1178 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1179 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1180 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1181 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1184 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1185 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1188 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1190 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1191 * Diverse usability improvements
1192 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1193 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1194 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1197 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1198 ---------------------------------
1200 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1201 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1204 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1207 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1208 --------------------------------
1211 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1214 * Support for RTSP authentication
1215 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1216 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1217 * ATSC support for DVB input
1218 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1219 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1220 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1223 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1224 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1225 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1226 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1227 * Matroska WavPack support
1228 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1229 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1230 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1233 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1234 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1235 * Improved libcaca support
1239 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1240 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1242 * Systray support in skins
1244 * Support for Apple Remote control
1245 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1246 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1247 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1248 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1250 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1253 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1254 Windows 9x/ME users:
1255 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1256 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1257 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1258 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1259 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1261 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1262 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1271 * Updates to the libvlc API
1272 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1275 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1276 --------------------------------
1279 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1280 * Support for downloading updates
1284 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1285 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1286 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1287 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1289 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1290 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1291 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1294 * Cook (Real audio) support
1296 Playlist / Services discovery:
1297 * XSPF playlist support
1299 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1302 * New JACK audio output
1305 * New video filters:
1306 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1307 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1308 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1309 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1310 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1311 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1314 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1317 * System to inform the user and request information
1318 - HTTP authentication
1322 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1323 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1324 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1327 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1328 - Improved playlist handling
1329 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1331 - Embedded Video output
1332 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1333 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1334 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1335 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1336 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1338 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1339 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1342 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1345 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1346 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1347 * Growl "Now playing" support
1350 * Ability to log to syslog
1351 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1354 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1356 * A bit more automatic testing
1359 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1360 ---------------------------------
1363 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1364 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1367 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1368 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1371 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1374 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1375 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1381 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1384 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1385 --------------------------------
1388 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1392 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1393 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1394 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1397 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1398 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1399 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1400 * GnomeVFS input module
1401 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1402 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1405 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1406 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1407 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1410 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1411 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1417 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1418 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1421 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1422 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1423 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1426 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1428 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1429 - New extended controls panel
1430 - New bookmarks window
1431 - Fixed playlist sorting
1432 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1434 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1435 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1436 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1437 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1441 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1442 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1444 - Include macro to include other files
1448 * Should now work outside IE as well
1451 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1454 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1455 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1458 The following languages were added:
1462 * Simplified Chinese
1463 The following languages were re-added:
1467 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1468 --------------------------------
1471 * Rewrite of the playlist
1473 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1474 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1475 * Preferences improvements:
1476 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1477 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1479 * Core image manipulation support
1480 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1481 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1482 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1483 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1484 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1485 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1486 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1487 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1488 * Access filter architecture
1489 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1490 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1494 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1495 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1496 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1497 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1498 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1499 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1500 * Massive Matroska improvements
1501 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1503 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1504 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1505 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1506 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1507 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1509 Decoders / Encoders:
1510 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1511 * PNG decoder/encoder
1512 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1513 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1516 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1519 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1520 * Brand new SAP module
1521 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1522 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1523 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1524 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1525 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1526 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1530 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1533 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1534 * Image file video output (png)
1535 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1536 * Improvements to wall video filter
1537 * Support for font color and opacity
1543 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1544 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1545 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1549 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1550 - Improved preferences
1551 - Improvements to the wizard
1552 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1554 - Redesigned playlist
1555 - Improved preferences
1557 - Support for multiple actions
1560 - Support for the new playlist system
1562 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1565 * Screensaver disabling fix
1566 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1567 * Support for no-decoration windows
1570 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1571 * The OpenGL video output is back
1572 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1573 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1574 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1575 is not yet available in the new module
1576 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1579 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1588 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1591 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1594 The following languages were added:
1600 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1601 --------------------------------
1604 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1605 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1608 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1609 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1610 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1613 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1616 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1619 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1622 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1623 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1624 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1628 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1630 * Support of playlist group announcement
1633 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1634 --------------------------------
1637 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1638 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1639 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1640 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1641 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1642 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1645 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1646 (Stream your desktop)
1647 * Improved DVD support:
1648 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1649 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1650 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1651 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1652 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1653 (selection of titles/chapters).
