1 Changes between 2.2.x and 3.0.0-git:
2 --------------------------------
5 * Support wayland surface type
6 * Allow to start the video paused on the first frame
7 * Support portable version of Windows build
8 * Support network browsing for distant file system (SMB, FTP, SFTP, ...)
9 and rewrite the parsing of those files
10 * VLC now assumes vlcrc config file is in UTF-8
13 * Support HDS (Http Dynamic Streaming) from Adobe (f4m, f4v, etc.)
14 * New SMB access module using libdsm
15 * Rewrite MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support, including
16 MPEG2TS and ISOFF profiles
17 * Large rework of the Smooth Streaming module
18 * Screen capture plugin for Wayland display
19 * Support decompression and extraction through libarchive (tar, zip, rar...)
20 * Improvements of cookie handling (share cookies between playlist items,
21 domain / path matching, Secure cookies)
22 * Support DVB-T2 on Windows BDA
23 * Support depayloading Opus from RTP
24 * Support sftp username and passwords options and URL
25 * New UPnP access module, to list directories without infinite recursions
26 * New WASAPI audio capture module on Windows
27 * SMB/FTP/SFTP accesses can list directories
30 * OMX GPU-zerocopy support for decoding and display on Android using OpenMax IL
31 * Support 4:4:4 and 4:2:2 chroma samplings with VDPAU hw acceleration
32 * Support for ARIB STD-B24 subtitles
33 * Support for Daala video
34 * Important improvements for the MMAL decoder and output for rPI and rPI2
35 * Support HEVC hardware decoding using OMX and MediaCodec
36 * Use MediaCodec via NDK native API after Android Lollipop
37 * Support VP9 and WMV3 decoding using OMX and performance improvements
38 * New MPEG-1 & 2 audio layer I, II, III + MPEG 2.5 decoder based on libmpg123
39 * New BPG decoder based on libbpg
40 * Fixed uncompressed DVD-Audio (AOB) LPCM decoding
41 * Rewrite WPL playlists and add ZPL playlists support (Zune)
42 * Support TDSC, Canopus HQX
43 * Support HEVC hardware decoding on Windows, using DxVA2
44 * Basic TTML subtitles support
45 * Support hardware decoding using Direct3D11, including GPU-zerocopy mode
46 * DxVA2 GPU-zerocopy for hardware decoding and displaying on Windows
49 * Support HD-DVD .evo (H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, PCM, AC-3, E-AC3, MLP, DTS)
50 * Support Opus in MPEG Transport Stream
51 * Support Daala in Ogg
52 * Important rework of the MP4 demuxer, including fragments
53 * Support EIA-608 subtitles in MP4/mov
54 * Support WMV and WMAV in MP4/mov, aka Flip4Mac files
55 * Support bitmap audio channel reordering in MP4/mov
56 * Support AlbumArtist and DiscNumber metadata
57 * Important rework of the TS demuxer, including:
58 * Fixed program selection with recorded TS (TopField, DreamBox and others)
59 * Fixed TS playback with PAT/PMT less recordings
60 * Basic support for MPEG4-SL in TS and T-DMB
61 * Support for lame's replaygain extension in mpeg files
62 * Fixes for DTS detection in WAV and MKV files
63 * Support for Creative ADPCM/alaw/ulaw/S16L in VOC files
64 * Support for Creative ADPCM in AVI
65 * Directory Demux can now sort items, ignore extensions and hidden files
66 * Replaced httplive stream filter with new HLS demuxer, using the same core
70 * Added ARIB STD-B25 TS streams decoder
71 * Removed HTTP Live streaming stream filter
74 * Complete rewrite of the AudioTrack Android module. This is now the default.
75 It now supports HDMI/SPDIF passthrough for AC3, 5.1/7.1 and float output.
78 * Linux/BSD default video output is now OpenGL, instead of Xvideo
79 * Wayland shell surface window provider
80 * Wayland shared memory video output
81 * Large rework of the Android video outputs: there is now Surface (2.1, 2.2)
82 NativeWindow (2.3+, supports hw rotation, subpicture blending, opaque)
83 * Support rotation in Android NativeWindow output and hardware decoders
84 * Renamed the Direct3D output module to Direct3D9
85 * Added Direct3D11 video mode supporting both Windows desktop and WinRT modes,
86 supporting subpicture blending and hardware acceleration
89 * CTL support through Harfbuzz in the Freetype module
92 * Hardware deinterlacing on the rPI, using MMAL
93 * New video filter to convert between fps rates
94 * Added 9-bit and 10-bit support to image adjust filter
97 * Chromecast output module
98 * RGB24 and YCbCr 4:2:0 RTP packetization
101 * Support for Daala video in 4:2:0 and 4:4:4
104 * Added fragmented/streamable MP4 muxer
105 * Opus in MPEG Transport Stream
109 * New NetBios service discovery using libdsm
110 * Rewrite of the UPnP service discovery
113 * Add support for keyboard blacklight dimming during fullscreen video playback
114 * new AppleScript API giving access to audio desynchronization
115 * Support for building with disabled sparkle update mechanism
116 * New configure flag to disable automatic updates
119 * Batch convert support
122 * Support key accelerators
125 * Add libvlc_media_new_callbacks for custom input byte streams
126 * Add libvlc_audio_output_device_enum to enumerate devices of current aout
127 * Split of libvlc_media_discoverer_new_from_name into libvlc_media_discoverer_new,
128 libvlc_media_discoverer_new and libvlc_media_discoverer_start.
129 This allows to attach media events between create and start.
130 * Add libvlc_media_get_codec_description to get a human readable description of a codec
131 * Add libvlc_MediaListEndReached Event to get notified when a media list reached the end
132 * Add libvlc_media_parse_with_options that uses a flag to specify parse options
133 * Add libvlc_audio_output_device_get to get the currently selected audio output device
134 identifier (if there is one available)
135 * Add libvlc_media_get_type to get the type of the media
136 * Add libvlc_media_player_get_full_title_descriptions to get full title info of the media
137 * Add libvlc_media_player_get_full_chapter_descriptions to get full chapter info of the media
138 * Deprecate libvlc_video_get_title_description, libvlc_video_get_chapter_description
141 * Support for the SystemD Journal
142 * Use --syslog and --syslog-debug command line options to include debug
143 messages in syslog. With --syslog, errors and warnings will be sent only.
144 * New Android module for logging
147 * remove langfromtelx
148 * remove ZPL playlist format
149 * Update libVLC doxygen modules
152 Changes between 2.2.0 and 2.2.1:
153 --------------------------------
156 * Fix compilation with older libavcodec versions
157 * Fix some VP9 decoding
159 * Fix lpcm channel ordering
160 * Fix potential NULL dereference in dmo
161 * Fix teletext framing code in DVB PES packets
162 * Fix potential buffer overflow in schroendinger decoder (CVE-2014-9629)
167 * Fix MKV overseeking, introducing slowness over network shares
168 * Fix crash when playing SPC files
169 * Fix ATRAC3 playback in MKV
170 * Revert to older ASX code
171 * Workaround TS issue with mpeg-audio
174 * Fix sftp read and close sockets
175 * Fix DTV build with Linux DVB versions < 5.8
176 * Fix UDP/RTP input on Windows
179 * Fix Alsa HDMI plugs
180 * Improve Alsa output, with larger buffers
181 * Fix DirectSound output with multi-channel files
184 * Fix numerous crashes in the UI
185 * Fix video-wallpaper mode
186 * Fix race when starting VLC from command line
189 * Fix recent items behaviour
190 * Fix rotation filter activation
191 * Fix mux modules names for the streaming wizard
194 * Timestamp the signature of the dlls
195 * Fix extensions registration during install
196 * Fix extensions dialog crash
197 * Default to no DxVA decoding
200 * fix libvlc_media_get_stats
203 * Update of Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
204 English (United Kingdom), Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian,
205 Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Macedonian, Malay, Modern Greek, Norwegian Bokmål,
206 Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian,
207 Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai,
208 Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian translations
211 Changes between 2.1.6 and 2.2.0:
212 --------------------------------
215 * The licenses of more modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+,
216 notably most of the streaming output, muxers and access output modules
219 * Support automatic rotation using streams metadata, GPU-accelerated when possible
220 * Add extensions manager and downloading from external repositories
221 * Rework the metadata fetching algorithm and policies
222 * Partial fix of playback of short audio samples
225 * Added TLS support for ftp access and sout access
226 New schemes for implicit (ftps) and explicit (ftpes) modes
227 * MMS audio selection on split audio streams
228 * Blu-Ray: support overlays, preferred menu languages, region selection
230 * Digital Cinema Package support, including encrypted DCP with KDM
231 * Partial fixes for Arccos protected DVDs
232 * Fix CDDB lookups, including pregap data
235 * Support VDPAU acceleration for GPU-zerocopy decoding
236 * Support MediaCodec acceleration for GPU-zerocopy decoding
237 * Add Media Foundation Transform audio and video decoder
238 * Add video decoder module based on GStreamer plugins
239 * Add MMAL decoder for Broadcom VideoCore chips (like the RaspberryPi)
240 supporting MPEG-2 and H.264, supporting GPU-zerocopy display
241 * Partial support for Voxware MetaSound
242 * libvpx decoder for VP8 and VP9
243 * Support MSN Audio, Atrac3+, VP7, Bink, TAK, On2 AVC, DK3, DK4, IMC, Vivo g723.1,
244 Smacker, FIC, Auravision, Canopus Lossless, and numerous videogame codecs
245 * Teletext subtitles display improvements
246 * Mediacodec speed improvements on x86
247 * Support setting the post processing level in Theora
248 * OpenMax IL improvements, notably for RaspberryPi
249 * Fix channel ordering of LPCM codec in m2ts files
250 * New jpeg image decoder
251 * Add tx3g subtitles decoder
252 * New SVG image decoder
253 * Fix Speex decoding over RTP and in flv
254 * Support more x264 and FFv1 RGB modes
255 * Improvements on ZVBI teletext decoder, notably for speed and alignments
258 * Support for MPEG-2 encoding using x262
259 * Support for HEVC/H.265 encoding using x265
260 * Support for Opus encoding using libopus
261 * New jpeg image encoder using libjpeg
262 * New png image encoder using libpng
265 * Support for Core Audio Format (CAF) files
266 * Important rework of the Ogg demuxer, notably improving seeking,
267 streaming resilience, speex demuxing and chained Ogg
268 * Important rework of the ASF/WMV demuxer, notably for seeking,
269 synchronization and tracks exclusion
270 * AVI improvements for better seek-indexing in non-fastseekable situations
271 * AVI fixes for uncompressed, indexed and paletized bitmaps
272 * MP4 fixes for fragmented files, vobsub, duration, aspect-ratio
273 and support for rotation, covr atom and tracks exclusion
274 * Support Opus in MKV
276 * Basic support for WebVTT
277 * Handle support for ISO/IEC 14496-3 (AAC) Audio stream type in TS
278 * Support HDPR TS files
279 * Support microseconds in SubRip subtitles
280 * FLAC packets validation using CRC
281 * Improvements in metadata support in Ogg/Opus/Vorbis files
282 * Fix encoding issues and relative paths in some XML playlist formats
283 * Support THP Wii/Gamecube, RenderWare and Escape Replay game video files
284 * New HEVC raw packetizer and demuxer
285 * TS support for WiDi/Miracast LPCM
286 * Handle MOV/MP4 tx3g styled subtitles through codec
287 * Support SVG images files (on glib platforms)
288 * Keep selection of tracks on segment changes in MKV
289 * Support detection of SRT languages based on filename
290 * Support for seeking Standard MIDI Files
293 * Direct rendering and filtering for VDPAU hardware acceleration
294 * New CoreAnimation OpenGL video output module for NPAPI plugins
295 * New OpenGL ES 2.0 through EGL video output module for Android
296 * New Android native window provider module
297 * Direct rendering for MediaCodec Android hardware acceleration
298 * Support for loading HLSL shaders in Direct3D video output
299 * Add MMAL based video output for RaspberryPi
302 * New Oldmovie effect filter
303 * New VHS effect filter
304 * New Freeze effect filter
305 * Support I422 and J422 in transform
306 * NEON optimizations for deinterleaving chroma, notably NV12->I420
307 * Fix audiobargraph activation and usage
310 * Allow setting volume while not connected with PulseAudio
311 * Audio device notifications for WASAPI
312 * Fix replay of sound buffer in DirectSound
313 * Split of MMDevice and WinRT audio modules
314 * Numerous fixes on AUHAL, including device management and stream changes
315 * Fixes for SPDIF passthru in most modules
318 * Important rework of the Ogg muxer, notably for skeleton
319 * Fixes for the AVI muxer to respect the specification
321 * Add HEVC muxing in MP4 and TS
324 * Important rework of the transcoding module to fix numerous bugs
325 * WebM streaming, including live sources, compatible with all major browsers
326 vlc <your-source> vlc://quit --sout '#transcode{vcodec=VP80,vb=1000,acodec=vorb,ab=128}
327 :std{access=http{mime=video/webm},mux=webm,dst=:4212}'
328 * GSM, VP8, Opus and JPEG RTP packetization
329 * HLS: Allow setting the first segment number and numerous improvements
330 * new stats module to output block timing values and md5 sums
331 * transcode module access fps values as rationals now, eg 30000/1001
332 * VLC now streams all elementary streams, you can revert to previous behaviour
334 * --ts-out option has been removed, it has been superceded by --demux demuxdump
335 --demuxdump-access udp --demuxdump-file 127.0.0.1:1234
336 * Support Metacube protocol when streaming over HTTP
339 * add equalizer API libvlc_audio_equalizer_* functions
340 * add libvlc_media_player_program_scrambled function
343 * Add a 3D OpenGL spectrum visualization.
