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3 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6-svn (not released yet)
4 --------------------------------------------------
5 Core support:
6 * New playlist core
7 * Video Filter2 filters can now be selected for local display using --video-filter
9 Video Filters:
10 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now splited into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and Psychedelic) video filters have been ported to the Video Filter2 API. They can now be streamed.
12 Nix Port
13 * Notification plugin.
15 Localization:
16 * Add Czech
19 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
20 ---------------------------------
22 Core support:
23 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
24 * Support for downloading updates
25 * Updated strings
27 Input:
28 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
29 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
30 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
31 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
32 - Support for CDDB
33 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
34 * Improved subtitles encoding support
35 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
37 Decoders:
38 * Cook (Real audio) support
40 Playlist / Services discovery:
41 * XSPF playlist support
42 * Podcast support
43 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
45 Audio output:
46 * New JACK audio output
48 Video output:
49 * New video filters:
50 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
51 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
52 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
53 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
54 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
55 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
57 Stream output:
58 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
60 Interfaces:
61 * System to inform the user and request information
62 - HTTP authentication
63 - Fatal errors
64 - ...
65 * wxWidgets
66 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
67 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
68 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
69 * Skins2
70 - New default skin
71 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
72 - Improved playlist handling
73 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
74 * OS X
75 - Embedded Video output
76 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
77 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
78 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
79 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
80 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
81 * HTTP
82 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
83 - A bunch of new RPN functions
85 Windows Port:
86 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
88 OS X Port:
89 * Mac-Intel compatibility
90 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
91 * Growl "Now playing" support
93 *Nix port:
94 * Ability to log to syslog
95 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
97 Developers:
98 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
99 * Java bindings
100 * A bit more automatic testing
102 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
103 ---------------------------------
105 Audio output:
106 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
107 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
109 Decoder:
110 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
111 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
113 Demux:
114 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
116 Services Discovery:
117 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
118 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
119 * UPnP fixes
120 * Avahi 0.6 support
122 Interfaces:
123 * Mac OS X
124 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
126 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
127 --------------------------------
129 Core support:
130 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
131 * New OSD system
133 Video output:
134 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
135 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
136 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
138 Input:
139 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
140 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
141 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
142 * GnomeVFS input module
143 * Support for RTP packet reordering
144 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
146 Decoders:
147 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
148 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
149 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
151 Services discovery:
152 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
153 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
155 Video filters:
156 * RSS feed overlay
158 Audio filters:
159 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
160 Mixer and Dolby Surround
162 Stream output:
163 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
164 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
165 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
167 Interfaces:
168 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
169 * Mac OS X
170 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
171 - New extended controls panel
172 - New bookmarks window
173 - Fixed playlist sorting
174 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
175 * wxWidgets
176 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
177 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
178 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
179 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
180 * Skins2
181 - Tree playlist
182 * HTTP
183 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
184 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
185 the names of files
186 - Include macro to include other files
187 - CGI 1.0 support
189 ActiveX plugin:
190 * Should now work outside IE as well
192 Mac OS X port:
193 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
195 Windows port:
196 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
197 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
199 Translations:
200 The following languages were added:
201 * Galician
202 * Korean
203 * Romanian
204 * Simplified Chinese
205 The following languages were re-added:
206 * Swedish
208 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
209 --------------------------------
211 Core support:
212 * Rewrite of the playlist
213 - Tree structure
214 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
215 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
216 * Preferences improvements:
217 - New organization, designed to improve usability
218 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
219 * XML parsers
220 * Core image manipulation support
221 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
222 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
223 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
224 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
225 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
226 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
227 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
228 now separated by ':' instead of ','
229 * Access filter architecture
230 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
231 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
232 * Many bugfixes...
