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1 $Id$
3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet)
4 -------------------------------------------------------
6 Important notes:
7 ----------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
18 later point
20 Changes:
21 --------
23 Playlist:
24 * Vastly improved playlist support:
25 * Media library support
26 * "Live search"
27 * Shoutcast TV listings
28 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
30 Video output:
31 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splitted into Wave, Ripple, Gradient
32 and Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
33 * New puzzle video output filter
34 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
35 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a video)
37 Interfaces:
38 * Windows/Linux
39 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
40 * All
41 * Improved user interaction
44 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
45 --------------------------------
47 Playlist:
48 * Shoutcast TV listings support
50 Input:
51 * Support for RTSP authentication
52 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
53 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
54 * ATSC support for DVB input
55 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
56 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
57 * Improved support for Flash Video files
59 Decoders:
60 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
61 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
62 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
63 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
64 * Matroska WavPack support
65 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
66 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
67 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
69 Video output:
70 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
71 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
72 * Improved libcaca support
74 Interfaces:
75 * All
76 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
77 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
78 * Windows
79 * Systray support in skins
80 * OS X
81 * Support for Apple Remote control
82 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
83 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
84 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
85 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
86 * Linux
87 * Notifications using notification-daemon
89 Windows port:
90 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
91 Windows 9x/ME users:
92 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
93 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
94 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
95 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
96 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
97 C:\Windows\System
98 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
99 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
101 Localization:
102 * Add Czech
103 * Add Slovak
104 * Add Malay
105 * Add Slovenian
107 Developers:
108 * Updates to the libvlc API
109 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
113 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
114 ---------------------------------
116 Core support:
117 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
118 * Support for downloading updates
119 * Updated strings
121 Input:
122 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
123 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
124 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
125 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
126 - Support for CDDB
127 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
128 * Improved subtitles encoding support
129 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
131 Decoders:
132 * Cook (Real audio) support
134 Playlist / Services discovery:
135 * XSPF playlist support
136 * Podcast support
137 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
139 Audio output:
140 * New JACK audio output
142 Video output:
143 * New video filters:
144 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
145 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
146 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
147 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
148 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
149 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
151 Stream output:
152 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
154 Interfaces:
155 * System to inform the user and request information
156 - HTTP authentication
157 - Fatal errors
158 - ...
159 * wxWidgets
160 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
161 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
162 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
163 * Skins2
164 - New default skin
165 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
166 - Improved playlist handling
167 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
168 * OS X
169 - Embedded Video output
170 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
171 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
172 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
173 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
174 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
175 * HTTP
176 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
177 - A bunch of new RPN functions
179 Windows Port:
180 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
182 OS X Port:
183 * Mac-Intel compatibility
184 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
185 * Growl "Now playing" support
187 *Nix port:
188 * Ability to log to syslog
189 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
191 Developers:
192 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
193 * Java bindings
194 * A bit more automatic testing
196 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
197 ---------------------------------
199 Audio output:
200 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
201 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
203 Decoder:
204 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
205 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
207 Demux:
208 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
210 Services Discovery:
211 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
212 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
213 * UPnP fixes
214 * Avahi 0.6 support
216 Interfaces:
217 * Mac OS X
218 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
220 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
221 --------------------------------
223 Core support:
224 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
225 * New OSD system
227 Video output:
228 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
229 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
230 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
232 Input:
233 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
234 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
235 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
236 * GnomeVFS input module
237 * Support for RTP packet reordering
238 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
240 Decoders:
241 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
242 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
243 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
245 Services discovery:
246 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
247 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
249 Video filters:
250 * RSS feed overlay
252 Audio filters:
253 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
254 Mixer and Dolby Surround
256 Stream output:
257 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
258 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
259 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
261 Interfaces:
262 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
263 * Mac OS X
264 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
265 - New extended controls panel
266 - New bookmarks window
267 - Fixed playlist sorting
268 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
269 * wxWidgets
270 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
271 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
272 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
273 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
274 * Skins2
275 - Tree playlist
276 * HTTP
277 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
278 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
279 the names of files
280 - Include macro to include other files
281 - CGI 1.0 support
283 ActiveX plugin:
284 * Should now work outside IE as well
286 Mac OS X port:
287 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
289 Windows port:
290 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
291 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
293 Translations:
294 The following languages were added:
295 * Galician
296 * Korean
297 * Romanian
298 * Simplified Chinese
299 The following languages were re-added:
300 * Swedish
302 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
303 --------------------------------
305 Core support:
306 * Rewrite of the playlist
307 - Tree structure
308 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
309 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
310 * Preferences improvements:
311 - New organization, designed to improve usability
312 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
313 * XML parsers
314 * Core image manipulation support
315 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
316 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
317 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
318 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
319 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
320 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
321 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
322 now separated by ':' instead of ','
323 * Access filter architecture
324 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
325 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
326 * Many bugfixes...