344 * Allow setting the FFT windowing style for 3D and normal spectrum
347 * Add support for subtitles drag 'n drop in skins2
348 * Add record button in Qt menus
349 * New module for core dialogs on iOS
350 * New layout for Qt buttons customization
351 * Support to continue media playback where it was left off for Qt and OS X
354 * Support for OS X Yosemite
355 * Avoid grey bars in fullscreen when using Mavericks with multiple monitors
356 * Improve fullscreen behavior for the native and VLCs own mode
357 * Fixes for advanced preferences
358 * Added 'file size' column to playlist table
359 * in addition to iTunes, Spotify is automatically paused on playback start
360 * Option to increase playlist font size
361 * Improved crash log reporting
364 * New module for TLS on OS X and iOS
365 * Windows installer will kill running instance before installing
366 * Teletext navigation buttons support in Qt4 gui
367 * Update and improve Koreus, Dailymotion, Soundcloud and Youtube scripts
370 * Numerous integer and heap overflow in Ogg, AVI, ASF, TTA and MP4 demuxers
373 * iOS video output: use ios2
374 * OpenMash H.261 video decoder
375 * dirac encoder: use schroedinger
378 * New translation in Urdu, Tatar, Silesian, Samoan, Kapampangan, N'ko,
379 Kurdish, Kabyle, Mexican Spanish, Catalan, Amharic
380 * Update of all translations:
381 Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Uzbek, Ukrainian,
382 Turkish, Thai, Swedish, Serbian, Albanian, Slovenian, Slovak, Russian,
383 Romanian, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Punjabi, Dutch, Nepali, Norwegian
384 Bokmål, Malay, Marathi, Latvian, Lithuanian, Korean, Kannada, Khmer,
385 Japanese, Italian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Hebrew, Galician, Scottish
386 Gaelic, French, Finnish, Persian, Estonian, Spanish, Modern Greek, German,
387 Danish, Welsh, Czech, Bosnian, Bengali, Asturian
390 Changes between 2.1.5 and 2.1.6:
391 --------------------------------
397 * Fix heap overflow in decomp stream filter
398 * Fix buffer overflow in updater (CVE-2014-9625)
399 * Fix potential buffer overflow in schroedinger encoder
400 * Fix null-pointer dereference in DMO decoder
401 * Fix buffer overflow in parsing of string boxes in mp4 demuxer (CVE-2014-9626,9627,9628)
402 * Fix SRTP integer overflow
403 * Fix potential crash in zip access
404 * Fix read overflow in Ogg demuxer
405 * Fix RTP overflow (CVE-2014-9630)
408 * Update translations and greek encoding
411 Changes between 2.1.4 and 2.1.5:
412 --------------------------------
415 * Fix compilation on OS/2
418 * Stability improvements for the QTSound capture module
420 Mac OS X audio output:
421 * Fix channel ordering
422 * Increase the buffersize
425 * Fix DxVA2 decoding of samples needing more surfaces
426 * Improve MAD resistance to broken mp3 streams
427 * Fix PGS alignment in MKV
430 * Don't rename mp3 converted files to .raw
433 * Correctly support video-on-top
434 * Fix video output event propagation on Macs with retina displays
435 * Stability improvements when using future VLC releases side by side
438 * Fix transcode when audio format changes
441 * Updated GnuTLS to 3.1.25 (CVE-2014-3466)
442 * Updated libpng to 1.6.10 (CVE-2014-0333)
445 * Update British English
448 Changes between 2.1.3 and 2.1.4:
449 --------------------------------
452 * Fix issue in WMV with multiple compressed payload and empty payloads
455 * Fix subtitles size rendering on Windows
458 * Fix DVD playback regression
459 * Fix misleading error message during video playback on OS X 10.9
460 * Fix hardware acceleration memleaks
463 Changes between 2.1.2 and 2.1.3:
464 --------------------------------
467 * Fix broken behaviour with SOCKSv5 proxies
468 * Fix integer overflow on error when using vlc_readdir
471 * Fix DVB-T2 tuning on Linux
472 * Fix encrypted DVD playback
473 * Fix v4l2 frequency conversion
476 * Fix numerous issues (M2TS, VC1 interlaced, Lagarith, FFv1.3, Xvid)
477 by updating codec libraries
478 * Bring fluidsynth back on Mac OS X
479 * Fix some Opus crashes with some filters
480 * Fix teletext crash on Windows
483 * Avoid an infinite recursion in MKV tags parsing
484 * Fix an issue with some Vobsub tracks
485 * Fix missing samples at the end of some wav files
486 * Fix divide by 0 on ASF/WMV parsing
489 * Fix audio device selection via command line on Mac OS X
490 * Fix audio crashes on Mac OS X
493 * Fix selection of DirectDraw as the default output for XP
494 * Fix transform off-by-one issue
495 * Fix screensaver disabling on Windows outputs
496 * Fix DirectDraw device enumeration and multi-display output
497 * Fix a potential crash when playing a fullscreen game at the same time as VLC
500 * Fix 24bits audio MTU alignment in RTP
501 * Fix record file names
504 * Fix minimal size possible on start
505 * Fix a crash with the simple volume widget
506 * Fix a crash in the audio menu building
507 * Fix multimedia keys issues on Windows
508 * Fix opening of DVD and BD folders on Windows
511 * Fix album art display on Windows
514 * Update of Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Modern Greek,
515 Spanish, Basque, Finnish, French, Scottish Gaelic, Galician, Hebrew,
516 Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Nepali,
517 Dutch, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian,
518 Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
519 and Simplified Chinese translations
520 * Fix encoding for Windows installer translations
523 Changes between 2.1.1 and 2.1.2:
524 --------------------------------
527 * Fix digital playback on OS X when more than one audio device is installed
528 * Fix digital playback (SPDIF/HDMI) on Windows
529 * Fix stuttering or silent playback when using sound enhancers or external
530 audio devices on OS X
531 * Improve responsiveness on OS X when playback starts or is being paused
532 * Improve responsiveness, silent playback intervals and reliability on iOS
535 * Fix Vimeo and DailyMotion parsing
536 * Various WMV playback improvements and fixes
539 * Fix LPCM 20/24-bit decoding and 16 bits with channel padding
540 * Fix playback of some HEVC samples
543 * Fix crash on deinterlace selection
546 * Fix some streaming profiles when copy existed
547 * Improve A-B loop control
548 * Fix album art update when changing media
551 * Add a language option in the interface
552 * Option to control VLC's iTunes pausing behavior is more easy to find
553 * Improved UI resetting when requested in the preferences
554 * Fix issue which prevented to enable more than one video filter on Mavericks
555 * Fix an issue which could prevent automatic UI language settings from working
556 * Fix opening subtitles files through drag & drop or double-clicking
557 * Fix crash when closing window without decorations
558 * Fix issue where extra video window was resized even if this was disabled
561 * Kill running VLC process on uninstall/update
564 * Update of Basque, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian,
565 French, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kannada, Khmer,
566 Lithuanian, Occitan, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Scottish Gaelic, Sinhala,
567 Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Uzbek, Welsh translations
570 Changes between 2.1.0 and 2.1.1:
571 --------------------------------
574 * Fix random and reshuffling behaviour
576 * Fix some subtitles track selection
579 * VP9 support in WebM
580 * HEVC/H.265 support in MKV, MP4 and raw files
581 * Fix GPU decoding under Windows (DxVA2) crashes
584 * Fix crashes on wav, mlp and mkv and modplug files
585 * Support Speex in ogg files
586 * Fix some .mov playlists support
587 * Support Alac in mkv
588 * Fix WMV3 and palette in AVI
589 * Fix FLAC packetizer issues in some files
592 * Fix DVB options parsing
593 * Fix DeckLink HDMI input
594 * Fix HTTPS connectivity on OS X by loading root certificates from Keychain
597 * Fixes for DirectSound pass-through
598 * Fixes for OSS output, notably on BSD
601 * Fix HTTP interface infinite loop
602 * Fix D-Bus volume setting
605 * Reinstore right click subtitle menu to open a subtitle
606 * Fix saving the hotkeys in preferences
607 * Fix saving the audio volume on Win32, using DirectSound
608 * Fix play after drag'n drop
609 * Fix streaming options edition and scale parameter
612 * Fix transcoding audio drift issues
613 * Fix numerous audio encoding issues
616 * Important rewrite to fix numerous bugs, notably about updates
617 * Simplification of the upgrade mechanism
620 * Reintroduce the language selector known from pre-2.1 releases
621 * Fix fullscreen behaviour and various crashes
622 * Fix about dialog crash in Japanese
623 * Fix crashes on proxy lookups
624 * Fixes on the playlist and information behaviours
625 * Fixes on the streaming dialogs
626 * Improves interface resizings
629 * Update of Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French,
630 Galician, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
631 Lithuanian, Marathi, Modern Greek, Norwegian Bokmål, Occitan, Persian,
632 Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish,
633 Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek
637 Changes between 2.0.9 and 2.1.0:
638 --------------------------------
641 * The licenses of numerous modules have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
642 * Discontinued support for PowerPC-based Macs; VLC now requires Mac OS X 10.6+
643 Moreover, the official builds will be 64bit only
644 * The --with-tuning and --without-tuning options are removed; to tune
645 compilation for a specific processor type, set CFLAGS manually
647 3rd party libraries (contrib):
648 * /extras/contrib has been replaced by a cleaner build system in /contrib
651 * Audio core rewrite, supporting higher samplerates, better volume management,
652 better device selection, new channel layouts and new output capabilities
653 * Fix support for .001, .00x split files on Windows
654 * Full support for UNICODE Windows mode
655 * Disable and mark obsolete --language selection
658 * Partial support for Windows Store App / WinRT
659 * Add an audio fingerprinter, using AcoustID!
