3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
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
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
20 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
21 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
22 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
23 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
24 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
30 * Vastly improved playlist support:
31 * Media library support
33 * Shoutcast TV listings
34 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
37 * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
38 * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
39 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
42 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
43 * MKV USF subtitles support
44 * HTML based subtitles support
45 * Flash Screen Video support
48 * Flash Screen Video support
50 Video output and filters:
51 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
52 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
53 * New puzzle video output filter
54 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
55 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
57 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
58 * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
59 * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
61 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
62 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
63 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
64 was previously part of the mosaic module.
67 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
71 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
73 * Improved user interaction
75 * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental).
78 * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
84 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
85 -----------------------------------------------------------
86 Various bugfixes, notably:
87 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
88 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
89 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
90 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
91 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
92 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
95 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
96 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
99 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
101 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
102 * Diverse usability improvements
103 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
104 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
105 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
108 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
109 ---------------------------------
112 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
115 * Fullscreen controller improvements
118 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
119 --------------------------------
122 * Shoutcast TV listings support
125 * Support for RTSP authentication
126 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
127 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
128 * ATSC support for DVB input
129 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
130 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
131 * Improved support for Flash Video files
134 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
135 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
136 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
137 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
138 * Matroska WavPack support
139 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
140 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
141 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
144 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
145 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
146 * Improved libcaca support
150 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
151 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
153 * Systray support in skins
155 * Support for Apple Remote control
156 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
157 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
158 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
159 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
161 * Notifications using notification-daemon
164 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
166 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
167 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
168 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
169 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
170 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
172 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
173 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
182 * Updates to the libvlc API
183 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
187 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
188 ---------------------------------
191 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
192 * Support for downloading updates
196 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
197 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
198 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
199 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
201 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
202 * Improved subtitles encoding support
203 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
206 * Cook (Real audio) support
208 Playlist / Services discovery:
209 * XSPF playlist support
211 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
214 * New JACK audio output
218 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
219 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
220 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
221 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
222 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
223 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
226 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
229 * System to inform the user and request information
230 - HTTP authentication
234 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
235 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
236 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
239 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
240 - Improved playlist handling
241 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
243 - Embedded Video output
244 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
245 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
246 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
247 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
248 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
250 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
251 - A bunch of new RPN functions
254 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
257 * Mac-Intel compatibility
258 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
259 * Growl "Now playing" support
262 * Ability to log to syslog
263 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
266 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
268 * A bit more automatic testing
270 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
271 ---------------------------------
274 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
275 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
278 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
279 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
282 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
285 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
286 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
292 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
294 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
295 --------------------------------
298 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
302 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
303 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
304 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
307 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
308 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
309 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
310 * GnomeVFS input module
311 * Support for RTP packet reordering
312 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
315 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
316 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
317 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
320 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
321 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
327 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
328 Mixer and Dolby Surround
331 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
332 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
333 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
336 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
338 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
339 - New extended controls panel
340 - New bookmarks window
341 - Fixed playlist sorting
342 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
344 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
345 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
346 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
347 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
351 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
352 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
354 - Include macro to include other files
358 * Should now work outside IE as well
361 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
364 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
365 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
368 The following languages were added:
373 The following languages were re-added:
376 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
377 --------------------------------
380 * Rewrite of the playlist
382 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
383 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
384 * Preferences improvements:
385 - New organization, designed to improve usability
386 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
388 * Core image manipulation support
389 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
390 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
391 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
392 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
393 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
394 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
395 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
396 now separated by ':' instead of ','
397 * Access filter architecture
398 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
399 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
403 * Support for SOCKS proxy
404 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
405 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
406 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
407 * Better support for Kasenna streams
408 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
409 * Massive Matroska improvements
410 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
412 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
413 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
414 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
415 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
416 * Support for FTP over IPv6
419 * Dirac decoder and encoder
420 * PNG decoder/encoder
421 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
422 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
425 * New Record and Timeshift filters
428 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
429 * Brand new SAP module
430 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
431 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
432 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
433 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
434 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
435 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
439 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
442 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
443 * Image file video output (png)
444 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
445 * Improvements to wall video filter
446 * Support for font color and opacity
452 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
453 - Seeking support in VoD streams
454 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
458 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
459 - Improved preferences
460 - Improvements to the wizard
461 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
463 - Redesigned playlist
464 - Improved preferences
466 - Support for multiple actions
469 - Support for the new playlist system
471 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
474 * Screensaver disabling fix
475 * DirectShow tuner configuration
476 * Support for no-decoration windows
479 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
480 * The OpenGL video output is back
481 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
482 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
483 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
484 is not yet available in the new module
485 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
488 * Support for single-buffered overlay
497 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
500 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
503 The following languages were added:
509 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
510 -----------------------------------------------------
513 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
514 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
517 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
518 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
519 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
522 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
525 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
528 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
531 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
532 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
533 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
537 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
539 * Support of playlist group announcement
541 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
542 -----------------------------------------------------
545 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
546 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
547 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
548 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
549 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
550 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
553 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
554 (Stream your desktop)
555 * Improved DVD support:
556 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
557 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
558 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
559 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
560 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
561 (selection of titles/chapters).
