3 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
4 -----------------------------------------------------
7 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
8 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
9 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
10 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
11 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
12 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
15 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
17 * Improved DVD support:
18 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
19 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
20 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
21 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
22 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
23 (selection of titles/chapters).
26 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
27 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
28 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
29 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
30 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
31 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
32 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
33 * Improved Ogg demuxer
34 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
35 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
39 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
41 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
42 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
43 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
47 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
48 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
49 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
50 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
51 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
52 * DVB subtitles encoder
53 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
54 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
56 * Text track muxing for mp4
57 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
58 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
59 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
60 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
61 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
64 * H.263 RTP streaming support
65 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
66 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
69 * New audio equalizer filter
70 * Very trivial volume normalizer
71 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
72 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
73 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
76 * Roku HD1000 Video output
77 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
78 with support for effects.
79 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
80 - New filters can be streamed.
81 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
82 - Centralized scaling and blending
84 - "time", to display current time
85 - "marq", to display a marquee
88 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
89 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
90 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
91 * A few skins2 improvements
92 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
93 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
94 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
95 * Improved CORBA control module
98 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
99 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
100 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
103 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
104 * Experimental SVG rendering module
105 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
108 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
109 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
110 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
111 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
112 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
115 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
118 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
119 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
122 * Server/client network synchronization module
123 * VBrick streams fully supported
124 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
127 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
128 --------------------------------
131 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
132 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
133 * Improved HTTP daemon.
134 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
137 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
138 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
139 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
140 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
141 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
142 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
143 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
146 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
147 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
148 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
149 * Improved directory access module.
150 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
151 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
152 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
153 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
154 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
157 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
158 * mmsh streaming fixes.
159 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
162 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
163 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
164 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
167 * Improved session announcement system.
168 * Minimize threads usage by default.
169 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
170 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
171 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
172 * Improved transrater.
173 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
174 * New configuration system.
175 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
178 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
179 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
180 * Supports live streams and VoD.
181 * Supports scheduling.
182 * Telnet interface for vlm.
183 * HTTP interface for vlm.
186 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
187 - Ability to embed video output.
188 - Support for bitmap fonts.
189 - Lots of improvements.
190 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
191 - New design and set of icons.
192 - Ability to embed video output.
193 - Support for hotkeys.
194 - Support for bookmarks.
196 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
197 - Better hotkeys handling.
200 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
201 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
202 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
203 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
206 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
207 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
208 * Improved Windows installer.
214 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
215 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
217 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
218 ---------------------------------
221 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
222 * Playing MOD files is working now.
225 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
226 ---------------------------------
229 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
230 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
233 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
234 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
235 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
236 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
239 * Internal improvments
240 * Improved import/export
243 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
245 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
246 small and strange formats.
248 * New MOD audio demux.
249 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
250 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
251 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
252 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
255 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
256 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
257 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
263 * New opengl video output plugin.
266 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
267 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
269 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
270 ---------------------------------
273 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
274 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
275 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
276 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
277 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
278 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
279 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
280 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
283 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
288 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
289 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
290 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
291 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
292 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
293 * Reworked DVB tuning.
294 * Better Icecast support.
295 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
296 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
299 * Support for Theora video encoding.
300 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
301 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
302 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
303 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
304 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
305 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
308 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
309 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
310 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
311 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
312 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
313 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
314 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
315 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
316 * Preliminary RTP support.
317 * Fixes to SAP announces.
322 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
323 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
325 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
326 - Improvements and help in preferences
327 - New streaming wizard
328 - Revised Disc Open menu
330 - Improvements of the standard pages
331 - Support for new commands
332 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
335 * Many fixes to the SAP module
336 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
339 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
340 * Text subtitles autodetection.
341 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
342 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
343 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
344 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
345 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
346 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
347 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
350 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
352 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
353 * Support for Panther.
354 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
355 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
358 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
359 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
360 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
361 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
362 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
363 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
364 * Multimonitor support (untested).