663 * Support for CDXL, Ut Video, VBLE, Dxtory codecs via libavcodec
664 * Numerous improvements on the OpenMAX IL codec module
665 * Support for Ulead DV audio
666 * Support for TechSmith Screen Codec 2, Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen,
667 Microsoft Application Screen Decoder 1 (MSS1) and 2 (MSS2)
668 * Support for Indeo Audio Coder, RealAudio Lossless
669 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on OS X for H.264 based upon VDADecoder
670 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Android Jelly Bean using MediaCodec
671 * Add Hardware Acceleration support on Linux using VDPAU
672 * Support for SCTE-27 subtitles
673 * Split G.711 decoder from Araw decoder
674 * X Window system raster image dump pseudo-decoder
675 * Support for Webinar GoToMeeting 4 (G2M4)
678 * high10, high422 and high444 encoding support in h264
679 * QuickSyncVideo Encoding (Intel Media SDK) support using Intel GPU on Windows
680 * New AAC encoder using the fdk-aac library (non-free)
683 * Screen: add support for OS X Lion and later,
684 remove support for previous OS X releases
685 * Major improvements in DASH support
686 * Improvements in Blu-Ray module, notably for multiple video tracks support
687 * Important improvements and rewrite of the v4l2 access module
688 * HTTP: support for Internationalized Domain Names
689 * Microsoft Smooth Streaming support (H264 and VC1) developed by Viotech.net
690 * NTSC EIA-608 closed caption input support via V4L2 VBI devices
691 * Add support for VNC/rfb in view only mode
692 * Add support for Remote Desktop/RDP in view only mode
693 * Timecode: generate a clock/timecode as a subtitle track
694 vlc video.mkv --input-slave timecode:// --timecode-fps 30/1001
695 * New video capture module for OS X based on AVFoundation, named AVcapture
696 * New shared memory framebuffer access module, named shm
699 * MP4: partial support for fragmented MP4
700 * Vorbis: better support for metadata and cover art
701 * AVI: better support for tags and extended metadata
702 * Support for FLAC, Atrac and some ADPCM in AVI
703 * Support for DV data type 1 in AVI and 12 bits DV Audio
704 * Support for total number of tracks in major container
705 * Support for Cook and Atrac in MKV
706 * AVI: support for files produced by Nikon cameras
707 * Support for more MJPEG streams
708 * Add support for liveleak streams
709 * Add support for Wave/RF64 files
710 * Prevent numerous uncaught exceptions in MKV
711 * Add protection against several potential heap buffer overflow in libebml
714 * Windows Audio Session API audio output support
715 * OpenBSD sndio audio output support
716 * Important improvements on the Android OpenSL ES audio output
717 * Android AudioTrack audio output support
718 * OS X Auhal output support for 6.1, 7.1, 8.0 and 8.1 playback and layouts
719 * Rewrite of OSS module to support OSSv4
720 * OS X Auhal output support for multi-buffer output devices
721 This fix was facilitated through a hardware lending by TEAC Europe GmbH
722 distributing such devices under the brand "TASCAM" (US-122, US-144, etc.).
723 * Rewrite of the AudioQueue output for iOS (and OS X)
724 * New, simplified AudioUnit output for iOS
727 * New remapping channel filter
728 * New filter to enhance stereo effect by mono suppression and delay effect
729 * New VSXu visualization plugin
730 * ARM NEON acceleration of volume filter
731 * Rewrite of the simple downmixer filter
732 * New gain audio filter
735 * New output for Decklink Blackmagic cards
736 * New output using OpenMAX IL hardware acceleration API
737 * OpenGL: use glsl instead of ARB to do the YUV->RGB conversions
738 * OpenGLES: add support for color conversation shaders on Android and iOS
739 * Fix and enable the OpenGL ES1 and ES2 outputs
740 * Support for subpictures in the OpenGL ES2 output
741 * Fix the power management issue on Windows for standby management
742 * New output module for iOS using OpenGL ES2
743 * Fix performance issue on Macs with multiple graphics cards
746 * New anaglyph video filter which transforms side by side 3D video streams in
747 anaglyph glasses (aka red/blue) compatible images
748 * Support in deinterlacing filter for most 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 YUV formats
749 and for bits depth higher than 8bits (like 10bits)
750 * Improvements on the transform filter, to support 10bits and RGB formats
751 * Revival of the openCV and openCV example filters
752 * ARM NEON acceleration of chroma filters
755 * Extended support for recording, notably for MKV and AVI
756 * Options support for AVIO output module
757 * Livehttp places more accurate segments durations in playlist
758 * Livehttp allows setting cachin-variable in playlist
759 * Livehttp stream encryption support
760 * Livehttp supports changing encryption key and uri on segment change with key-loadfile option
761 * Added chromaprint based audio fingerprinting
764 * Add AcoustID/Musicbrainz based fingerprinter
767 * configurable password for the HTTP server
768 * .hosts removed from the HTTP server
769 * fix Lua command line interface console mode under Windows
770 * Better support for MCE remotes on Windows
771 * Hotkey support for TS program selection
772 * Rewrite of D-Bus inhibit interface
773 * Improvements on motion sensing interface, fix orientation, move out
774 rotate mode into the rotate video filter
778 * Support for multiple UPnP resources on a single item
781 * Add support for multiple video outputs
782 * Add accessibility support to playback windows, open panel and fullscreen
784 * Add a GUI to manage podcasts
785 * Add a new panel for media conversation and streaming
786 * Add a GUI for the QTSound access input to process audio captured locally
787 - This also allows to capture input from a webcam and a mic at the same time
788 * Add a GUI to capture QTSound data along with the current screen content
789 * Add an option to let the Apple Remote control the system volume instead of
790 VLC's internal volume level
791 * Add a new Subtitles menu to change Subtitles and their properties during
793 * Add the ability to create custom equalizer presets based upon the current
794 selection and to manage the list of presets
795 * Add custom profiles for video and audio effects, which let the user keep
796 multiple configuration sets of all the individual filters
797 * Support for pausing iTunes during media playback with VLC
798 * Add support for video filters to clone the video output or split it in parts
799 * Add A->B loop feature known from the Qt interface
800 * Add an option to disable skipping to next/previous file with the Apple Remote
801 * Add an option to show next / previous buttons
802 * Add an option to hide the shuffle and repeat buttons
803 * Add an option to hide the audio effects button (default enabled)
804 * Add optional playlist columns for track number, genre, album, description,
806 * Add options to the Advanced Open File dialog for start and stop time
807 * Add an option to play videos as a desktop background
808 * Add support for playing video and showing audio visualizations side by side
809 * improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
810 * rewrite of minimal macosx module for use within VLCKit
811 * Add support for 'macosx-autoplay' to the Apple Event / Apple Script bindings
812 when adding new inputs - this also affects network streams opened through
813 3rd party applications
814 * Add a UI to the preferences dialog to configure the default application
815 handler for ftp, mms, rtmp, rtp, rtsp, sftp, smb and udp streams
816 (system-wide settings)
817 * Add support for the Video Title option
818 * Add support for the Boss Key
819 * The Streaming/Transcoding wizard and the open dialog's output panel are
820 deprecated now and will be removed in a future release
823 * Partial support for Qt5.0
824 * Menus modifications and improvements
825 * Playlist improvements and fixes, including PictureFlow view
826 * Streaming output wizard rewrite
827 * Add bitrate graph in information panels
828 * Filters panels improvements, notably Equalizer and Compressor
829 * EPG display fixes and improvements
830 * Add SD pixmap sources
831 * Preferences hotkeys management fixes
832 * Display playlist total duration
833 * Support for a Maximum volume in the UI
834 * Add audio track fingerprinting from media info
835 * New profiles format and dialog to handle filters and quality
840 * Extend sliders, offsets options
841 * New bitmaps caching mechanism
842 * Numerous fixes and improvements
843 * Skinning of the Fullscreen controller
846 * new libvlc_audio_output_device_list_get and libvlc_audio_output_device_list_release functions
847 to replace the deprecated libvlc_audio_output_device_count, libvlc_audio_output_device_longname
848 and libvlc_audio_output_device_id
849 * libvlc_audio_output_get_device_type and libvlc_audio_output_set_device_type are now deprecated
850 * new libvlc_media_tracks_get and libvlc_media_tracks_release methods to get more info about the
851 media tracks. libvlc_media_get_tracks_info is now deprecated.
852 * new fingerprinter_Create and fingerprinter_Destroy for fingerprinter support
853 * new libvlc_log_set, libvlc_log_set_file, libvlc_log_unset, libvlc_log_get_context and
854 libvlc_log_get_object for a better logger mechanism
855 * new libvlc_set_app_id to complement libvlc_set_user_agent to set the icons
858 * portaudio audio output: use the native audio output instead
859 * X11 On Screen Display notifications (xosd)
860 * Linux Framebuffer On Screen Display interface (fbosd)
861 * PVR: IVTV analog TV encoder - use V4L instead
862 * RTMP access: use libavformat avio instead
863 * RTMP access_output: use libavformat avio instead
865 * MSN messenger "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
866 * Telepathy framework "now playing" (broken and unmaintained since VLC 1.0.0)
867 * Nokia/Maemo MCE screen unblanking plugin
868 * Broken crop video filter
870 * OSD parser and menu
871 * Xscreensaver: use xdg-screensaver
872 * Removed DLL loader for non-Windows Operating Systems
873 * SQL Media Library (broken and unmaintained)
874 * SQL Lite (only used as SQL Media library backend)
878 * Update of all translations
881 Changes between 2.0.8 and 2.0.9:
882 --------------------------------
885 * Improve handling of corrupt ASF files
886 * Fix buffer overflow in the mp4a packetizer
889 * Fix modplug security issues
892 Changes between 2.0.7 and 2.0.8:
893 --------------------------------
897 * Fix crash in QTsound
898 * Fix screen mouse file location
899 * Fix invalid memcpy in MMS access
902 * Fix use after free in sgimb
903 * Improve resistance and checking against malformed MKV files
906 * Fix crash in the libavcodec module
909 * Fix interface crashes
910 * Fix autostart playback option
911 * Respect "playlist-autostart" option
914 * update Welsh translation
915 * New Kannada translation
918 Changes between 2.0.6 and 2.0.7:
919 --------------------------------
922 * Fix playback termination when switching ES tracks (PowerPC only)
923 * Fix memory exhaustion vulnerability when playing specifically crafted
927 * Fix WMA Pro, MPEG 4 ALS, APE, MLP and ADPCM-IMA4 playback
930 * Fix audio encoding for numerous codecs, notably mp3 and aac
933 * Fix noticeable memory leak when creating AVI files
936 * Fix crash when using libvlc in 3rd party applications (Mac only)
940 * Fix issue which could lead to loss of media files created through transcoding
943 * Fix two xss vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-3565)
946 * Update Basque, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Portuguese, Norwegian Bokmål,
947 Burmese, Lithuanian, Italian, Hindi, Spanish, German, Czech, Danish, Welsh translations
948 * New Azerbaijani, Kirgyz, Oriya translations
951 Changes between 2.0.5 and 2.0.6:
952 --------------------------------
955 * Fix HTTPS playback with some certificates previously rejected
958 * Improve lookup of human readable device names in AUHAL plugin (OS X)
961 * Fix crash with broken asf files (SA-1302)
962 * Fix MKV behaviour with unknown or new ebml elements
963 * Fix use-after-free crash in Ogg demuxer, found by Tomi Juntunen
964 * Fix regression on some paletted codecs in AVI
965 * Fix ALAC in mp4 regression
966 * Improvements to the vimeo playlist parser
969 * Fix GPU decoding on Intel HD 2000/3000 cards on Windows
970 * Fix FLAC 6.1 and 7.1 channel layout
971 * Fix crashes in HTML srt subtitles
972 * 3rd party codecs updates
975 * Fix subtitle rendering resolution when using OS X's native fullscreen mode
976 * Improve fullscreen controller time slider with larger click target
977 * Fix listing of the lua interfaces (web, telnet and console)
978 in the advanced preferences panel
979 * Fix spatializer audio filter panel
980 * Fix crash within the video output code
981 * Fix BDMV folder selection issue on OS X Mountain Lion, which treats such
982 folders as a AVCHD file as soon as they include an item named INDEX.BDM
983 * Fix bug which caused a hidden fullscreen panel
984 * Fix various minor UI drawing issues (main window, fullscreen controller,
986 * Allow VLC to be associated with .dvdmedia packages
989 * Fix clearing of Media Info panel on dialog exit
992 * Numerous D-Bus and MPRIS2 improvements
993 * Reject broken versions of PulseAudio
996 * Fix uninstallation in different location than C:\
999 * Update of Brazilian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Portuguese,
1000 Japanese, Italian, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish, Czech, Catalan, Bosnian,
1001 Asturian, French, Romanian, Serbian, Russian, Hindi, Estonian, German
1002 Slovenian Norwegian Bokmål, Khmer, Icelandic, Interlingua, Welsh, Ukrainian,
1003 Dutch, Danish, translations
1004 * New Gujarati, Aragonese translations
1007 Changes between 2.0.4 and 2.0.5:
1008 --------------------------------
1011 * Fix DVB-S delivery system detection
1014 * Fix playback initial synchronization with PulseAudio
1015 (however similar bugs in PulseAudio version 2.0 and later still exist)
1016 * Fix file output bug affecting floating point on big endian systems
1019 * Fix crash with some embedded subtitle fonts
1020 * Fix buffer overflow in HTML subtitles parser
1021 * Fix koreus lua parser
1022 * Improve reliability for RTSP streams sent by some IP cameras
1023 * Fix division by 0 in AIFF demuxer
1024 * Fix some MKV crashes when ordered editions have empty or broken links
1025 * Fix SWF potential crash on malformed files.