234 Input/Demuxers:
235 * Support for SOCKS proxy
236 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
237 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
238 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
239 * Better support for Kasenna streams
240 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
241 * Massive Matroska improvements
242 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
243 * TiVo demuxer
244 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
245 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
246 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
247 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
248 * Support for FTP over IPv6
250 Decoders / Encoders:
251 * Dirac decoder and encoder
252 * PNG decoder/encoder
253 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
254 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
256 Access filters:
257 * New Record and Timeshift filters
259 Services discovery:
260 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
261 * Brand new SAP module
262 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
263 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
264 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
265 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
266 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
267 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
268 * Shoutcast
270 Audio output:
271 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
273 Video output:
274 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
275 * Image file video output (png)
276 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
277 * Improvements to wall video filter
278 * Support for font color and opacity
280 Stream output:
281 * Muxers
282 - ASF improvements
283 * VLM / VoD
284 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
285 - Seeking support in VoD streams
286 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
288 Interfaces:
289 * wxWidgets
290 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
291 - Improved preferences
292 - Improvements to the wizard
293 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
294 * MacOS X
295 - Redesigned playlist
296 - Improved preferences
297 * Skins
298 - Support for multiple actions
299 - Fixes
300 * HTTP
301 - Support for the new playlist system
302 * Lirc
303 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
305 Windows port:
306 * Screensaver disabling fix
307 * DirectShow tuner configuration
308 * Support for no-decoration windows
310 MacOS X port:
311 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
312 * The OpenGL video output is back
313 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
314 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
315 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
316 is not yet available in the new module
317 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
319 BeOS port:
320 * Support for single-buffered overlay
322 Pocket PC port:
323 * Many fixes
324 * New interface
325 * New video output
327 Mozilla Plugin:
328 * Javascript fixes
329 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
331 IE Plugin:
332 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
334 Translations:
335 The following languages were added:
336 * Catalan
337 * Danish
338 * Turkish
341 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
342 -----------------------------------------------------
344 Core support:
345 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
346 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
348 Windows port:
349 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
350 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
351 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
353 WinCE port:
354 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
356 Audio Output:
357 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
359 Video Output:
360 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
362 Demuxers:
363 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
364 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
365 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
367 Stream Output:
368 * Encoders:
369 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
370 * Stream output:
371 * Support of playlist group announcement
373 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
374 -----------------------------------------------------
376 Core support:
377 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
378 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
379 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
380 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
381 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
382 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
384 Input:
385 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
386 (Stream your desktop)
387 * Improved DVD support:
388 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
389 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
390 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
391 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
392 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
393 (selection of titles/chapters).
395 Demuxers:
396 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
397 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
398 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
399 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
400 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
401 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
402 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
403 * Improved Ogg demuxer
404 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
405 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
407 Codecs:
408 * G.726 audio support
409 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
410 * MPEG-4 text support
411 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
412 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
413 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
415 Stream Output:
416 Encoders:
417 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
418 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
419 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
420 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
421 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
422 * DVB subtitles encoder
423 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
424 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
425 Muxers:
426 * Text track muxing for mp4
427 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
428 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
429 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
430 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
431 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
432 * Improved ASF muxer
433 Misc:
434 * H.263 RTP streaming support
435 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
436 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
438 Audio Output:
439 * New audio equalizer filter
440 * Very trivial volume normalizer
441 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
442 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
443 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
445 Video Output:
446 * Roku HD1000 Video output
447 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
448 with support for effects.
449 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
450 - New filters can be streamed.
451 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
452 - Centralized scaling and blending
453 * New filters :
454 - "time", to display current time
455 - "marq", to display a marquee
457 Interfaces:
458 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
459 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
460 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
461 * A few skins2 improvements
462 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
463 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
464 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
465 * Improved CORBA control module
467 Mac OS X port:
468 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
469 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
470 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
472 Linux port:
473 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
474 * Experimental SVG rendering module
475 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
477 Windows port:
478 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
479 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
480 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
481 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
482 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
484 WinCE port:
485 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
487 Mozilla plugin:
488 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
489 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
491 Misc:
492 * Server/client network synchronization module
493 * VBrick streams fully supported
494 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
495 * VLM enhancements
497 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
498 --------------------------------
500 Core support:
501 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
502 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
503 * Improved HTTP daemon.
504 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
506 Codecs:
507 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
508 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
509 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
510 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
511 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
512 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
513 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
515 Input:
516 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
517 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
518 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
519 * Improved directory access module.
520 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
521 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
522 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
523 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
524 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
526 Demux:
527 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
528 * mmsh streaming fixes.
529 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
531 Subtitles:
532 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
533 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
534 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
536 Stream output:
537 * Improved session announcement system.
538 * Minimize threads usage by default.
539 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
540 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
541 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
542 * Improved transrater.
543 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
544 * New configuration system.
545 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
547 VideoLAN manager:
548 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
549 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
550 * Supports live streams and VoD.
551 * Supports scheduling.
552 * Telnet interface for vlm.
553 * HTTP interface for vlm.
555 Interfaces:
556 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
557 - Ability to embed video output.
558 - Support for bitmap fonts.
559 - Lots of improvements.
560 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
561 - New design and set of icons.
562 - Ability to embed video output.
563 - Support for hotkeys.
564 - Support for bookmarks.
565 * Mac OS X
566 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
567 - Better hotkeys handling.