365 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
368 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
369 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
370 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
373 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
376 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
377 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
378 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
379 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
381 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
382 ---------------------------------
385 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
388 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
389 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
392 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
393 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
396 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
399 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
400 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
403 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
406 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
409 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
410 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
413 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
414 ---------------------------------
417 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
418 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
422 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
423 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
424 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
426 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
427 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
430 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
433 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
436 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
437 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
440 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
441 ---------------------------------
444 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
445 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
449 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
450 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
451 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
452 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
453 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
456 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
457 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
458 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
461 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
462 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
463 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
466 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
467 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
468 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
469 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
470 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
473 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
474 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
475 * A new CORBA control plugin.
478 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
481 * Improved build system.
482 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
483 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
484 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
485 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
488 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
489 ---------------------------------
492 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
495 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
496 * Fixed large file support on Windows
497 * Video 4 Linux support
498 * CD Digital Audio support
499 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
502 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
503 * Support for OpenDML avi files
504 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
505 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
508 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
509 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
510 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
511 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
512 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
513 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
514 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
517 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
518 * New HTTP remote control interface
521 * 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.
522 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
523 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
524 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
527 * New reset option for the preferences
528 * You can set your language in the prefences
529 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
530 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
531 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
532 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
535 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
536 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
537 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
540 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
541 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
542 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
543 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
544 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
545 * New icons by Davor Orel.
546 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
547 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
548 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
549 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
552 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
553 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
554 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
555 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
556 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
557 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
558 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
561 * Interface localization
562 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
563 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
564 * New full-featured Preferences window
566 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
567 ---------------------------------
570 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
571 * support for skins at the interface level
572 * new OSD module using Freetype2
573 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
574 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
575 input level before dropping out of date frames.
576 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
579 * fixed HTTP redirects
580 * support for opening an entire directory
581 * EOF should be detected more reliably
582 * new video4linux access plug-in
583 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
586 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
587 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
588 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
591 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
592 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
593 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
594 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
595 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
596 * new codec for raw I420 video
597 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
600 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
601 (although it still misses some important features)
602 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
605 * new HTTP output support
606 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
607 * fixed AV synchronization issues
610 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
613 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
616 * reorderable playlist
617 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
618 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
619 * support for mono audio output devices
620 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
621 * fixed several cosmetic issues
622 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
623 * the messages window remembers more lines
624 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
625 * http and ogg stream output options
626 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
629 * new skinnable interface
630 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
632 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
633 * support for FLAC audio format
634 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
636 * network tab in the interface
637 * "apply" handling in preferences
640 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
641 ---------------------------------
644 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
645 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
646 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
647 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
649 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
653 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
654 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
655 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
656 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
659 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
660 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
663 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
666 * fixed the GNU-pth support
669 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
671 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
672 * rc interface is now fully useable
673 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
676 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
677 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
678 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
679 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
680 * VLC now uses the default audio device
682 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
683 * support for mouse gestures
684 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
687 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
688 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
691 * improved ID3 tag detection
692 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
693 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
694 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
696 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
699 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
700 ---------------------------------
703 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
704 English was set as the preferred language
707 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
708 --------------------------------
711 * new mouse gesture interface
712 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
716 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
717 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
718 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
721 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
722 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
726 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
729 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
730 without the user consent
733 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
735 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
736 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
737 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
740 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
741 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
742 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
743 * playlist enhancements
744 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
745 * new step forward/step backward commands
746 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
747 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
748 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
751 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
752 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
753 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
756 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
757 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
760 * native video output is working again
761 * only commandline interface support
762 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
765 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
766 --------------------------------
769 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
770 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
771 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
772 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
773 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
774 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
775 and A/52 streams are supported)
776 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
781 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
782 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
783 * VCD entry points support
784 * VCD image file support
787 * support for *.asf format
788 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
789 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
790 * support for ogg encapsulation
791 * support for raw DV format
792 * support for *.wav format
793 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
796 Stream discovery & playlists:
797 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
798 * support for .m3u file format
799 * support for .asx file format
800 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
803 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
804 (only available with the .avi demux)
805 * support for ADPCM audio codec
806 * support for raw PCM data
807 * support for Cinepak video codec
808 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
809 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
810 * support for Xvid codec
811 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
812 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
813 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
815 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
817 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
820 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
823 * new WxWindows interface
824 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
825 device and the channels configuration
826 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
827 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
828 format that VLC can play
829 * new swedish translation
830 * enhancements of the playlist window
831 * new messages window to see debug info
832 * fixed a few crashes
835 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
836 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
837 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
838 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working