1028 * Fix crash in Freetype with embedded fonts
1029 * Fix wrong aspect ratio in some cases
1032 * Fix Mpeg-2 audio and video encoders initialization
1035 * Fix Reveal-in-Finder for files with non-Western file names
1036 * Fix crash with local statistics disabled
1037 * Fix Time counter UI look
1038 * Fix system sleep issue on OS X 10.5
1041 * Fix https streaming
1044 * Fix audio and video track selection:
1045 The constant track identifier is now always used. Some functions previously
1046 incorrectly used the (moving) index of the track in the table of tracks.
1049 * Update of Asturian, Bengali (India), Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish,
1050 Dutch, Estonian, French, Galician, Scottish Gaelic, German, Hebrew,
1051 Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Malayalam, Polish, Slovak, Simplified Chinese,
1052 Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Thai translations
1053 * Initial translations for Welsh and Interlingua
1056 Changes between 2.0.3 and 2.0.4:
1057 --------------------------------
1060 * Improve playback synchronization with PulseAudio.
1061 * Fix ALSA digital pass-through ("S/PDIF").
1062 * Fix live audio device selection on Mac OS X
1063 * Fix detection of some 5.1 and 7.1 kits on Windows.
1064 * Fix audio output behavior when the output device is plugged or unplugged
1065 during playback on Mac OS X
1068 * Fix numerous DVD (dvdnav) crashes
1069 * Fix HTTP playback through proxy and advertise gzip correctly
1070 * Fix TLS busy-loop during client-side handshake
1073 * Support for Opus decoding via libopus, including multi-channel files
1074 * Support MSS1 and MSS2 decoding through DMO libraries
1075 * Fix Hebrew and Greek subtitles encoding
1076 * Fix crashes on malformed subtitles and malformed png files
1077 * Fix crashes when using hardware decoding
1080 * Fix issues in Ogg with zero length packets
1081 * Fix file duration of Ogg/Theora and Ogg/Vorbis files
1082 * Fix vimeo, koreus and youtube lua parsers
1083 * Support Youtube live streams
1086 * Fix Wallpaper mode on Windows 7/8
1089 * Fix media info dialog update
1090 * Fix random/repeat preferences saving
1091 * Fix crashes when opening audio effects dialog, with skins and playlist
1092 * Fix crash on association dialog on Windows XP
1093 * Fix album art display at start
1096 * Fix command-line options to control the interface behavior
1097 * Deactivate CoreAnimation effects on Leopard
1098 * Fix menus display and behavior
1099 * Fix various crashes and small issues including bookmarks, playlist, buttons,
1100 streaming wizard, video size, hotkeys and fullscreen controller
1101 * Fix font selection for Unicode subtitles
1102 * Improve system sleep behavior when playing audio-only media. The screen is
1103 allowed to sleep while the system is kept awake during playback.
1104 * Fix code signing of Delete Preferences application
1105 * Add option to Audio Effects panel to activate the Karaoke filter
1108 * Fix Notify (D-Bus) plugin deadlock.
1109 * Fix buffer corruption in freetype and subtitles modules
1110 * Improve Blu-Ray and HLS support
1111 * Fix issues on selection of playlist items for WebUI
1112 * Codec and other 3rd party library updates
1113 * Fix swscale and canvas behavior with Aspect Ratio
1114 * Fix mime-type when streaming Webm over HTTP
1115 * Fix recording behaviour in Windows network environments
1116 * Codecs and 3rd party libary updates
1119 * Updates of Norwegian Bokmål, Korean, Slovak, Serbian, Russian, Traditional
1120 Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Walloon, Turkish, Thai, Polish,
1121 Dutch, Khmer, Hindi, Japanese, Galician, Hebrew, German, Breton, Scottish
1122 Gaelic, Czech, Estonian translations
1123 * Initial translations for Bengali, Fula, Gujarati and Bosnian
1126 Changes between 2.0.2 and 2.0.3:
1127 --------------------------------
1130 * Fix some HTTP request that broke some radio channels
1133 * Fix support for some flv files (notably joined)
1134 * Fix a crash when opening ape files with ID3v1 tags
1137 * Add GateKeeper support
1138 * Fix handling for some hotkeys
1139 * Fix fullscreen toggle over extra interfaces
1140 * Minor bugfixes and improvements
1143 * Fix Windows 8 interface style
1146 * Updates for Breton, Czech, Dutch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic,
1147 Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian,
1148 Thai, Turkish and Walloon
1149 * New translations to Uzbek and Marathi
1150 * Fix activation of Gaelic and Thai translations
1153 Changes between 2.0.1 and 2.0.2:
1154 --------------------------------
1157 * XP machine will now use DirectX mode by default, like in previous versions.
1158 There were too many errors with broken drivers.
1159 * More accurate colourspaces conversions for YUV->RGB in OpenGL
1160 * Add menu support for libvlc / VLCKit applications on Mac OS X
1161 * Various fixes on Mac OS X, notably for crop, zoom, osd and menu support
1162 * Misc fixes in OpenGL module, on all platforms
1163 * Fix video output on PowerPC-based Macs equipped with an ATI Radeon 7500,
1164 an ATI Radeon 9200 or a NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra.
1165 * Fix video output of 10bit encoded contents on Intel-based Macs equipped
1166 with an Intel GMA 950 chipset running OS X 10.6 or later.
1167 * Add support for the HiDPI mode used on recent Apple products with so-called
1171 * Rework Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C should work again
1172 * Fixes for RAR compressed files
1173 * Fix DirectShow crashes on exit
1174 * Improve PulseAudio input latency
1175 * Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy
1176 * v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264)
1177 * Fix subtitles auto-detection in subfolders and detection behaviour
1178 * IE http proxy is not used anymore by VLC on Win32
1179 * Accept more extensions for DVD images
1180 * Fix crash in VC1 packetizer
1181 * Improvements in Blu-Ray playback
1182 * Improvements and fixes in HLS support
1185 * Fix crashes in AAC decoder on channels changes, notably in ISDB streams
1186 * Fix compilation with multiple FFmpeg and libav versions
1188 * Fix MP3 free format support
1191 * Fixes for MKV segments, seeking and MKV title display
1192 * Fix for some mp4, voc, midi and au crashes
1193 * Fix for Real .ram, .f4v, .avi and .ra files support
1194 * Fix for DVB channels file support
1195 * Fixes for alac, vorbis, DTS, VC-1 and Dirac in mp4
1198 * Fix for MPEG Audio encoding, use layer2 when using fourcc "mp2 " and "mp2a"
1199 * Fix for JPEG generation, when doing snapshots
1201 Audio filters and output:
1202 * Limitation of spatializer volume output
1203 * Fix DirectSound device selection
1204 * Correct PulseAudio volume control
1205 * Do not apply volume in file output
1206 * Fix sampling rate in JACK output
1207 * Fixes in ALSA output for latency and for broken drivers
1210 * Enable drag and drop of playlist items between the temporary playlist and
1211 the persistant media library
1212 * Enable import of playlist items taken from the service discovery modules
1213 to the media library or the temporary playlist
1214 * Media key support for keyboards by other manufacturers than Apple
1215 This fix was facilitated through a hardware donation by ZF Friedrichshafen AG
1216 manufacturing keyboards under the brand "Cherry".
1217 * Add support for the Apple Remote to set the Mac to sleep using a longer
1218 press on the Play/Pause button
1219 * Remove libfontconfig's font cache by an Apple Type Services lookup.
1220 This removes the "Updating Cache" dialog, before finding all fonts.
1221 * Re-add an option to hide the window decoration during video playback
1222 * Improve compatibility with other 3rd party apps using SPMediaKeyTap
1223 * Many Fullscreen fixes
1224 * Keep Aspect Ratio when resizing is back
1225 * Add controls to manipulate the Subtitles Duration to the Track
1226 Synchronization panel
1227 * Hidden items in the sidebar are being retained for the next launch now
1228 * Fix crash when trying to open an Audio CD by drag & drop
1229 * Improve reliability when opening DVDs or BDs by drag & drop
1230 * Fix crashes on exit
1231 * Fix crash when mounting a device with multiple logical volumes while
1233 * Chosen audio output device is retained throughout multiple sessions
1234 * Since running the Mac OS X interface as an Extra Interface or Control
1235 Interface can lead to undefined results, eventual settings will be
1236 automatically reset on the first launch.
1237 - This fixes issues with unresponsive playback controls and crashes on quit.
1238 * Update Growl plugin for use with Growl 1.3
1239 * Miscellaneous minor interface improvements
1242 * Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues
1243 * Fixes for icecast SD
1246 * Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows
1247 * Fix playlist search and selector behaviour
1248 * Fix multiple issues in the Open Disc dialog
1249 * Miscellaneous fixes in preferences, buttons, EPG, playlist and customize dialog
1250 * Fix tags and file names display
1251 * Fix various crashes, display issues and usability issues
1254 * Fix mousewheel on Windows
1255 * Fix for key events and focus loss
1258 * Fix display of some buttons
1259 * Fix listing of files in the Open interface
1260 * Fixes for widgets behaviour and vlm dialog
1263 * Fix Ogg Heap buffer overflow
1264 * Update taglib (CVE-2012-2396)
1265 * Update libavcodec and other codecs libraries
1268 * Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Walloon, Slovak, Polish, Khmer,
1269 Japanese, Italian, French, Czech, Belarusian, Breton, Greek, Spanish,
1270 Estonian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Japanese, Dutch, Telugu, Ukrainian,
1271 Thai translations update
1272 * New Scottish Gaelic translation
1275 Changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1:
1276 --------------------------------
1279 * fix and improve the CDDB information retrieval
1280 * fix the samba module compilation
1281 * fix UDP / RTP multicast stream reception on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
1282 * multiple fixes for HLS support, notably on Win32 and for encryption
1283 * multiple fixes for Bluray discs playback
1284 * fix for DVD decryption on some RPC-I drives
1287 * Support for MXPEG files
1288 * limit auto-detected threads to 4 in avcodec module
1289 * fix quicktime audio codecs in RTSP streams
1292 * Fix multi-file splitted RAR archive support
1293 * Fix a crash when seeking in mka
1294 * Improve MKV multi-video tracks support
1297 * Fix ogm header creation
1300 * limit spatializer filter distortions
1301 * Use fastest SinC algorithm for samplerate module
1304 * Fix S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA.
1305 * Remove flawed ALSA channels autodetection.
1306 The available ALSA channels MUST be configured now (stereo by default).
1307 * Fix delay when changing the volume on Mac OS X
1310 * Fix gradfun unloading on Windows platform
1313 * allow to hide the playlist to get a small controller window
1314 * allow to hide the sidebar
1315 * disable Lion fullscreen mode by default, since its behavior is misleading
1316 - this fixes fullscreen video output on a secondary screen
1317 * noticebly faster launch time
1318 * correct a few visual glitches and accessibility support
1319 * re-enable visual feedback on seek and volume changes
1320 * improve track synchronization panel
1321 * fix fontconfig cache dialog, closure of the interface and numerous crashes
1322 * fix crop, aspect ratio handling, DVD (no menu) support and Open subtitle menu
1325 * allow a native seek slider instead of the blue one
1326 * fixes in the playlist, the addons dialog, the menus, the main toolbar
1327 the open dialogs, preferences and customization dialogs
1328 * fix for fontconfig cache dialog, when rebuilding ASS fonts
1331 * fix for menus display
1332 * Addition of $R to display current playback speed
1333 * documentation update
1336 * fix mobiles display for remote control mode
1337 * support for .drc and .3ga extensions
1340 * fix SAP discovery, where an item was added multiple times
1341 * fix SAP discovery on Mac OS X when using the 10.7 SDK
1342 * Update Jamendo selections
1346 * fix build issues on BSD, Linux/PPC and Linux/Sparc
1347 * fix a crash on VLM close
1350 * Update libpng to 1.5.9 (CVE-2011-3026)
1351 * Update freetype to 2.4.9 (CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144)
1352 * Fix MMS stack overflow (SA-1201 - CVE-2012-1775)
1353 * Fix RealRTSP heap overflow (SA-1202 - CVE-2012-1776)
1356 * Update of Czech, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Walloon translations
1359 Changes between 1.1.13 and 2.0.0:
1360 ---------------------------------
1363 * The licenses of libVLC and libVLCcore have changed from GPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+
1364 * Start/end titles/chapters are now specified with # rather than @ to fix
1365 conflicts with some URLs and file names. For instance, this plays a DVD
1366 from the 2nd chapter of the 1st title up to the 4th chapter of the 3rd
1367 title: vlc dvd://#1:2-3:4
1368 * The 40+ --*-caching options were simplified and dumbed down to 4 options:
1369 - --file-caching specifies caching for local files,
1370 - --network-caching specifies caching for network resources,
1371 - --live-caching specifies caching for capture devices and
1372 - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
1373 All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
1374 * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
1375 - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
1376 By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
1377 - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
1378 By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
1379 - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),
1380 --http-key (private key), --http-ca (optional CA) and
1381 --http-crl (optional CRL).