569 Mac OS X port:
570 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
571 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
572 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
573 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
575 Win32 port:
576 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
577 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
578 * Improved Windows installer.
580 Linux port:
581 * PowerPC fixes.
583 Misc:
584 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
585 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
587 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
588 ---------------------------------
590 Mac OS X:
591 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
592 * Playing MOD files is working now.
595 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
596 ---------------------------------
598 Core support:
599 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
600 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
602 Codecs:
603 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
604 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
605 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
606 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
608 Playlist:
609 * Internal improvments
610 * Improved import/export
612 Input:
613 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
614 container formars.
615 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
616 small and strange formats.
617 * New PVA demux.
618 * New MOD audio demux.
619 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
620 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
621 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
622 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
624 Stream output:
625 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
626 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
627 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
629 Service discovery:
630 * Fixed sdp in SAP.
632 Mac OS X port:
633 * New opengl video output plugin.
635 Win32 port:
636 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
637 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
639 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
640 ---------------------------------
642 Core support:
643 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
644 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
645 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
646 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
647 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
648 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
649 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
650 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
652 Playlist:
653 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
654 * Playlist sorting
656 Input:
657 * RTP/RTSP support.
658 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
659 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
660 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
661 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
662 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
663 * Reworked DVB tuning.
664 * Better Icecast support.
665 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
666 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
668 Codecs:
669 * Support for Theora video encoding.
670 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
671 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
672 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
673 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
674 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
675 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
677 Stream output:
678 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
679 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
680 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
681 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
682 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
683 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
684 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
685 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
686 * Preliminary RTP support.
687 * Fixes to SAP announces.
689 Interface:
690 * Skins:
691 - Bugfixes
692 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
693 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
694 * wxWindows
695 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
696 - Improvements and help in preferences
697 - New streaming wizard
698 - Revised Disc Open menu
699 * HTTP
700 - Improvements of the standard pages
701 - Support for new commands
702 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
704 Service discovery:
705 * Many fixes to the SAP module
706 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
708 Subtitles:
709 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
710 * Text subtitles autodetection.
711 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
712 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
713 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
714 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
715 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
716 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
717 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
719 Mac OS X port:
720 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
721 * Save playlist.
722 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
723 * Support for Panther.
724 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
725 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
727 Win32 port:
728 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
729 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
730 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
731 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
732 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
733 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
734 * Multimonitor support (untested).
735 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
737 Linux port:
738 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
739 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
740 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
742 iPaq port:
743 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
745 Miscellaneous:
746 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
747 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
748 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
749 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
751 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
752 ---------------------------------
754 Core support:
755 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
757 Stream output:
758 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
759 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
761 Access input:
762 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
763 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
765 Interfaces:
766 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
768 UNIX ports:
769 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
770 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
772 Win32 port:
773 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
775 iPaq port:
776 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
778 Miscellaneous:
779 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
780 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
781 mpeg1/2 videos.
783 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
784 ---------------------------------
786 Core support:
787 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
788 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
789 after a pause.
791 Stream output:
792 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
793 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
794 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
795 UNIX ports:
796 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
797 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
799 Win32 port:
800 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
802 iPaq port:
803 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
805 Miscellaneous:
806 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
807 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
808 mpeg1/2 videos.
810 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
811 ---------------------------------
813 Core support:
814 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
815 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
816 after a pause.
818 Stream output:
819 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
820 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
821 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
822 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
823 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
825 Win32 port:
826 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
827 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
828 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
830 UNIX ports:
831 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
832 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
833 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
835 iPaq port:
836 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
837 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
838 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
839 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
840 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
842 Interfaces:
843 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
844 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
845 * A new CORBA control plugin.
847 Input demux:
848 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
850 Miscellaneous:
851 * Improved build system.
852 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
853 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
854 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
855 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
858 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
859 ---------------------------------
861 Core Support:
862 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
864 Input access:
865 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
866 * Fixed large file support on Windows
867 * Video 4 Linux support
868 * CD Digital Audio support
869 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
871 Input demux:
872 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
873 * Support for OpenDML avi files
874 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
875 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
877 Codecs:
878 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
879 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
880 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
881 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
882 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
883 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
884 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
886 Interfaces:
887 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
888 * New HTTP remote control interface
890 Stream output:
891 * 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.
892 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
893 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
894 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
896 Miscellaneous:
897 * New reset option for the preferences
898 * You can set your language in the prefences
899 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
900 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
901 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
902 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
904 UNIX ports:
905 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
906 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
907 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
909 Mac OS X port:
910 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
911 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
912 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
913 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
914 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
915 * New icons by Davor Orel.