328 Input/Demuxers:
329 * Support for SOCKS proxy
330 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
331 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
332 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
333 * Better support for Kasenna streams
334 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
335 * Massive Matroska improvements
336 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
337 * TiVo demuxer
338 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
339 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
340 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
341 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
342 * Support for FTP over IPv6
344 Decoders / Encoders:
345 * Dirac decoder and encoder
346 * PNG decoder/encoder
347 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
348 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
350 Access filters:
351 * New Record and Timeshift filters
353 Services discovery:
354 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
355 * Brand new SAP module
356 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
357 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
358 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
359 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
360 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
361 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
362 * Shoutcast
364 Audio output:
365 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
367 Video output:
368 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
369 * Image file video output (png)
370 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
371 * Improvements to wall video filter
372 * Support for font color and opacity
374 Stream output:
375 * Muxers
376 - ASF improvements
377 * VLM / VoD
378 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
379 - Seeking support in VoD streams
380 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
382 Interfaces:
383 * wxWidgets
384 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
385 - Improved preferences
386 - Improvements to the wizard
387 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
388 * MacOS X
389 - Redesigned playlist
390 - Improved preferences
391 * Skins
392 - Support for multiple actions
393 - Fixes
394 * HTTP
395 - Support for the new playlist system
396 * Lirc
397 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
399 Windows port:
400 * Screensaver disabling fix
401 * DirectShow tuner configuration
402 * Support for no-decoration windows
404 MacOS X port:
405 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
406 * The OpenGL video output is back
407 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
408 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
409 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
410 is not yet available in the new module
411 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
413 BeOS port:
414 * Support for single-buffered overlay
416 Pocket PC port:
417 * Many fixes
418 * New interface
419 * New video output
421 Mozilla Plugin:
422 * Javascript fixes
423 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
425 IE Plugin:
426 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
428 Translations:
429 The following languages were added:
430 * Catalan
431 * Danish
432 * Turkish
435 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
436 -----------------------------------------------------
438 Core support:
439 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
440 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
442 Windows port:
443 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
444 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
445 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
447 WinCE port:
448 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
450 Audio Output:
451 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
453 Video Output:
454 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
456 Demuxers:
457 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
458 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
459 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
461 Stream Output:
462 * Encoders:
463 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
464 * Stream output:
465 * Support of playlist group announcement
467 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
468 -----------------------------------------------------
470 Core support:
471 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
472 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
473 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
474 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
475 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
476 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
478 Input:
479 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
480 (Stream your desktop)
481 * Improved DVD support:
482 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
483 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
484 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
485 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
486 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
487 (selection of titles/chapters).
489 Demuxers:
490 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
491 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
492 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
493 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
494 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
495 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
496 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
497 * Improved Ogg demuxer
498 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
499 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
501 Codecs:
502 * G.726 audio support
503 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
504 * MPEG-4 text support
505 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
506 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
507 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
509 Stream Output:
510 Encoders:
511 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
512 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
513 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
514 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
515 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
516 * DVB subtitles encoder
517 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
518 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
519 Muxers:
520 * Text track muxing for mp4
521 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
522 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
523 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
524 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
525 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
526 * Improved ASF muxer
527 Misc:
528 * H.263 RTP streaming support
529 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
530 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
532 Audio Output:
533 * New audio equalizer filter
534 * Very trivial volume normalizer
535 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
536 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
537 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
539 Video Output:
540 * Roku HD1000 Video output
541 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
542 with support for effects.
543 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
544 - New filters can be streamed.
545 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
546 - Centralized scaling and blending
547 * New filters :
548 - "time", to display current time
549 - "marq", to display a marquee
551 Interfaces:
552 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
553 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
554 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
555 * A few skins2 improvements
556 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
557 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
558 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
559 * Improved CORBA control module
561 Mac OS X port:
562 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
563 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
564 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
566 Linux port:
567 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
568 * Experimental SVG rendering module
569 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
571 Windows port:
572 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
573 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
574 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
575 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
576 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
578 WinCE port:
579 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
581 Mozilla plugin:
582 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
583 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
585 Misc:
586 * Server/client network synchronization module
587 * VBrick streams fully supported
588 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
589 * VLM enhancements
591 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
592 --------------------------------
594 Core support:
595 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
596 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
597 * Improved HTTP daemon.
598 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
600 Codecs:
601 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
602 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
603 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
604 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
605 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
606 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
607 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
609 Input:
610 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
611 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
612 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
613 * Improved directory access module.
614 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
615 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
616 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
617 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
618 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
620 Demux:
621 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
622 * mmsh streaming fixes.
623 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
625 Subtitles:
626 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
627 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
628 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
630 Stream output:
631 * Improved session announcement system.
632 * Minimize threads usage by default.