564 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
565 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
566 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
567 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
568 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
569 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
570 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
571 * Improved Ogg demuxer
572 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
573 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
576 * G.726 audio support
577 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
578 * MPEG-4 text support
579 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
580 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
581 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
585 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
586 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
587 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
588 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
589 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
590 * DVB subtitles encoder
591 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
592 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
594 * Text track muxing for mp4
595 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
596 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
597 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
598 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
599 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
602 * H.263 RTP streaming support
603 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
604 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
607 * New audio equalizer filter
608 * Very trivial volume normalizer
609 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
610 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
611 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
614 * Roku HD1000 Video output
615 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
616 with support for effects.
617 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
618 - New filters can be streamed.
619 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
620 - Centralized scaling and blending
622 - "time", to display current time
623 - "marq", to display a marquee
626 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
627 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
628 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
629 * A few skins2 improvements
630 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
631 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
632 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
633 * Improved CORBA control module
636 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
637 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
638 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
641 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
642 * Experimental SVG rendering module
643 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
646 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
647 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
648 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
649 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
650 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
653 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
656 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
657 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
660 * Server/client network synchronization module
661 * VBrick streams fully supported
662 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
665 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
666 --------------------------------
669 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
670 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
671 * Improved HTTP daemon.
672 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
675 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
676 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
677 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
678 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
679 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
680 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
681 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
684 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
685 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
686 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
687 * Improved directory access module.
688 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
689 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
690 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
691 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
692 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
695 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
696 * mmsh streaming fixes.
697 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
700 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
701 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
702 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
705 * Improved session announcement system.
706 * Minimize threads usage by default.
707 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
708 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
709 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
710 * Improved transrater.
711 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
712 * New configuration system.
713 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
716 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
717 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
718 * Supports live streams and VoD.
719 * Supports scheduling.
720 * Telnet interface for vlm.
721 * HTTP interface for vlm.
724 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
725 - Ability to embed video output.
726 - Support for bitmap fonts.
727 - Lots of improvements.
728 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
729 - New design and set of icons.
730 - Ability to embed video output.
731 - Support for hotkeys.
732 - Support for bookmarks.
734 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
735 - Better hotkeys handling.
738 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
739 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
740 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
741 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
744 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
745 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
746 * Improved Windows installer.
752 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
753 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
755 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
756 ---------------------------------
759 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
760 * Playing MOD files is working now.
763 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
764 ---------------------------------
767 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
768 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
771 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
772 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
773 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
774 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
777 * Internal improvments
778 * Improved import/export
781 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
783 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
784 small and strange formats.
786 * New MOD audio demux.
787 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
788 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
789 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
790 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
793 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
794 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
795 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
801 * New opengl video output plugin.
804 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
805 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
807 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
808 ---------------------------------
811 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
812 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
813 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
814 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
815 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
816 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
817 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
818 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
821 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
826 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
827 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
828 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
829 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
830 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
831 * Reworked DVB tuning.
832 * Better Icecast support.
833 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
834 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
837 * Support for Theora video encoding.
838 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
839 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
840 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
841 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
842 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
843 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
846 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
847 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
848 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
849 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
850 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
851 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
852 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
853 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
854 * Preliminary RTP support.
855 * Fixes to SAP announces.
860 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
861 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
863 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
864 - Improvements and help in preferences
865 - New streaming wizard
866 - Revised Disc Open menu
868 - Improvements of the standard pages
869 - Support for new commands
870 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
873 * Many fixes to the SAP module
874 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
877 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
878 * Text subtitles autodetection.
879 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
880 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
881 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
882 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
883 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
884 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
885 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
888 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
890 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
891 * Support for Panther.
892 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
893 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
896 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
897 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
898 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
899 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
900 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
901 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
902 * Multimonitor support (untested).