1382 * RTSP server IP address and port are updated similarly.
1383 Use --rtsp-host and --rtsp-port respectively.
1384 * The --miface-addr option does not exist anymore. To select the multicast
1385 output interface, use --miface instead, e.g. --miface=eth0.
1386 * The Windows version will only work with Windows XP SP2 or later.
1387 Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP < SP2, Windows 2003 SP0 are now unsupported.
1388 * The Mac OS version will require Quartz Extreme compatible machines.
1390 Important changes for packagers:
1391 * The default builds now assume that the operating system uses UTF-8 for
1392 its file systems and files content (except the Windows port). If this is
1393 not acceptable, pass --enable-non-utf8 to the configure script.
1394 Non-UTF-8 file systems support will be removed in future versions.
1395 * The VLC plugins path can be overridden with the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment
1396 variable. The --plugin-path command line option was removed.
1397 * The default tarballs are now compressed with XZ/LZMA: .tar.xz
1398 * OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to the
1399 configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS emulation.
1400 * The webplugins have moved to: git://git.videolan.org/npapi-vlc.git
1403 * Major Video Core and Outputs rework and rewrite:
1404 Subtitles, subpictures and OSD can now be sized and blent inside outputs
1405 x11 (Unix), OpenGL (Unix) and Direct3D (Windows) are such video outputs.
1406 * Almost every video filter can now be transcoded
1407 * Playback rate doesn't get resetted to 1 between items anymore
1408 * Option --sub-filter was renamed --sub-source
1409 * Port to Android, iOS, OS/2 and Win64.
1412 * Multiple files are now supported inside RAR files
1413 * Experimental support for ClearQam devices in the BDA/DTV module
1414 * DVB-S scanning support on Unix
1415 * DVB-C scanning on Unix scans correct modulation/symbolrate if needed
1416 * Support for freq and video standard selection in DirectShow
1417 * Support for VDR recordings (http://www.tvdr.de/) folders
1418 * Experimental Blu-Ray Discs support using libbluray
1419 * HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) playback support
1420 * Blackmagic DeckLink SDI cards input support (Linux only currently)
1421 * Linear Systems (HD-)SDI cards input support (Linux)
1422 * PulseAudio audio input support
1423 * Support for RTP dynamic payload types by specifying the payload format
1424 in an option (no autodetection): only Theora supported for now
1425 * Basic HTCPCP implementation for Coffee Pot control
1426 * Support for all QTKit-compatible video input devices, aka QTCapture
1427 * Support for all QTKit-compatible audio input devices, aka QTSound
1428 * Support for capturing partially hidden windows in the X11 Screen input
1429 * MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) support
1430 * Support for HTTPS is now fixed in the Windows port
1433 * One can now use ffmpeg-mt in conjunction with vlc, to split decoding load
1434 on multiple cores. H.264, VP3, VP8, JPEG-2000, Mpeg-4 ASP/DivX and RV3/RV4
1435 are notably concerned.
1436 * Important fixes for RealVideo 3.0 and 4.0 playback, notably in MKV
1437 * Experimental Hardware decoding using Broadcom CrystalHD cards
1438 * New module for decoding EBU subtitles (.stl)
1439 * Support for 9bits and 10bits H.264/AVC decoding
1440 * Support for 20-bits PCM and DAT-12 (digital magnetic tapes) from RTP
1441 * New module for Dirac encoding, using the faster libschroedinger
1442 The Schroedinger module should be prefered to the Dirac one
1443 * Support for WMV Images, aka WMVP and WVP2, as used by Photo Story
1444 * Support for Lagarith Lossless video codec
1445 * Support for ProRes 422 video codec in 10bits
1446 * Support for DNxHD (VC-3) and JPEG-2000 in 10bits
1447 * EIA-608 closed captions improvements
1448 * Support for JPEG-2000 and Motion JPEG-2000 in the Windows and Mac binaries
1449 * Experimental support of IOMX for OpenMAX IL codecs on Android
1450 * One can use "mp2 " fourcc to encode in mpeg1/2 layer 2
1453 * New images demuxer supporting jpeg, png, targa, xcf, git, tiff, bmp, pcx, lbm
1454 * C64 SID file playback support of using sidplay2
1455 * Support for images/cover art in wma/wmv/asf files
1456 * Improvements in .ape files metadata reading and writing
1457 * New demuxer module for EBU subtitles (.stl)
1458 * Support for caf, mtv, awb, f4v, amr, vro (DVD-VR) files
1459 * Ogg, flv, mxf, amr seeking improvements
1460 * Major improvements in Matroska (mkv) chapters/segments handling and seeking
1461 * Support for duration and better seeking in Mpeg-TS files (.ts, .m2ts, .mts)
1462 * Mov improvements, notably for aspect-ratio handling and Audio DV tracks
1463 * Improved support of tracker files
1464 * Real Media (.rm and .rmvb) demuxer is now based on libavformat
1467 * Qt: effects dialogs rework
1468 * Qt: new CoverFlow-like view of the playlist
1469 * Qt: port to MacOS X platform
1470 * Qt: various interface improvements, notably on the seek bar
1471 * Skins2 / Qt: misc improvements and usability fixes
1472 * Skins2: fullscreen controller support, relative placement support
1473 and important cleanups and optimisations
1474 * Mac OS X: re-written Main Window, which also includes the Video Windows
1475 It is available in 2 looks, one grey (Lion style) and one black (QTX style)
1476 * Mac OS X: new Audio Effects panel adding Compressor and Spatializer filters
1477 * Mac OS X: new Track Synchronization panel
1478 * Mac OS X: new Video Effects panel for color and geometry adjustments
1479 * Mac OS X: re-written Open Disc functionality with automatic media detection
1480 * Mac OS X: support for the native fullscreen mode on OS X Lion
1481 * Mac OS X: enhanced AppleScript support
1482 * Mac OS X: support for lua extensions
1483 * The rc and telnet lua interfaces were merged into a new "cli" interface
1484 * lua: the recommended way to run custom interface scripts is now to pass
1485 -I luaintf --lua-intf myscript
1486 * ncurses: heavy refactor of the complete interface
1487 * dbus: Upgrade to an mpris2 compliant interface, see http://www.mpris.org
1488 * dbus: Rewrite of the main loop to use a more efficient poll-based model
1489 * webUI/http: Rewrite of the web interface, using jQuery
1490 * webUI/http: some requests are now supported in JSON in addition to XML
1491 * webUI/http: path values for input and output are deprecated in favour of uri
1492 * Qt/Win32: the update system now downloads the updates in the temp folder
1493 * Qt: preferences are now searchable
1494 * Qt: the fullscreen controller is now stackable, full-width, at the bottom
1497 * New video output based on Direct2D for Windows 7 and Vista (with Platform Update)
1498 * New video output for iOS platform
1499 * Experimental work in progress on a video output using EGL
1500 * Adaptation of the OpenGL layer for OpenGL ES 1.1
1501 * Various vmem improvements
1502 * OpenGL video output now accepts YUV as input and uses fragment programs for
1503 chroma conversion between YUV and RGB
1504 * New video output for Android platform, based on Surface
1505 * Support for 9/10bits output in the OpenGL output
1506 * Updated OpenGL video output for Mac, requires a Quartz Extreme capable machine
1507 * New video output based on kva API for OS/2
1509 Audio Output and Filters:
1510 * New audio output based on AudioQueue API for iOS
1511 * New audio output in memory (amem)
1512 * Important simplification and improvements in the core audio output
1513 * New audio output based on OpenSL ES API for Android
1514 * New audio resampler using Speex (DSP)
1515 * New audio resampler using the Secret Rabbit Code (a.k.a. libsamplerate)
1516 * New Compressor filter, a dynamic range compressor
1517 * New simplistic Karaoke filter
1518 * New audio output based on kai API for OS/2
1519 * Automatic handover from S/PDIF to PCM with PulseAudio 1.0
1522 * New gradfun filter for debanding videos using dithering
1523 * Rewrite of the grain filter, faster and with better quality
1524 * New posterize filter for lowering the number of colors
1525 * Atmo ambilight: improve Fnordlicht support up to 254 channels
1526 * New sepia filter for creating sepia effect in videos
1527 * New deinterlacer mode Phosphor, a framerate doubling CRT TV simulator
1528 * New deinterlacer mode IVTC, to do live inverse telecine for NTSC films
1529 * New subsdelay filter to change subtitles delay
1530 * New anti-flickering filter
1531 * New OpenMAX DL IPCS filter for color space conversion and resizing
1532 * New video filter for denoising, based on the famous hqdn3d filter
1533 * Major improvements in the freetype text-rendering module, notably supporting
1534 blackbox and customizable shadow.
1535 NB: The freetype module is now used by default on the Mac OS X instead of
1536 the quartztext module, which can still be enabled manually.
1537 The Win32 font selection was improved too.
1540 * New livehttp-module for HTTP Live Streaming (IETF draft) output
1541 example: vlc inputfile :sout="#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp3,
1542 venc=x264{profile=baseline},width=320,vb=256,ab=96}:std{
1543 access=livehttp{index=public_html/iphonestream.m3u8,
1544 index-url=http://url-to-iphonestreamfile-###.ts},mux=ts{use-key-frames},
1545 dst=public_html/iphonestreamfile-###.ts}"
1546 * Support for Vorbis and Theora in RTP
1547 * Major rework of VoD support
1548 * New delay module, to introduce delays of one ES, when streaming:
1549 #delay{id=12,delay=500}:standard...
1550 * New setlang, setid modules to change lang or id of one ES, when streaming:
1551 #setid{id=12,new-id=42}:std...
1552 * New langfromtelx module, to change lang of one ES, when streaming, based on
1553 a telextex page: #langfromtelx{id=12,magazine=7,page=0x99,row=1}:std...
1554 * New select module, to replace an existing ES with another ES in the same track
1555 #duplicate{dst=bridge-out{id=1},select=video,dst=bridge-out{id=0xa3},select=audio}
1556 #transcode{...}:bridge-in{id-offset=0}:select{disable=0}:setid{id=0,newid=0xa3}:autodel:std{...}
1557 * New libavformat/avio access_output module for network streaming
1560 * Search API to be able to query distant search APIs from the interfaces
1561 * Upnp module was ported to Win32
1564 * New capabilities for libVLC:
1565 ** libvlc_media_player_navigate for DVD navigation
1566 ** libvlc_audio_filter_list_get, libvlc_video_filter_list_get to get the
1567 list of available audio and video filters
1568 ** libvlc_audio_set_format, libvlc_audio_set_format_callbacks,
1569 libvlc_audio_set_callbacks
1570 allow grabbing audio data from a chosen memory location in real-time.
1573 * asademux, subsass: use libass
1574 * fake, invmem: use the new image demuxers
1575 * hal, v4l, gapi, omapfb, hd1000a, hd1000v: obsolete unmaintained modules
1576 * id3tag: use taglib
1577 * upnp: use upnp_intel
1578 * removal of old telnet interface in favor of the new lua CLI
1579 * removal of http interface in favor of luahttp
1580 * removal of the noise filter
1581 * removal of the SDL audio output, use the native outputs
1582 * growl_udp: use Growl for local notifications on the Mac. UDP support will be
1583 removed in Growl's next release, too.
1584 * removal of the OSSO screensave module, use the MCE one
1587 * Update of translations for most languages.
1588 * New Telugu and Kurmanji translations.
1591 Changes between 1.1.12 and 1.1.13:
1592 ----------------------------------
1595 * Heap overflow in TiVo demuxer fixed.
1596 * Same default ACL for HTTP requests as for the rest of the HTTP interface.
1599 * PulseAudio channels mapping (non-stereo) fix.
1600 * PulseAudio stream accidental overflow recovery.
1603 * XVideo support for mixed CPU/GPU endianess (especially on PowerPC).
1604 * XVideo support for automatic color keying.
1605 * xosd Xlib initialization failure fix.
1608 * Camtasia decoding fix.
1611 * Rare crash while seeking fixed.
1612 * V4L2 video standard selection fixed.
1615 * Update of Chinese simplified, Estonian, German and Polish languages.