633 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
634 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
635 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
636 * Improved transrater.
637 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
638 * New configuration system.
639 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
641 VideoLAN manager:
642 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
643 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
644 * Supports live streams and VoD.
645 * Supports scheduling.
646 * Telnet interface for vlm.
647 * HTTP interface for vlm.
649 Interfaces:
650 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
651 - Ability to embed video output.
652 - Support for bitmap fonts.
653 - Lots of improvements.
654 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
655 - New design and set of icons.
656 - Ability to embed video output.
657 - Support for hotkeys.
658 - Support for bookmarks.
659 * Mac OS X
660 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
661 - Better hotkeys handling.
663 Mac OS X port:
664 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
665 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
666 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
667 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
669 Win32 port:
670 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
671 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
672 * Improved Windows installer.
674 Linux port:
675 * PowerPC fixes.
677 Misc:
678 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
679 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
681 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
682 ---------------------------------
684 Mac OS X:
685 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
686 * Playing MOD files is working now.
689 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
690 ---------------------------------
692 Core support:
693 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
694 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
696 Codecs:
697 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
698 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
699 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
700 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
702 Playlist:
703 * Internal improvments
704 * Improved import/export
706 Input:
707 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
708 container formars.
709 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
710 small and strange formats.
711 * New PVA demux.
712 * New MOD audio demux.
713 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
714 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
715 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
716 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
718 Stream output:
719 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
720 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
721 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
723 Service discovery:
724 * Fixed sdp in SAP.
726 Mac OS X port:
727 * New opengl video output plugin.
729 Win32 port:
730 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
731 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
733 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
734 ---------------------------------
736 Core support:
737 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
738 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
739 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
740 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
741 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
742 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
743 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
744 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
746 Playlist:
747 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
748 * Playlist sorting
750 Input:
751 * RTP/RTSP support.
752 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
753 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
754 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
755 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
756 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
757 * Reworked DVB tuning.
758 * Better Icecast support.
759 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
760 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
762 Codecs:
763 * Support for Theora video encoding.
764 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
765 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
766 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
767 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
768 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
769 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
771 Stream output:
772 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
773 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
774 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
775 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
776 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
777 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
778 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
779 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
780 * Preliminary RTP support.
781 * Fixes to SAP announces.
783 Interface:
784 * Skins:
785 - Bugfixes
786 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
787 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
788 * wxWindows
789 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
790 - Improvements and help in preferences
791 - New streaming wizard
792 - Revised Disc Open menu
793 * HTTP
794 - Improvements of the standard pages
795 - Support for new commands
796 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
798 Service discovery:
799 * Many fixes to the SAP module
800 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
802 Subtitles:
803 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
804 * Text subtitles autodetection.
805 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
806 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
807 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
808 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
809 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
810 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
811 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
813 Mac OS X port:
814 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
815 * Save playlist.
816 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
817 * Support for Panther.
818 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
819 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
821 Win32 port:
822 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
823 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
824 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
825 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
826 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
827 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
828 * Multimonitor support (untested).
829 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
831 Linux port:
832 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
833 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
834 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
836 iPaq port:
837 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
839 Miscellaneous:
840 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
841 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
842 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
843 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
845 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
846 ---------------------------------
848 Core support:
849 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
851 Stream output:
852 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
853 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
855 Access input:
856 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
857 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
859 Interfaces:
860 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
862 UNIX ports:
863 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
864 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
866 Win32 port:
867 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
869 iPaq port:
870 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
872 Miscellaneous:
873 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
874 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
875 mpeg1/2 videos.
877 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
878 ---------------------------------
880 Core support:
881 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
882 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
883 after a pause.
885 Stream output:
886 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
887 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
888 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
889 UNIX ports:
890 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
891 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
893 Win32 port:
894 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
896 iPaq port:
897 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
899 Miscellaneous:
900 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
901 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
902 mpeg1/2 videos.
904 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
905 ---------------------------------
907 Core support:
908 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
909 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
910 after a pause.
912 Stream output:
913 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
914 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
915 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
916 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
917 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
919 Win32 port:
920 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
921 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
922 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
924 UNIX ports:
925 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
926 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
927 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
929 iPaq port:
930 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
931 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
932 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
933 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
934 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
936 Interfaces:
937 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
938 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
939 * A new CORBA control plugin.
941 Input demux:
942 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
944 Miscellaneous:
945 * Improved build system.
946 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
947 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
948 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
949 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
952 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
953 ---------------------------------
955 Core Support:
956 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
958 Input access:
959 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
960 * Fixed large file support on Windows
961 * Video 4 Linux support
962 * CD Digital Audio support
963 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
965 Input demux:
966 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
967 * Support for OpenDML avi files
968 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
969 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
971 Codecs:
972 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
973 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
974 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
975 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
976 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
977 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
978 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
980 Interfaces:
981 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
982 * New HTTP remote control interface
984 Stream output:
985 * 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.