903 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
906 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
907 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
908 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
911 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
914 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
915 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
916 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
917 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
919 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
920 ---------------------------------
923 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
926 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
927 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
930 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
931 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
934 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
937 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
938 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
941 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
944 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
947 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
948 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
951 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
952 ---------------------------------
955 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
956 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
960 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
961 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
962 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
964 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
965 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
968 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
971 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
974 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
975 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
978 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
979 ---------------------------------
982 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
983 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
987 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
988 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
989 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
990 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
991 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
994 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
995 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
996 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
999 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1000 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1001 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1004 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1005 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1006 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1007 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1008 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1011 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1012 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1013 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1016 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1019 * Improved build system.
1020 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1021 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1022 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1023 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1026 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1027 ---------------------------------
1030 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1033 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1034 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1035 * Video 4 Linux support
1036 * CD Digital Audio support
1037 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1040 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1041 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1042 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1043 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1046 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1047 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1048 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1049 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1050 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1051 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1052 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1055 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1056 * New HTTP remote control interface
1059 * 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.
1060 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1061 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1062 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1065 * New reset option for the preferences
1066 * You can set your language in the prefences
1067 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1068 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1069 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1070 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1073 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1074 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1075 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1078 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1079 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1080 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1081 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1082 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1083 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1084 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1085 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1086 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1087 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1090 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1091 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1092 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1093 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1094 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1095 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1096 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1099 * Interface localization
1100 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1101 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1102 * New full-featured Preferences window
1104 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1105 ---------------------------------
1108 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1109 * support for skins at the interface level
1110 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1111 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1112 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1113 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1114 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1117 * fixed HTTP redirects
1118 * support for opening an entire directory
1119 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1120 * new video4linux access plug-in
1121 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1124 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1125 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1126 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1129 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1130 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1131 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1132 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1133 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1134 * new codec for raw I420 video
1135 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1138 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1139 (although it still misses some important features)
1140 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1143 * new HTTP output support
1144 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1145 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1148 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1151 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1154 * reorderable playlist
1155 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1156 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1157 * support for mono audio output devices
1158 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1159 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1160 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1161 * the messages window remembers more lines
1162 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1163 * http and ogg stream output options
1164 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1167 * new skinnable interface
1168 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1170 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1171 * support for FLAC audio format
1172 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1174 * network tab in the interface
1175 * "apply" handling in preferences
1178 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1179 ---------------------------------
1182 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1183 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1184 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1185 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1187 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1188 * DTS S/PDIF support
1191 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1192 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1193 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1194 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1197 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1198 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1201 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1204 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1207 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1209 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1210 * rc interface is now fully useable
1211 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1214 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1215 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1216 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1217 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1218 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1220 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1221 * support for mouse gestures
1222 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1225 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1226 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1229 * improved ID3 tag detection
1230 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1231 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1232 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1234 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1237 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1238 ---------------------------------
1241 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1242 English was set as the preferred language
1245 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1246 --------------------------------
1249 * new mouse gesture interface
1250 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1254 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1255 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1256 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1259 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1260 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1264 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1267 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1268 without the user consent
1271 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1273 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1274 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1275 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1278 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1279 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1280 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1281 * playlist enhancements
1282 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1283 * new step forward/step backward commands
1284 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1285 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1286 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1289 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1290 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1291 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1294 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1295 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1298 * native video output is working again
1299 * only commandline interface support
1300 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1303 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1304 --------------------------------
1307 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1308 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1309 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1310 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1311 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1312 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1313 and A/52 streams are supported)
1314 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1319 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1320 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1321 * VCD entry points support
1322 * VCD image file support
1325 * support for *.asf format
1326 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1327 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1328 * support for ogg encapsulation
1329 * support for raw DV format
1330 * support for *.wav format
1331 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1334 Stream discovery & playlists:
1335 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1336 * support for .m3u file format
1337 * support for .asx file format
1338 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1341 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1342 (only available with the .avi demux)
1343 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1344 * support for raw PCM data
1345 * support for Cinepak video codec
1346 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1347 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1348 * support for Xvid codec
1349 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1350 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1351 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1353 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1355 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1358 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1361 * new WxWindows interface
1362 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1363 device and the channels configuration
1364 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1365 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1366 format that VLC can play
1367 * new swedish translation
1368 * enhancements of the playlist window
1369 * new messages window to see debug info
1370 * fixed a few crashes
1373 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1374 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1375 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1376 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working