1656 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1657 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1658 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1659 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1660 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1661 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1662 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1663 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1664 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1665 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1668 * G.726 audio support
1669 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1670 * MPEG-4 text support
1671 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1672 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1673 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1677 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1678 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1679 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1680 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1681 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1682 * DVB subtitles encoder
1683 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1684 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1686 * Text track muxing for mp4
1687 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1688 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1689 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1690 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1691 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1692 * Improved ASF muxer
1694 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1695 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1696 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1699 * New audio equalizer filter
1700 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1701 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1702 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1703 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1706 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1707 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1708 with support for effects.
1709 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1710 - New filters can be streamed.
1711 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1712 - Centralized scaling and blending
1714 - "time", to display current time
1715 - "marq", to display a marquee
1718 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1719 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1720 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1721 * A few skins2 improvements
1722 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1723 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1724 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1725 * Improved CORBA control module
1728 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1729 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1730 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1733 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1734 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1735 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1738 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1739 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1740 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1741 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1742 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1745 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1748 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1749 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1752 * Server/client network synchronization module
1753 * VBrick streams fully supported
1754 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1758 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1759 --------------------------------
1762 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1763 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1764 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1765 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1768 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1769 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1770 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1771 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1772 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1773 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1774 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1777 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1778 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1779 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1780 * Improved directory access module.
1781 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1782 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1783 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1784 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1785 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1788 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1789 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1790 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1793 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1794 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1795 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1798 * Improved session announcement system.
1799 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1800 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1801 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1802 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1803 * Improved transrater.
1804 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1805 * New configuration system.
1806 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1809 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1810 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1811 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1812 * Supports scheduling.
1813 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1814 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1817 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1818 - Ability to embed video output.
1819 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1820 - Lots of improvements.
1821 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1822 - New design and set of icons.
1823 - Ability to embed video output.
1824 - Support for hotkeys.
1825 - Support for bookmarks.
1827 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1828 - Better hotkeys handling.
1831 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1832 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1833 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1834 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1837 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1838 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1839 * Improved Windows installer.
1845 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1846 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1849 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1850 ---------------------------------
1853 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1854 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1857 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1858 --------------------------------
1861 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1862 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1865 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1866 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1867 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1868 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1871 * Internal improvments
1872 * Improved import/export
1875 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1877 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1878 small and strange formats.
1880 * New MOD audio demux.
1881 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1882 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1883 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1884 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1887 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1888 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1889 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1895 * New opengl video output plugin.
1898 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1899 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1902 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1903 --------------------------------
1906 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1907 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1908 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1909 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1910 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1911 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1912 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1913 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1916 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1921 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1922 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1923 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1924 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1925 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1926 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1927 * Better Icecast support.
1928 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1929 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1932 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1933 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1934 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1935 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1936 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1937 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1938 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1941 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1942 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1943 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1944 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1945 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1946 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1947 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1948 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1949 * Preliminary RTP support.
1950 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1955 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1956 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1958 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1959 - Improvements and help in preferences
1960 - New streaming wizard
1961 - Revised Disc Open menu
1963 - Improvements of the standard pages
1964 - Support for new commands
1965 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1968 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1969 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1972 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1973 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1974 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1975 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1976 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1977 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1978 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1979 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1980 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1983 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1985 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1986 * Support for Panther.
1987 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1988 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1991 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1992 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1993 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1994 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1995 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1996 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1997 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1998 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2001 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2002 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2003 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2006 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2009 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2010 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2011 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2012 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2015 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2016 --------------------------------
2019 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2022 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2023 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2026 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2027 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2030 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2033 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2034 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2037 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2040 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2043 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2044 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2048 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2049 --------------------------------
2052 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2053 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2057 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2058 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2059 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2061 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2062 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2065 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2068 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2071 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2072 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2076 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2077 --------------------------------
2080 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2081 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2085 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2086 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2087 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2088 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2089 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2092 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2093 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2094 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2097 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2098 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2099 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2102 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2103 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2104 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2105 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2106 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2109 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2110 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2111 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2114 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2117 * Improved build system.