986 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
987 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
988 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
990 Miscellaneous:
991 * New reset option for the preferences
992 * You can set your language in the prefences
993 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
994 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
995 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
996 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
998 UNIX ports:
999 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1000 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1001 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1003 Mac OS X port:
1004 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1005 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1006 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1007 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1008 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1009 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1010 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1011 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1012 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1013 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1015 Win32 port:
1016 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1017 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1018 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1019 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1020 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1021 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1022 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1024 BeOS port:
1025 * Interface localization
1026 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1027 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1028 * New full-featured Preferences window
1030 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1031 ---------------------------------
1033 Core Support:
1034 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1035 * support for skins at the interface level
1036 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1037 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1038 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1039 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1040 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1042 Input access:
1043 * fixed HTTP redirects
1044 * support for opening an entire directory
1045 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1046 * new video4linux access plug-in
1047 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1049 Input demux:
1050 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1051 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1052 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1054 Codecs:
1055 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1056 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1057 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1058 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1059 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1060 * new codec for raw I420 video
1061 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1063 Interfaces:
1064 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1065 (although it still misses some important features)
1066 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1068 Stream output:
1069 * new HTTP output support
1070 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1071 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1073 Miscellaneous:
1074 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1076 UNIX ports:
1077 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1079 Mac OS X port:
1080 * reorderable playlist
1081 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1082 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1083 * support for mono audio output devices
1084 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1085 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1086 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1087 * the messages window remembers more lines
1088 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1089 * http and ogg stream output options
1090 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1092 Win32 port:
1093 * new skinnable interface
1094 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1096 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1097 * support for FLAC audio format
1098 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1099 * playlist
1100 * network tab in the interface
1101 * "apply" handling in preferences
1104 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1105 ---------------------------------
1107 Core support:
1108 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1109 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1110 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1111 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1112 Mac OS X
1113 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1114 * DTS S/PDIF support
1116 Codecs:
1117 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1118 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1119 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1120 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1122 Stream output:
1123 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1124 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1126 DVD support:
1127 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1129 UNIX ports:
1130 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1132 Win32 port:
1133 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1134 plugins
1135 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1136 * rc interface is now fully useable
1137 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1139 Mac OS X port:
1140 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1141 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1142 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1143 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1144 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1145 * new info panel
1146 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1147 * support for mouse gestures
1148 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1150 Linupy port:
1151 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1152 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1154 Miscellaneous:
1155 * improved ID3 tag detection
1156 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1157 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1158 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1159 gestures
1160 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1163 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1164 ---------------------------------
1166 Mac OS X port:
1167 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1168 English was set as the preferred language
1171 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1172 --------------------------------
1174 Core support:
1175 * new mouse gesture interface
1176 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1177 playing
1179 Input access:
1180 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1181 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1182 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1184 Input demux:
1185 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1186 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1187 continuity counter
1189 Codecs:
1190 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1192 DVD support:
1193 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1194 without the user consent
1196 UNIX ports:
1197 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1198 popup menu
1199 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1200 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1201 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1203 Mac OS X port:
1204 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1205 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1206 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1207 * playlist enhancements
1208 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1209 * new step forward/step backward commands
1210 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1211 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1212 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1214 Win32 port:
1215 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1216 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1217 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1219 BeOS port:
1220 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1221 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1223 Opie port:
1224 * native video output is working again
1225 * only commandline interface support
1226 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1229 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1230 --------------------------------
1232 Core structure:
1233 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1234 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1235 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1236 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1237 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1238 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1239 and A/52 streams are supported)
1240 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1242 Input access:
1243 * mms:// support
1244 * ftp:// support
1245 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1246 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1247 * VCD entry points support
1248 * VCD image file support
1250 Input demux:
1251 * support for *.asf format
1252 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1253 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1254 * support for ogg encapsulation
1255 * support for raw DV format
1256 * support for *.wav format
1257 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1258 * raw AAC support
1260 Stream discovery & playlists:
1261 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1262 * support for .m3u file format
1263 * support for .asx file format
1264 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1266 Codecs:
1267 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1268 (only available with the .avi demux)
1269 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1270 * support for raw PCM data
1271 * support for Cinepak video codec
1272 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1273 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1274 * support for Xvid codec
1275 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1276 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1277 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1278 from sources)
1279 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1280 H263i, MJPEG A/B
1281 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1283 DVD support:
1284 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1286 Miscellaneous:
1287 * new WxWindows interface
1288 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1289 device and the channels configuration
1290 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1291 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1292 format that VLC can play
1293 * new swedish translation
1294 * enhancements of the playlist window
1295 * new messages window to see debug info
1296 * fixed a few crashes
1298 iPaq port:
1299 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1300 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1301 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1302 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working