1618 Changes between 1.1.11 and 1.1.12:
1619 ----------------------------------
1622 * Mac OS X / auhal: multiple fixes for the Digital Audio output (S/PDIF)
1623 including support for OS X Lion
1624 * Multiple fixes and improved synchronization for PulseAudio support
1625 * Support for AC-3 and DTS passthrough with PulseAudio 1.0
1628 * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1
1631 * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X
1632 * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32, AVI demuxer, smem and AudioScrobbler
1633 * Fix crash in HTTP and RTSP server (stream output or Web interface)
1636 * Update of Breton, Chinese Simplified and Basque
1639 Changes between 1.1.10 and 1.1.11:
1640 ----------------------------------
1643 * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587)
1644 and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588).
1647 * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted
1648 * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API
1649 * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface
1650 * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB
1651 * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling
1653 Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin:
1654 * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32
1655 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32
1657 Demuxers/Meta Readers:
1658 * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma
1661 * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players
1664 * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues
1667 * Fix quitting on Linux
1668 * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows
1672 * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash
1675 * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian
1678 Changes between 1.1.9 and 1.1.10:
1679 ---------------------------------
1681 Windows and Mac OS X:
1682 * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues
1685 * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB
1686 * Fix for various crashes and small issues
1689 * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser
1692 * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one
1695 * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module
1697 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1698 * Windows 7 taskbar buttons
1700 * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer
1701 * RTP output and XML export
1702 * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows
1706 * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda,
1707 Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish,
1708 Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations
1709 * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations
1712 Changes between 1.1.8 and 1.1.9:
1713 --------------------------------
1715 Windows and Mac OS X:
1716 * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue
1719 * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103)
1722 * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments
1723 * Improve Apple Remote handling
1724 * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard
1725 * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows
1726 * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog
1727 * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.)
1730 * Fix Growl local notification plugin
1731 * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework
1735 * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish,
1736 German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations
1737 * New Luganda Translation
1740 Changes between 1.1.7 and 1.1.8:
1741 --------------------------------
1744 * New UI graphics by Damien Erambert
1747 * Oldrc interface is again the default RC interface, on Windows
1748 * Luarc, luahttp and luatelnet fixes
1749 * Qt and Mac OS X fixes
1750 * numerous Skins2 fixes, notably winamp2 skins
1753 * new libschroedinger-based Dirac codec encoder, faster than the current one
1755 Access/Demuxers/Codecs:
1756 * Subtitles auto-detection is back for .txt files
1757 * vod/rtsp server and rtsp input fixes
1758 * mp4 demuxer improvements
1759 * ogg, rstp input, video filters minor fixes
1760 * taglib's replaygain is fixed for mp3
1761 * vobsub support has an improved auto-detection
1762 * fix a crash in malformed ape files
1764 Miscellaneous fixes in:
1765 * Pulseaudio audio output, notably for usb cards
1766 * Stacktraces are now limited in size on Windows
1767 * Video resolution is now limited to 8192x8192, for security reasons
1768 See CORE-2011-0208, CVE-2010-3275, CVE-2010-3276
1769 * Configure and build system improvements
1770 * DirectShow and BDA build headers have been updated
1773 * Update for Finnish, Galician, Dutch, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lithuanian,
1774 Slovak, French, Polish, Estonian, Brazillian Portuguese and Hebrew
1775 * New icelandic translation
1778 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.7:
1779 --------------------------------
1782 * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs
1783 #234484 and #260719.
1786 * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams
1787 * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed
1788 and stability reasons
1791 * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability.
1795 * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations
1798 Changes between 1.1.6 and 1.1.6.1:
1799 ----------------------------------
1802 * Fix libnotify, lirc, pulse compilation and packaging for Unix/Linux
1805 Changes between 1.1.5 and 1.1.6:
1806 ---------------------------------
1809 * Multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output
1810 PACKAGERS are VERY STRONGLY advised to update libpulse to 0.9.22.
1811 Update is required to use PulseAudio with the Phonon-VLC backend (KDE)
1812 and with the Mozilla VLC web browser plugin.
1815 * Fix the Audio CD crash when looking for CDDB metadata on Windows
1818 * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working)
1819 * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X
1820 * Faster VP8/Webm decoding with recent codecs libraries
1821 * Fix heap corruption in CD+G decoder - CVE-2011-0021 / VideoLAN-SA-1101
1824 * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer - CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007
1825 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issues, notably when seek didn't go to a keyframe
1826 * Support for 24-bits PCM over RTP (audio/L24)
1828 Subtitles and renderer:
1829 * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles
1830 * Mark more freetype options as safe
1831 * Mac OS X: fixed fontconfig cache creation
1832 * Fix heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable,
1833 discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi - CVE-2011-0522
1836 * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales
1837 * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows
1838 * Various projectM improvements: the module should be working now
1839 * Fix goom crash on Windows XP and Mac OS X
1842 * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes
1843 * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements
1845 Miscellaneous fixes:
1846 * KDE device solid actions
1848 * Transcode integer overflow
1849 * HTTP Icy metadata reading
1850 * Windows: revert to 1.1.4 performance timers
1853 * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician,
1854 Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch,
1855 Polish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish
1858 Changes between 1.1.4.1 and 1.1.5:
1859 ----------------------------------
1862 * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives,
1866 * Support for RTP access for H264 streams by specifying the demux in the MRL
1869 * Integration in the playlist, of a list of web shows, provided by channels.com
1872 * Game Music Emu (GME) plugin rewritten, using the proper C API
1873 * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues
1874 * Playback of live http .Webm streams
1875 * Taglib thread-safety fix
1878 * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from
1882 * Add an icon to VLC on Linux
1885 * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB
1888 * fix for Qt bug where VLC didn't exit properly on some Windows XP configuration
1889 * fixes on luatelnet and luarc
1891 Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and
1895 * add libvlc_media_new_fd() to play directly file descriptors (not Win32/Win64)
1896 * Miscellaneous fixes
1899 * Update translations for Walloon, Lithuanian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch,
1900 Bengali, German, Polish, Brazillian Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Galician,
1901 French and Ukrainian
1902 * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek
1903 * New Asturian translation
1906 Changes between 1.1.4 and 1.1.4.1:
1907 ----------------------------------
1910 * Fixed video output on PowerPC-based Macs for videos with widths divisible
1912 * Fixed an issue with the Equalizer's 170Hz slider
1915 * Fix crash when closing rtsp streams
1918 * Fix Windows 7 jumplists with Unicode files
1919 * Various fixes for Windows
1922 * New Armenian translation
1923 * Update translations for Dutch, Estonian, Lithuanian, Japanese, Nynorsk,
1924 Brazillian Portuguese, Armenian, Wallon
1927 Changes between 1.1.3 and 1.1.4:
1928 --------------------------------
1931 * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules,
1932 See VideoLAN-SA-1005
1933 * Fix folders opening from the interface
1936 * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukrainian
1937 Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician
1940 Changes between 1.1.2 and 1.1.3:
1941 --------------------------------
1943 Access and demuxers:
1944 * fixes for FTP relatives path and FTP directory support
1945 * fix for podcasts parsing
1946 * DVD: fix an assert error and various memory leaks
1949 * fix NULL dereferences, as reported by FortiGuard Lab,
1950 CVE-2010-2937 / VideoLAN-SA-1004
1953 * fix a regression where the wrong entry was played
1954 * fix m3u playlists exports
1957 * fix video autoresize behaviour
1960 * Update translations for Dutch, Sinhala, Hebrew, Estonian, Spanish and Bengali
1963 * Update of many codecs libraries, fixing bugs and improving speed
1966 * architecture-specific installations will now be replaced by specific updates
1969 * Add AltiVec detetion for OpenBSD/powerpc
1972 Changes between 1.1.1 and 1.1.2:
1973 --------------------------------
1976 * Avformat fps displaying fix
1977 * TS, fix an issue where some programs would get dropped (fixes DVB issues too)
1980 * fix timestamps handling on some filters that provoked issues when playback
1981 of mono streams, especially on Windows
1984 * fix a bug in direct3d video output with old nVidia drivers that broke video
1985 playback with overlay (YUV->RGB)
1986 * fix console output encoding
1988 Interface and extensions:
1989 * Youtube and other scripts updates
1990 * Misc fixes in Qt4 (especially VLM and EPG dialogs) and MacOS interface
1993 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
1994 --------------------------------
1997 * New capabilities for libVLC:
1998 * Adjust video filter control: libvlc_adjust_Enable,
1999 libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue,
2000 libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
2001 * libvlc_media_player_set_pause() can force the pause state, whereas
2002 libvlc_media_player_pause() would only toggle it.
2003 * libvlc_set_user_agent() configures the "user agent" strings used for some
2004 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
2005 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.
2006 * libvlc_video_set_callbacks() and libvlc_video_set_format() allow grabbing
2007 video frames from a chosen memory location in real-time. This replace the
2008 ugly --vmem-* libvlc_new() parameters in previous versions.
2009 See http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_SampleCode_SDL as an example.
2010 * libvlc_audio_get_delay() and libvlc_audio_set_delay() configure the delay
2011 between audio and video/subpictures for the current input.
2012 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were
2016 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
2017 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
2018 * Fix :program selection in TS and DVB-T
2019 * Fixes and improvements for MKV, Avformat and Avcodec modules
2020 * Fix mod (.xm, .s3m, .it) files support on Windows and Mac builds
2023 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
2026 * Qt: fix preferences, hotkeys, messages and some fulscreen behaviour
2027 * Skins: support for mousewheel in fullscreen, fix radialsliders
2028 * Http: fix fullscreen toggle
2032 * VAAPI small improvements, notably for extraction mode selection
2035 * Multiple interface and crash fixes
2036 * Deinterlace selection is repaired
2037 * Crashes when playing multi-channel tracks fixes
2040 * Activation of DEP on XP SP3
2041 * Fix opening of .m3u and .pls playlists
2042 * Fix crash when My Document isn't available
2043 * Fix crash when Windows was getting into standby while playing video
2046 * Update translations for Spanish, Polish, German, Sinhala, Hungarian, Khmer,
2047 Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Hebrew, Slovak, Galician
2050 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
2051 --------------------------------
2053 Important changes for users:
2054 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
2055 Update to alsa-lib 1.0.24 or later, or use the PulseAudio output instead.
2057 Important changes for packagers:
2058 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
2059 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
2060 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
2061 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
2062 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
2064 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
2066 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
2067 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
2068 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
2069 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
2070 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
2073 * Support for the sftp protocol
2074 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
2075 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
2076 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
2077 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
2078 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
2081 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
2082 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
2083 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
2085 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
2086 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
2087 * Invmem module improvements
2088 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
2089 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
2090 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
2091 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
2092 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
2093 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
2094 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
2095 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
2096 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
2097 * Support for VP8 codec
2098 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
2101 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
2102 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
2103 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
2104 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
2105 * Various EGP improvements
2106 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
2107 * Metadata and cover art improvements
2110 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
2111 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
2112 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
2113 * Podcast images are now displayed
2116 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
2117 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
2118 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
2119 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
2120 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
2121 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
2122 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
2123 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
2124 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
2125 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
2126 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
2129 * New content extensions lua framework
2132 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
2133 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
2134 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
2135 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
2136 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
2137 * NEON assembly audio converter module
2138 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
2141 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
2142 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
2143 * Service discovery based on libudev
2144 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
2147 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
2148 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
2149 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
2150 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
2151 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
2152 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
2153 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
2156 * New smem module, streaming to memory
2157 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
2158 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
2161 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
2163 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
2164 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
2167 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
2170 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
2171 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
2172 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
2173 by Andy Matuschak et al.
2174 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
2175 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
2176 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
2179 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
2180 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
2183 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
2184 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
2185 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
2189 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
2190 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
2191 * Improved Solaris port
2194 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
2195 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
2198 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
2199 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
2200 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
2201 * transrate: broken since too long
2202 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
2203 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
2204 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
2205 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
2206 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
2207 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
2208 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
2209 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
2210 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
2211 * cddax: use cdda instead.