2118 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2119 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2120 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2121 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2124 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2125 --------------------------------
2128 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2131 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2132 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2133 * Video 4 Linux support
2134 * CD Digital Audio support
2135 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2138 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2139 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2140 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2141 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2144 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2145 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2146 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2147 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2148 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2149 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2150 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2153 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2154 * New HTTP remote control interface
2157 * 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.
2158 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2159 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2160 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2163 * New reset option for the preferences
2164 * You can set your language in the prefences
2165 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2166 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2167 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2168 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2171 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2172 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2173 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2176 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2177 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2178 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2179 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2180 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2181 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2182 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2183 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2184 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2185 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2188 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2189 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2190 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2191 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2192 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2193 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2194 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2197 * Interface localization
2198 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2199 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2200 * New full-featured Preferences window
2203 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2204 --------------------------------
2207 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2208 * support for skins at the interface level
2209 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2210 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2211 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2212 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2213 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2216 * fixed HTTP redirects
2217 * support for opening an entire directory
2218 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2219 * new video4linux access plug-in
2220 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2223 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2224 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2225 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2228 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2229 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2230 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2231 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2232 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2233 * new codec for raw I420 video
2234 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2237 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2238 (although it still misses some important features)
2239 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2242 * new HTTP output support
2243 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2244 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2247 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2250 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2253 * reorderable playlist
2254 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2255 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2256 * support for mono audio output devices
2257 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2258 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2259 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2260 * the messages window remembers more lines
2261 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2262 * http and ogg stream output options
2263 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2266 * new skinnable interface
2267 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2269 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2270 * support for FLAC audio format
2271 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2273 * network tab in the interface
2274 * "apply" handling in preferences
2277 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2278 ---------------------------------
2281 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2282 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2283 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2284 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2286 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2287 * DTS S/PDIF support
2290 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2291 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2292 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2293 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2296 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2297 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2300 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2303 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2306 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2308 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2309 * rc interface is now fully useable
2310 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2313 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2314 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2315 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2316 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2317 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2319 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2320 * support for mouse gestures
2321 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2324 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2325 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2328 * improved ID3 tag detection
2329 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2330 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2331 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2333 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2336 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2337 ---------------------------------
2340 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2341 English was set as the preferred language
2344 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2345 --------------------------------
2348 * new mouse gesture interface
2349 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2353 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2354 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2355 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2358 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2359 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2363 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2366 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2367 without the user consent
2370 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2372 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2373 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2374 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2377 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2378 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2379 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2380 * playlist enhancements
2381 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2382 * new step forward/step backward commands
2383 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2384 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2385 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2388 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2389 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2390 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2393 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2394 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2397 * native video output is working again
2398 * only commandline interface support
2399 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2402 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2403 --------------------------------
2406 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2407 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2408 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2409 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2410 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2411 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2412 and A/52 streams are supported)
2413 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2418 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2419 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2420 * VCD entry points support
2421 * VCD image file support
2424 * support for *.asf format
2425 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2426 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2427 * support for ogg encapsulation
2428 * support for raw DV format
2429 * support for *.wav format
2430 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2433 Stream discovery & playlists:
2434 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2435 * support for .m3u file format
2436 * support for .asx file format
2437 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2440 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2441 (only available with the .avi demux)
2442 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2443 * support for raw PCM data
2444 * support for Cinepak video codec
2445 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2446 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2447 * support for Xvid codec
2448 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2449 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2450 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2452 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2454 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2457 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2460 * new WxWindows interface
2461 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2462 device and the channels configuration
2463 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2464 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2465 format that VLC can play
2466 * new swedish translation
2467 * enhancements of the playlist window
2468 * new messages window to see debug info
2469 * fixed a few crashes
2472 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2473 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2474 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2475 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working