916 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
917 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
918 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
919 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
921 Win32 port:
922 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
923 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
924 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
925 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
926 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
927 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
928 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
930 BeOS port:
931 * Interface localization
932 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
933 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
934 * New full-featured Preferences window
936 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
937 ---------------------------------
939 Core Support:
940 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
941 * support for skins at the interface level
942 * new OSD module using Freetype2
943 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
944 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
945 input level before dropping out of date frames.
946 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
948 Input access:
949 * fixed HTTP redirects
950 * support for opening an entire directory
951 * EOF should be detected more reliably
952 * new video4linux access plug-in
953 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
955 Input demux:
956 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
957 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
958 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
960 Codecs:
961 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
962 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
963 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
964 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
965 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
966 * new codec for raw I420 video
967 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
969 Interfaces:
970 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
971 (although it still misses some important features)
972 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
974 Stream output:
975 * new HTTP output support
976 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
977 * fixed AV synchronization issues
979 Miscellaneous:
980 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
982 UNIX ports:
983 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
985 Mac OS X port:
986 * reorderable playlist
987 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
988 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
989 * support for mono audio output devices
990 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
991 * fixed several cosmetic issues
992 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
993 * the messages window remembers more lines
994 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
995 * http and ogg stream output options
996 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
998 Win32 port:
999 * new skinnable interface
1000 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1002 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1003 * support for FLAC audio format
1004 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1005 * playlist
1006 * network tab in the interface
1007 * "apply" handling in preferences
1010 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1011 ---------------------------------
1013 Core support:
1014 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1015 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1016 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1017 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1018 Mac OS X
1019 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1020 * DTS S/PDIF support
1022 Codecs:
1023 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1024 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1025 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1026 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1028 Stream output:
1029 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1030 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1032 DVD support:
1033 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1035 UNIX ports:
1036 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1038 Win32 port:
1039 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1040 plugins
1041 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1042 * rc interface is now fully useable
1043 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1045 Mac OS X port:
1046 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1047 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1048 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1049 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1050 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1051 * new info panel
1052 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1053 * support for mouse gestures
1054 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1056 Linupy port:
1057 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1058 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1060 Miscellaneous:
1061 * improved ID3 tag detection
1062 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1063 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1064 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1065 gestures
1066 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1069 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1070 ---------------------------------
1072 Mac OS X port:
1073 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1074 English was set as the preferred language
1077 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1078 --------------------------------
1080 Core support:
1081 * new mouse gesture interface
1082 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1083 playing
1085 Input access:
1086 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1087 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1088 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1090 Input demux:
1091 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1092 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1093 continuity counter
1095 Codecs:
1096 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1098 DVD support:
1099 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1100 without the user consent
1102 UNIX ports:
1103 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1104 popup menu
1105 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1106 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1107 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1109 Mac OS X port:
1110 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1111 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1112 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1113 * playlist enhancements
1114 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1115 * new step forward/step backward commands
1116 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1117 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1118 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1120 Win32 port:
1121 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1122 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1123 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1125 BeOS port:
1126 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1127 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1129 Opie port:
1130 * native video output is working again
1131 * only commandline interface support
1132 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1135 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1136 --------------------------------
1138 Core structure:
1139 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1140 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1141 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1142 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1143 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1144 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1145 and A/52 streams are supported)
1146 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1148 Input access:
1149 * mms:// support
1150 * ftp:// support
1151 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1152 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1153 * VCD entry points support
1154 * VCD image file support
1156 Input demux:
1157 * support for *.asf format
1158 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1159 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1160 * support for ogg encapsulation
1161 * support for raw DV format
1162 * support for *.wav format
1163 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1164 * raw AAC support
1166 Stream discovery & playlists:
1167 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1168 * support for .m3u file format
1169 * support for .asx file format
1170 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1172 Codecs:
1173 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1174 (only available with the .avi demux)
1175 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1176 * support for raw PCM data
1177 * support for Cinepak video codec
1178 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1179 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1180 * support for Xvid codec
1181 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1182 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1183 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1184 from sources)
1185 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1186 H263i, MJPEG A/B
1187 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1189 DVD support:
1190 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1192 Miscellaneous:
1193 * new WxWindows interface
1194 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1195 device and the channels configuration
1196 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1197 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1198 format that VLC can play
1199 * new swedish translation
1200 * enhancements of the playlist window
1201 * new messages window to see debug info
1202 * fixed a few crashes
1204 iPaq port:
1205 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1206 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1207 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1208 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working