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1 $Id$
3 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6 (not released yet)
4 --------------------------------------------------
5 Core support:
6 * New playlist core
8 Localization:
9 * Add Czech
12 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
13 ---------------------------------
15 Core support:
16 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
17 * Support for downloading updates
18 * Updated strings
20 Input:
21 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
22 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
23 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
24 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
25 - Support for CDDB
26 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
27 * Improved subtitles encoding support
28 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
30 Decoders:
31 * Cook (Real audio) support
33 Playlist / Services discovery:
34 * XSPF playlist support
35 * Podcast support
36 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
38 Audio output:
39 * New JACK audio output
41 Video output:
42 * New video filters:
43 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
44 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
45 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
46 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
47 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
48 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
50 Stream output:
51 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
53 Interfaces:
54 * System to inform the user and request information
55 - HTTP authentication
56 - Fatal errors
57 - ...
58 * wxWidgets
59 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
60 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
61 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
62 * Skins2
63 - New default skin
64 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
65 - Improved playlist handling
66 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
67 * OS X
68 - Embedded Video output
69 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
70 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
71 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
72 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
73 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
74 * HTTP
75 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
76 - A bunch of new RPN functions
78 Windows Port:
79 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
81 OS X Port:
82 * Mac-Intel compatibility
83 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
84 * Growl "Now playing" support
86 *Nix port:
87 * Ability to log to syslog
88 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
90 Developers:
91 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
92 * Java bindings
93 * A bit more automatic testing
95 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
96 ---------------------------------
98 Audio output:
99 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
100 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
102 Decoder:
103 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
104 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
106 Demux:
107 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
109 Services Discovery:
110 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
111 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
112 * UPnP fixes
113 * Avahi 0.6 support
115 Interfaces:
116 * Mac OS X
117 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
119 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
120 --------------------------------
122 Core support:
123 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
124 * New OSD system
126 Video output:
127 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
128 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
129 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
131 Input:
132 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
133 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
134 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
135 * GnomeVFS input module
136 * Support for RTP packet reordering
137 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
139 Decoders:
140 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
141 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
142 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
144 Services discovery:
145 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
146 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
148 Video filters:
149 * RSS feed overlay
151 Audio filters:
152 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
153 Mixer and Dolby Surround
155 Stream output:
156 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
157 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
158 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
160 Interfaces:
161 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
162 * Mac OS X
163 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
164 - New extended controls panel
165 - New bookmarks window
166 - Fixed playlist sorting
167 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
168 * wxWidgets
169 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
170 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
171 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
172 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
173 * Skins2
174 - Tree playlist
175 * HTTP
176 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
177 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
178 the names of files
179 - Include macro to include other files
180 - CGI 1.0 support
182 ActiveX plugin:
183 * Should now work outside IE as well
185 Mac OS X port:
186 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
188 Windows port:
189 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
190 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
192 Translations:
193 The following languages were added:
194 * Galician
195 * Korean
196 * Romanian
197 * Simplified Chinese
198 The following languages were re-added:
199 * Swedish
201 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
202 --------------------------------
204 Core support:
205 * Rewrite of the playlist
206 - Tree structure
207 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
208 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
209 * Preferences improvements:
210 - New organization, designed to improve usability
211 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
212 * XML parsers
213 * Core image manipulation support
214 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
215 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
216 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
217 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
218 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
219 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
220 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
221 now separated by ':' instead of ','
222 * Access filter architecture
223 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
224 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
225 * Many bugfixes...