2212 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
2213 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
2214 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
2215 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
2218 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
2219 --------------------------------
2222 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
2224 Decoders/Packetizers:
2225 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
2228 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
2229 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
2230 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
2231 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
2232 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
2235 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
2236 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
2239 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
2240 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
2243 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
2244 and Walloon translations updated
2245 * Sinhala translation started
2248 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
2249 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
2252 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
2253 --------------------------------
2256 * SubRip extra styles improvements
2257 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
2260 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
2263 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
2264 increase performance and fix x264 issues
2267 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
2268 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
2269 Russian, Slovak translation updates
2270 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
2273 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
2274 --------------------------------
2277 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
2278 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
2281 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
2282 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
2285 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
2286 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
2289 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
2292 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
2293 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
2296 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
2297 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
2300 * New Walloon translation
2301 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
2304 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
2305 --------------------------------
2308 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
2309 regressions in most popular drivers
2310 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
2313 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
2314 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
2315 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
2318 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
2319 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
2322 * Update for appletrailers lua script
2323 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
2324 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
2325 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
2326 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
2329 * New udev module for linux
2332 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
2335 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
2338 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
2339 --------------------------------
2342 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
2343 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
2344 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
2347 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
2348 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
2351 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
2352 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
2355 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
2358 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
2359 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
2360 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
2361 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
2364 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
2365 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
2366 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
2367 - no support for Goom and SDL
2368 - limited text rendering support
2369 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
2372 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
2373 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
2374 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
2375 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
2376 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
2377 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
2378 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
2379 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
2380 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
2384 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
2387 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
2390 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
2391 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
2392 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
2393 Arabic and French translation updates
2396 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
2397 --------------------------------
2400 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
2401 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
2402 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
2403 * Fix Dailymotion access script
2404 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
2405 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
2408 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
2409 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
2410 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
2413 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
2414 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
2415 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
2418 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
2421 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
2422 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
2425 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
2426 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
2427 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
2428 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
2429 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
2430 * Fix various crashes
2433 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
2435 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk,
2439 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
2440 ---------------------------------
2444 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
2445 See 'Access:' for more info.
2446 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
2449 * Instantaneous pausing
2450 * Frame-by-Frame playback
2451 * Finer speed control
2452 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
2453 * Timeshift for most medias
2454 * RTSP trickplay support
2455 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
2458 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
2459 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
2460 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
2461 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
2462 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
2463 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
2464 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
2465 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
2466 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
2467 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
2470 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
2471 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
2472 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
2473 * Metadata for mod files are supported
2474 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
2475 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
2476 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
2479 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
2480 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
2483 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
2484 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
2485 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
2486 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
2487 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
2488 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
2489 * DVB scanning on linux
2490 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
2491 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
2492 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
2493 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
2494 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
2495 * MTP device access on Unix
2496 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
2497 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
2500 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
2501 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
2502 Windows and Mac OS X.
2505 * Export the playlist in HTML
2506 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
2507 * Better metadata handling and reading
2509 Linux/Windows interface:
2510 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
2511 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
2512 * Recently played items list
2513 * Interface toolbar customizations
2514 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
2515 - More menus actions
2516 - Finer speed slider
2517 - Improvements on many dialogs
2518 - New dialog for plugins listing
2519 - Fixed-size mode for videos
2520 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
2521 * Better integration in GTK environments
2524 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
2525 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
2526 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
2527 * Additional usability improvements
2530 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
2531 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
2532 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
2533 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
2534 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
2537 * New Maemo port with:
2538 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
2539 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
2542 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
2545 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
2546 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
2547 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
2548 * Support for latest iSight models
2551 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
2552 * Surround support for PulseAudio
2555 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
2556 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
2557 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
2558 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
2559 The old image video output has been removed.
2560 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
2561 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
2564 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
2572 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
2573 --------------------------------------
2579 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
2580 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
2581 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
2582 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
2583 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
2584 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
2585 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
2587 Various fixes to the following modules:
2590 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
2591 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
2592 DZCORE Labs, Algeria
2594 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
2599 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
2600 ---------------------------------
2603 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
2604 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
2607 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
2608 ---------------------------------
2611 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
2614 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
2617 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
2618 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
2619 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
2620 main controller window.
2621 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
2624 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
2629 * Updates of other localizations
2632 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
2633 * Lots of small bugfixes.
2634 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
2635 * Telnet fixes on Windows
2636 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
2639 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
2640 ---------------------------------
2643 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
2645 Bunch of small bugfixes.
2648 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
2649 --------------------------------
2654 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
2655 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
2658 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
2659 --------------------------------
2661 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
2662 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
2665 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
2668 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
2669 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
2672 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
2673 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
2676 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
2677 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
2678 * Various fixed in playlist
2681 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
2684 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
2687 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
2688 ------------------------------------
2690 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
2691 * Fixes several memory leaks.
2694 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
2695 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
2696 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
2699 * Stability fix for the video output.
2702 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
2703 --------------------------------
2706 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
2707 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
2708 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
2709 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
2710 * Fixed update system bugs
2711 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
2714 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
2715 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
2716 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
2717 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
2718 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
2719 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
2720 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
2721 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
2722 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
2723 modern Mac OS X versions
2726 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
2727 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
2729 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
2730 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
2733 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
2734 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
2735 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
2736 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
2737 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
2738 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
2741 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
2742 --------------------------------
2744 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
2745 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
2746 * Multiple bugfixes.
2749 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
2750 --------------------------------
2752 * Multiple bug fixes.
2755 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
2756 ---------------------------------
2760 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
2761 recent to work correctly
2762 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
2763 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
2764 edit the ".hosts" file.
2765 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
2766 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
2767 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
2768 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
2769 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
2770 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
2771 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
2772 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
2773 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
2774 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
2775 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
2776 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
2777 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
2778 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
2779 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
2780 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
2781 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
2782 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
2783 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
2784 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
2785 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
2786 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
2787 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
2788 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
2789 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
2790 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
2791 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
2792 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
2793 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
2794 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
2795 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
2796 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
2797 and postproc modules.
2798 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
2799 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
2800 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
2801 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
2803 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
2804 filter. For example:
2805 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
2806 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
2808 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
2809 * Glide video output module has been removed.
2815 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
2817 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
2818 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
2821 * Vastly improved playlist support:
2822 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
2824 * Shoutcast TV listings
2825 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
2827 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
2828 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
2830 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
2833 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
2834 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
2835 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
2836 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
2837 * JACK audio input support
2838 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
2839 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
2840 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
2841 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
2842 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
2843 * Experimental EyeTV access module
2844 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
2845 (available as a separate download).
2846 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
2847 * RTMP input support
2848 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
2849 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
2850 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
2852 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
2853 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
2856 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
2857 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
2858 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
2859 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
2861 * APEv1/2 tags support
2862 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
2863 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
2865 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
2866 * TiVo Series 2 support
2867 * CD+G karaoke Files support
2872 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
2873 * Flash Screen Video support
2874 * CamStudio Screen Video support
2875 * DosBox Capture support
2876 * Karl Morton's Video support
2877 * limited atrac3 support
2879 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
2880 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
2881 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
2882 * H.264 PAFF support
2883 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
2884 * NellyMoser ASAO support
2885 * APE (Monkey audio) support
2886 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
2887 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
2890 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
2891 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
2892 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
2893 * AQTitle subtitles support
2894 * MKV USF subtitles support
2895 * HTML-based subtitles support
2896 * MPSub subtitles support
2897 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
2898 * MPL2 subtitles support
2899 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
2900 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
2901 * Realtext subtitle support
2902 * DKS subtitle support
2903 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
2904 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
2907 * Flash Screen Video support
2908 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
2910 Video outputs and filters:
2911 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
2912 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
2913 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
2914 * New puzzle video output filter
2915 * Re-written motion detection video filter
2916 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
2918 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
2919 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
2920 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
2921 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
2922 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
2923 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
2924 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2925 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
2926 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
2927 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
2928 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
2929 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
2930 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
2931 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
2933 Audio outputs and filters:
2934 * Replay gain support
2935 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
2936 new scaletempo audio filter)
2937 * New spatializer audio filter
2938 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
2941 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
2942 * New RTP payload formats:
2943 * Speex voice audio codec
2944 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
2945 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
2946 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
2947 * DCCP transport for RTP
2948 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
2953 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
2954 end-user suitable way.
2955 * Improved user interaction
2956 * Improved mouse gestures
2957 * Vastly improved Update checker
2958 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
2960 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
2961 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
2963 * Improved video output features
2964 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
2965 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
2966 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
2967 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
2968 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
2970 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
2971 if libncursesw is available.
2972 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
2973 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
2974 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
2976 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
2977 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
2978 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
2979 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
2980 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
2981 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
2982 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
2983 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
2986 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
2987 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
2988 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
2991 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
2992 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
2993 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
2994 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
2995 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
2996 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
2999 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
3000 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
3010 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
3011 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
3012 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
3015 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
3016 ----------------------------------
3019 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
3022 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
3023 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
3024 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
3025 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
3026 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
3027 * Updated Polish translation
3030 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
3031 ----------------------------------
3034 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
3035 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
3036 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
3039 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
3040 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
3041 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
3042 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
3043 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
3044 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
3045 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
3046 to an unexpected application termination
3047 * New Serbian translation
3048 * Updated Romanian translation
3051 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
3052 ----------------------------------
3055 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
3056 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
3057 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
3058 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
3059 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
3060 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
3061 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
3062 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
3065 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
3066 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
3067 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
3068 * Fixed AAC resampling
3069 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
3070 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
3073 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
3074 ----------------------------------
3077 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
3078 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
3079 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
3080 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
3081 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
3084 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
3085 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
3086 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
3087 * Close MMS access on network timeout
3088 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
3091 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
3092 ----------------------------------
3095 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
3096 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
3099 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
3100 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
3101 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
3102 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
3104 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
3108 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
3111 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
3114 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
3117 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
3120 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
3121 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
3122 encoding on multi-cpu systems
3123 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
3124 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
3126 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
3127 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
3128 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
3129 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
3132 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
3135 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
3136 ----------------------------------
3139 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
3140 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
3141 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
3143 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
3144 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
3146 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
3147 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
3150 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
3152 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
3153 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
3154 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
3155 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
3156 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
3157 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
3158 two different movies
3159 * Support for current Ogg file formats
3160 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
3161 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
3164 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
3167 * The automatic updating facility was removed
3168 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
3169 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
3170 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
3173 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
3174 ----------------------------------
3176 Various bugfixes, notably:
3177 * Windows Vista compatibility
3178 * Cropping in Direct3D
3179 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
3180 * RSS filter string overflow
3182 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
3184 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
3185 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
3188 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
3189 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
3192 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
3195 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
3198 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
3201 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
3202 ----------------------------------
3204 Various bugfixes, notably:
3205 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
3206 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
3207 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
3208 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
3209 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
3210 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
3213 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
3214 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
3217 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
3219 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
3220 * Diverse usability improvements
3221 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
3222 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
3223 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
3226 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
3227 ---------------------------------
3229 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
3230 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
3233 * Fullscreen controller improvements
3236 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
3237 --------------------------------
3240 * Shoutcast TV listings support
3243 * Support for RTSP authentication
3244 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
3245 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
3246 * ATSC support for DVB input
3247 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
3248 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
3249 * Improved support for Flash Video files
3252 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
3253 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
3254 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
3255 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
3256 * Matroska WavPack support
3257 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
3258 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
3259 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
3262 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
3263 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
3264 * Improved libcaca support
3268 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
3269 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
3271 * Systray support in skins
3273 * Support for Apple Remote control
3274 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
3275 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
3276 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
3277 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
3279 * Notifications using notification-daemon
3282 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
3283 Windows 9x/ME users:
3284 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
3285 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
3286 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
3287 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
3288 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
3290 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
3291 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
3300 * Updates to the libvlc API
3301 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
3304 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
3305 --------------------------------
3308 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
3309 * Support for downloading updates
3313 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
3314 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
3315 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
3316 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
3318 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
3319 * Improved subtitles encoding support
3320 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
3323 * Cook (Real audio) support
3325 Playlist / Services discovery:
3326 * XSPF playlist support
3328 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
3331 * New JACK audio output
3334 * New video filters:
3335 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
3336 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
3337 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
3338 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
3339 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
3340 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
3343 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
3346 * System to inform the user and request information
3347 - HTTP authentication
3351 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
3352 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
3353 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
3356 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
3357 - Improved playlist handling
3358 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
3360 - Embedded Video output
3361 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
3362 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
3363 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
3364 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
3365 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
3367 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
3368 - A bunch of new RPN functions
3371 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
3374 * Mac-Intel compatibility
3375 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
3376 * Growl "Now playing" support
3379 * Ability to log to syslog
3380 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
3383 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
3385 * A bit more automatic testing
3388 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
3389 ---------------------------------
3392 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
3393 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
3396 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
3397 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
3400 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
3403 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
3404 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
3410 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
3413 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
3414 --------------------------------
3417 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
3421 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
3422 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
3423 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
3426 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
3427 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
3428 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
3429 * GnomeVFS input module
3430 * Support for RTP packet reordering
3431 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
3434 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
3435 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
3436 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
3439 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
3440 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
3446 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
3447 Mixer and Dolby Surround
3450 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
3451 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
3452 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
3455 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
3457 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
3458 - New extended controls panel
3459 - New bookmarks window
3460 - Fixed playlist sorting
3461 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
3463 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
3464 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
3465 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
3466 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
3470 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
3471 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
3473 - Include macro to include other files
3477 * Should now work outside IE as well
3480 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
3483 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
3484 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
3487 The following languages were added:
3491 * Simplified Chinese
3492 The following languages were re-added:
3496 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
3497 --------------------------------
3500 * Rewrite of the playlist
3502 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
3503 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
3504 * Preferences improvements:
3505 - New organization, designed to improve usability
3506 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
3508 * Core image manipulation support
3509 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
3510 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
3511 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
3512 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
3513 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
3514 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
3515 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
3516 now separated by ':' instead of ','
3517 * Access filter architecture
3518 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
3519 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
3523 * Support for SOCKS proxy
3524 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
3525 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
3526 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
3527 * Better support for Kasenna streams
3528 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
3529 * Massive Matroska improvements
3530 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
3532 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
3533 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
3534 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
3535 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
3536 * Support for FTP over IPv6
3538 Decoders / Encoders:
3539 * Dirac decoder and encoder
3540 * PNG decoder/encoder
3541 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
3542 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
3545 * New Record and Timeshift filters
3548 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
3549 * Brand new SAP module
3550 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
3551 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
3552 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
3553 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
3554 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
3555 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
3559 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
3562 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
3563 * Image file video output (png)
3564 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
3565 * Improvements to wall video filter
3566 * Support for font color and opacity
3572 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
3573 - Seeking support in VoD streams
3574 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
3578 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
3579 - Improved preferences
3580 - Improvements to the wizard
3581 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
3583 - Redesigned playlist
3584 - Improved preferences
3586 - Support for multiple actions
3589 - Support for the new playlist system
3591 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
3594 * Screensaver disabling fix
3595 * DirectShow tuner configuration
3596 * Support for no-decoration windows
3599 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
3600 * The OpenGL video output is back
3601 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
3602 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
3603 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
3604 is not yet available in the new module
3605 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
3608 * Support for single-buffered overlay
3617 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
3620 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
3623 The following languages were added:
3629 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
3630 --------------------------------
3633 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
3634 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
3637 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
3638 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
3639 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
3642 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
3645 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
3648 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
3651 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
3652 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
3653 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
3657 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
3659 * Support of playlist group announcement
3662 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
3663 --------------------------------
3666 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
3667 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
3668 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
3669 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
3670 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
3671 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
3674 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
3675 (Stream your desktop)
3676 * Improved DVD support:
3677 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
3678 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
3679 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
3680 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
3681 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
3682 (selection of titles/chapters).