227 Input/Demuxers:
228 * Support for SOCKS proxy
229 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
230 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
231 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
232 * Better support for Kasenna streams
233 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
234 * Massive Matroska improvements
235 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
236 * TiVo demuxer
237 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
238 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
239 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
240 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
241 * Support for FTP over IPv6
243 Decoders / Encoders:
244 * Dirac decoder and encoder
245 * PNG decoder/encoder
246 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
247 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
249 Access filters:
250 * New Record and Timeshift filters
252 Services discovery:
253 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
254 * Brand new SAP module
255 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
256 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
257 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
258 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
259 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
260 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
261 * Shoutcast
263 Audio output:
264 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
266 Video output:
267 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
268 * Image file video output (png)
269 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
270 * Improvements to wall video filter
271 * Support for font color and opacity
273 Stream output:
274 * Muxers
275 - ASF improvements
276 * VLM / VoD
277 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
278 - Seeking support in VoD streams
279 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
281 Interfaces:
282 * wxWidgets
283 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
284 - Improved preferences
285 - Improvements to the wizard
286 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
287 * MacOS X
288 - Redesigned playlist
289 - Improved preferences
290 * Skins
291 - Support for multiple actions
292 - Fixes
293 * HTTP
294 - Support for the new playlist system
295 * Lirc
296 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
298 Windows port:
299 * Screensaver disabling fix
300 * DirectShow tuner configuration
301 * Support for no-decoration windows
303 MacOS X port:
304 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
305 * The OpenGL video output is back
306 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
307 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
308 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
309 is not yet available in the new module
310 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
312 BeOS port:
313 * Support for single-buffered overlay
315 Pocket PC port:
316 * Many fixes
317 * New interface
318 * New video output
320 Mozilla Plugin:
321 * Javascript fixes
322 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
324 IE Plugin:
325 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
327 Translations:
328 The following languages were added:
329 * Catalan
330 * Danish
331 * Turkish
334 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
335 -----------------------------------------------------
337 Core support:
338 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
339 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
341 Windows port:
342 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
343 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
344 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
346 WinCE port:
347 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
349 Audio Output:
350 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
352 Video Output:
353 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
355 Demuxers:
356 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
357 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
358 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
360 Stream Output:
361 * Encoders:
362 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
363 * Stream output:
364 * Support of playlist group announcement
366 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
367 -----------------------------------------------------
369 Core support:
370 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
371 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
372 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
373 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
374 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
375 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
377 Input:
378 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
379 (Stream your desktop)
380 * Improved DVD support:
381 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
382 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
383 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
384 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
385 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
386 (selection of titles/chapters).
388 Demuxers:
389 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
390 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
391 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
392 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
393 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
394 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
395 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
396 * Improved Ogg demuxer
397 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
398 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
400 Codecs:
401 * G.726 audio support
402 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
403 * MPEG-4 text support
404 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
405 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
406 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
408 Stream Output:
409 Encoders:
410 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
411 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
412 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
413 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
414 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
415 * DVB subtitles encoder
416 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
417 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
418 Muxers:
419 * Text track muxing for mp4
420 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
421 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
422 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
423 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
424 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
425 * Improved ASF muxer
426 Misc:
427 * H.263 RTP streaming support
428 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
429 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
431 Audio Output:
432 * New audio equalizer filter
433 * Very trivial volume normalizer
434 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
435 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
436 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
438 Video Output:
439 * Roku HD1000 Video output
440 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
441 with support for effects.
442 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
443 - New filters can be streamed.
444 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
445 - Centralized scaling and blending
446 * New filters :
447 - "time", to display current time
448 - "marq", to display a marquee
450 Interfaces:
451 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
452 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
453 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
454 * A few skins2 improvements
455 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
456 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
457 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
458 * Improved CORBA control module
460 Mac OS X port:
461 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
462 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
463 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
465 Linux port:
466 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
467 * Experimental SVG rendering module
468 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
470 Windows port:
471 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
472 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
473 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
474 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
475 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
477 WinCE port:
478 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
480 Mozilla plugin:
481 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
482 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
484 Misc:
485 * Server/client network synchronization module
486 * VBrick streams fully supported
487 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
488 * VLM enhancements
490 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
491 --------------------------------
493 Core support:
494 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
495 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
496 * Improved HTTP daemon.
497 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
499 Codecs:
500 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
501 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
502 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
503 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
504 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
505 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
506 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
508 Input:
509 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
510 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
511 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
512 * Improved directory access module.
513 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
514 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
515 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
516 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
517 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
519 Demux:
520 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
521 * mmsh streaming fixes.
522 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
524 Subtitles:
525 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
526 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
527 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
529 Stream output:
530 * Improved session announcement system.
531 * Minimize threads usage by default.
532 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
533 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
534 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
535 * Improved transrater.
536 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
537 * New configuration system.
538 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
540 VideoLAN manager:
541 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
542 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
543 * Supports live streams and VoD.