3685 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
3686 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
3687 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
3688 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
3689 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
3690 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3691 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
3692 * Improved Ogg demuxer
3693 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
3694 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
3697 * G.726 audio support
3698 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
3699 * MPEG-4 text support
3700 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
3701 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
3702 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
3706 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
3707 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
3708 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
3709 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
3710 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
3711 * DVB subtitles encoder
3712 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
3713 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
3715 * Text track muxing for mp4
3716 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
3717 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
3718 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
3719 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
3720 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
3721 * Improved ASF muxer
3723 * H.263 RTP streaming support
3724 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
3725 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
3728 * New audio equalizer filter
3729 * Very trivial volume normalizer
3730 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
3731 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
3732 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
3735 * Roku HD1000 Video output
3736 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
3737 with support for effects.
3738 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
3739 - New filters can be streamed.
3740 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
3741 - Centralized scaling and blending
3743 - "time", to display current time
3744 - "marq", to display a marquee
3747 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
3748 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
3749 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
3750 * A few skins2 improvements
3751 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
3752 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
3753 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
3754 * Improved CORBA control module
3757 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
3758 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
3759 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
3762 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
3763 * Experimental SVG rendering module
3764 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
3767 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
3768 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
3769 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
3770 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
3771 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
3774 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
3777 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
3778 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
3781 * Server/client network synchronization module
3782 * VBrick streams fully supported
3783 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
3787 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
3788 --------------------------------
3791 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
3792 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
3793 * Improved HTTP daemon.
3794 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
3797 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
3798 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
3799 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
3800 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
3801 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
3802 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
3803 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
3806 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
3807 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
3808 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
3809 * Improved directory access module.
3810 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
3811 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
3812 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
3813 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
3814 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
3817 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
3818 * mmsh streaming fixes.
3819 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
3822 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
3823 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
3824 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
3827 * Improved session announcement system.
3828 * Minimize threads usage by default.
3829 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
3830 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
3831 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
3832 * Improved transrater.
3833 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
3834 * New configuration system.
3835 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
3838 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
3839 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
3840 * Supports live streams and VoD.
3841 * Supports scheduling.
3842 * Telnet interface for vlm.
3843 * HTTP interface for vlm.
3846 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
3847 - Ability to embed video output.
3848 - Support for bitmap fonts.
3849 - Lots of improvements.
3850 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
3851 - New design and set of icons.
3852 - Ability to embed video output.
3853 - Support for hotkeys.
3854 - Support for bookmarks.
3856 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
3857 - Better hotkeys handling.
3860 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
3861 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
3862 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
3863 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
3866 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
3867 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
3868 * Improved Windows installer.
3874 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
3875 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
3878 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
3879 ---------------------------------
3882 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
3883 * Playing MOD files is working now.
3886 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
3887 --------------------------------
3890 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
3891 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
3894 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
3895 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
3896 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
3897 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
3900 * Internal improvments
3901 * Improved import/export
3904 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
3906 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
3907 small and strange formats.
3909 * New MOD audio demux.
3910 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
3911 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
3912 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
3913 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
3916 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
3917 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
3918 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
3924 * New opengl video output plugin.
3927 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
3928 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
3931 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
3932 --------------------------------
3935 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
3936 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
3937 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
3938 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
3939 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
3940 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
3941 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
3942 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
3945 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
3950 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
3951 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
3952 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
3953 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
3954 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
3955 * Reworked DVB tuning.
3956 * Better Icecast support.
3957 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
3958 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
3961 * Support for Theora video encoding.
3962 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
3963 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
3964 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
3965 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
3966 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
3967 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
3970 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
3971 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
3972 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
3973 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
3974 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
3975 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
3976 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
3977 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
3978 * Preliminary RTP support.
3979 * Fixes to SAP announces.
3984 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
3985 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
3987 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
3988 - Improvements and help in preferences
3989 - New streaming wizard
3990 - Revised Disc Open menu
3992 - Improvements of the standard pages
3993 - Support for new commands
3994 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
3997 * Many fixes to the SAP module
3998 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
4001 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
4002 * Text subtitles autodetection.
4003 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
4004 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
4005 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
4006 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
4007 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
4008 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
4009 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
4012 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
4014 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
4015 * Support for Panther.
4016 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
4017 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
4020 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
4021 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
4022 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
4023 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
4024 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
4025 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
4026 * Multimonitor support (untested).
4027 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
4030 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
4031 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
4032 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
4035 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
4038 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
4039 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
4040 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
4041 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
4044 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
4045 --------------------------------
4048 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
4051 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
4052 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
4055 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
4056 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
4059 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
4062 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
4063 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
4066 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
4069 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
4072 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
4073 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
4077 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
4078 --------------------------------
4081 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
4082 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
4086 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
4087 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
4088 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
4090 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
4091 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
4094 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
4097 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
4100 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
4101 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
4105 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
4106 --------------------------------
4109 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
4110 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
4114 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
4115 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
4116 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
4117 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
4118 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
4121 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
4122 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
4123 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
4126 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
4127 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
4128 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
4131 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
4132 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
4133 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
4134 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
4135 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
4138 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
4139 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
4140 * A new CORBA control plugin.
4143 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
4146 * Improved build system.
4147 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
4148 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
4149 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
4150 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
4153 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
4154 --------------------------------
4157 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
4160 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms
4161 (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
4162 * Fixed large file support on Windows
4163 * Video 4 Linux support
4164 * CD Digital Audio support
4165 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
4168 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
4169 * Support for OpenDML avi files
4170 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
4171 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
4174 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
4175 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
4176 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
4177 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
4178 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
4179 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
4180 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
4183 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
4184 * New HTTP remote control interface
4187 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs
4188 allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
4189 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
4190 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
4191 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
4194 * New reset option for the preferences
4195 * You can set your language in the prefences
4196 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
4197 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
4198 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
4199 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
4202 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
4203 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
4204 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
4207 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
4208 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
4209 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
4210 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
4211 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
4212 * New icons by Davor Orel.
4213 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
4214 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
4215 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
4216 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
4219 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
4220 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
4221 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
4222 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
4223 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
4224 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
4225 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
4228 * Interface localization
4229 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
4230 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
4231 * New full-featured Preferences window
4234 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
4235 --------------------------------
4238 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
4239 * support for skins at the interface level
4240 * new OSD module using Freetype2
4241 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
4242 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
4243 input level before dropping out of date frames.
4244 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
4247 * fixed HTTP redirects
4248 * support for opening an entire directory
4249 * EOF should be detected more reliably
4250 * new video4linux access plug-in
4251 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
4254 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
4255 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
4256 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
4259 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
4260 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
4261 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
4262 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
4263 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
4264 * new codec for raw I420 video
4265 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
4268 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
4269 (although it still misses some important features)
4270 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
4273 * new HTTP output support
4274 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
4275 * fixed AV synchronization issues
4278 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
4281 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
4284 * reorderable playlist
4285 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
4286 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
4287 * support for mono audio output devices
4288 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
4289 * fixed several cosmetic issues
4290 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
4291 * the messages window remembers more lines
4292 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
4293 * http and ogg stream output options
4294 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
4297 * new skinnable interface
4298 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
4300 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
4301 * support for FLAC audio format
4302 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
4304 * network tab in the interface
4305 * "apply" handling in preferences
4308 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
4309 ---------------------------------
4312 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
4313 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
4314 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
4315 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
4317 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
4318 * DTS S/PDIF support
4321 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
4322 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
4323 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
4324 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
4327 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
4328 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
4331 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
4334 * fixed the GNU-pth support
4337 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
4339 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
4340 * rc interface is now fully useable
4341 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
4344 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
4345 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
4346 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
4347 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
4348 * VLC now uses the default audio device
4350 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
4351 * support for mouse gestures
4352 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
4355 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
4356 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
4359 * improved ID3 tag detection
4360 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
4361 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
4362 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
4364 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
4367 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
4368 ---------------------------------
4371 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
4372 English was set as the preferred language
4375 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
4376 --------------------------------
4379 * new mouse gesture interface
4380 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
4384 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
4385 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
4386 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
4389 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
4390 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
4394 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
4397 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
4398 without the user consent
4401 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
4403 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
4404 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
4405 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
4408 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
4409 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
4410 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
4411 * playlist enhancements
4412 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
4413 * new step forward/step backward commands
4414 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
4415 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
4416 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
4419 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
4420 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
4421 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
4424 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
4425 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
4428 * native video output is working again
4429 * only commandline interface support
4430 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
4433 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
4434 --------------------------------
4437 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
4438 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
4439 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
4440 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
4441 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
4442 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
4443 and A/52 streams are supported)
4444 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
4449 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
4450 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
4451 * VCD entry points support
4452 * VCD image file support
4455 * support for *.asf format
4456 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
4457 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
4458 * support for ogg encapsulation
4459 * support for raw DV format
4460 * support for *.wav format
4461 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
4464 Stream discovery & playlists:
4465 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
4466 * support for .m3u file format
4467 * support for .asx file format
4468 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
4471 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
4472 (only available with the .avi demux)
4473 * support for ADPCM audio codec
4474 * support for raw PCM data
4475 * support for Cinepak video codec
4476 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
4477 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
4478 * support for Xvid codec
4479 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
4480 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
4481 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
4483 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
4485 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
4488 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
4491 * new WxWindows interface
4492 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
4493 device and the channels configuration
4494 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
4495 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
4496 format that VLC can play
4497 * new swedish translation
4498 * enhancements of the playlist window
4499 * new messages window to see debug info
4500 * fixed a few crashes
4503 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
4504 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
4505 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
4506 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working