544 * Supports scheduling.
545 * Telnet interface for vlm.
546 * HTTP interface for vlm.
548 Interfaces:
549 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
550 - Ability to embed video output.
551 - Support for bitmap fonts.
552 - Lots of improvements.
553 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
554 - New design and set of icons.
555 - Ability to embed video output.
556 - Support for hotkeys.
557 - Support for bookmarks.
558 * Mac OS X
559 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
560 - Better hotkeys handling.
562 Mac OS X port:
563 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
564 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
565 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
566 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
568 Win32 port:
569 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
570 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
571 * Improved Windows installer.
573 Linux port:
574 * PowerPC fixes.
576 Misc:
577 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
578 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
580 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
581 ---------------------------------
583 Mac OS X:
584 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
585 * Playing MOD files is working now.
588 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
589 ---------------------------------
591 Core support:
592 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
593 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
595 Codecs:
596 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
597 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
598 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
599 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
601 Playlist:
602 * Internal improvments
603 * Improved import/export
605 Input:
606 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
607 container formars.
608 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
609 small and strange formats.
610 * New PVA demux.
611 * New MOD audio demux.
612 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
613 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
614 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
615 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
617 Stream output:
618 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
619 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
620 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
622 Service discovery:
623 * Fixed sdp in SAP.
625 Mac OS X port:
626 * New opengl video output plugin.
628 Win32 port:
629 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
630 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
632 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
633 ---------------------------------
635 Core support:
636 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
637 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
638 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
639 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
640 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
641 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
642 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
643 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
645 Playlist:
646 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
647 * Playlist sorting
649 Input:
650 * RTP/RTSP support.
651 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
652 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
653 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
654 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
655 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
656 * Reworked DVB tuning.
657 * Better Icecast support.
658 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
659 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
661 Codecs:
662 * Support for Theora video encoding.
663 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
664 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
665 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
666 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
667 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
668 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
670 Stream output:
671 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
672 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
673 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
674 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
675 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
676 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
677 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
678 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
679 * Preliminary RTP support.
680 * Fixes to SAP announces.
682 Interface:
683 * Skins:
684 - Bugfixes
685 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
686 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
687 * wxWindows
688 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
689 - Improvements and help in preferences
690 - New streaming wizard
691 - Revised Disc Open menu
692 * HTTP
693 - Improvements of the standard pages
694 - Support for new commands
695 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
697 Service discovery:
698 * Many fixes to the SAP module
699 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
701 Subtitles:
702 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
703 * Text subtitles autodetection.
704 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
705 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
706 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
707 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
708 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
709 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
710 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
712 Mac OS X port:
713 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
714 * Save playlist.
715 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
716 * Support for Panther.
717 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
718 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
720 Win32 port:
721 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
722 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
723 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
724 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
725 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
726 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
727 * Multimonitor support (untested).
728 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
730 Linux port:
731 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
732 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
733 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
735 iPaq port:
736 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
738 Miscellaneous:
739 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
740 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
741 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
742 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
744 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
745 ---------------------------------
747 Core support:
748 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
750 Stream output:
751 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
752 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
754 Access input:
755 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
756 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
758 Interfaces:
759 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
761 UNIX ports:
762 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
763 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
765 Win32 port:
766 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
768 iPaq port:
769 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
771 Miscellaneous:
772 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
773 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
774 mpeg1/2 videos.
776 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
777 ---------------------------------
779 Core support:
780 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
781 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
782 after a pause.
784 Stream output:
785 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
786 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
787 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
788 UNIX ports:
789 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
790 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
792 Win32 port:
793 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
795 iPaq port:
796 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
798 Miscellaneous:
799 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
800 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
801 mpeg1/2 videos.
803 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
804 ---------------------------------
806 Core support:
807 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
808 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
809 after a pause.
811 Stream output:
812 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
813 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
814 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
815 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
816 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
818 Win32 port:
819 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
820 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
821 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
823 UNIX ports:
824 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
825 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
826 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
828 iPaq port:
829 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
830 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
831 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
832 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
833 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
835 Interfaces:
836 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
837 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
838 * A new CORBA control plugin.
840 Input demux:
841 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
843 Miscellaneous:
844 * Improved build system.
845 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
846 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
847 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
848 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
851 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
852 ---------------------------------
854 Core Support:
855 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
857 Input access:
858 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
859 * Fixed large file support on Windows
860 * Video 4 Linux support
861 * CD Digital Audio support
862 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
864 Input demux:
865 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
866 * Support for OpenDML avi files
867 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
868 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
870 Codecs:
871 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
872 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
873 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
874 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
875 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
876 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
877 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
879 Interfaces:
880 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
881 * New HTTP remote control interface
883 Stream output:
884 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
885 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
886 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
887 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
889 Miscellaneous:
890 * New reset option for the preferences
891 * You can set your language in the prefences
892 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
893 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
894 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
895 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
897 UNIX ports:
898 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
899 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
900 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
902 Mac OS X port:
903 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
904 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
905 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
906 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
907 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
908 * New icons by Davor Orel.
909 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
910 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
911 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
912 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
914 Win32 port:
915 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
916 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
917 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
918 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
919 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
920 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
921 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
923 BeOS port:
924 * Interface localization
925 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
926 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
927 * New full-featured Preferences window
929 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
930 ---------------------------------
932 Core Support:
933 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
934 * support for skins at the interface level
935 * new OSD module using Freetype2
936 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
937 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
938 input level before dropping out of date frames.
939 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
941 Input access:
942 * fixed HTTP redirects
943 * support for opening an entire directory
944 * EOF should be detected more reliably
945 * new video4linux access plug-in
946 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
948 Input demux:
949 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
950 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
951 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
953 Codecs:
954 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
955 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
956 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
957 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
958 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
959 * new codec for raw I420 video
960 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
962 Interfaces:
963 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
964 (although it still misses some important features)
965 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
967 Stream output:
968 * new HTTP output support
969 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
970 * fixed AV synchronization issues
972 Miscellaneous:
973 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
975 UNIX ports:
976 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
978 Mac OS X port:
979 * reorderable playlist
980 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
981 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
982 * support for mono audio output devices
983 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
984 * fixed several cosmetic issues
985 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
986 * the messages window remembers more lines
987 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
988 * http and ogg stream output options
989 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
991 Win32 port:
992 * new skinnable interface
993 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
995 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
996 * support for FLAC audio format
997 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
998 * playlist
999 * network tab in the interface
1000 * "apply" handling in preferences
1003 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1004 ---------------------------------
1006 Core support:
1007 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1008 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1009 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1010 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1011 Mac OS X
1012 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1013 * DTS S/PDIF support
1015 Codecs:
1016 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1017 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1018 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1019 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1021 Stream output:
1022 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1023 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1025 DVD support:
1026 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1028 UNIX ports:
1029 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1031 Win32 port:
1032 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1033 plugins
1034 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1035 * rc interface is now fully useable
1036 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1038 Mac OS X port:
1039 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1040 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1041 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1042 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1043 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1044 * new info panel
1045 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1046 * support for mouse gestures
1047 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1049 Linupy port:
1050 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1051 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1053 Miscellaneous:
1054 * improved ID3 tag detection
1055 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1056 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1057 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1058 gestures
1059 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1062 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1063 ---------------------------------
1065 Mac OS X port:
1066 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1067 English was set as the preferred language
1070 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1071 --------------------------------
1073 Core support:
1074 * new mouse gesture interface
1075 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1076 playing
1078 Input access:
1079 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1080 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1081 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1083 Input demux:
1084 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1085 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1086 continuity counter
1088 Codecs:
1089 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1091 DVD support:
1092 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1093 without the user consent
1095 UNIX ports:
1096 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1097 popup menu
1098 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1099 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1100 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1102 Mac OS X port:
1103 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1104 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1105 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1106 * playlist enhancements
1107 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1108 * new step forward/step backward commands
1109 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1110 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1111 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1113 Win32 port:
1114 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1115 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1116 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1118 BeOS port:
1119 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1120 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1122 Opie port:
1123 * native video output is working again
1124 * only commandline interface support
1125 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1128 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1129 --------------------------------
1131 Core structure:
1132 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1133 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1134 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1135 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1136 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1137 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1138 and A/52 streams are supported)
1139 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1141 Input access:
1142 * mms:// support
1143 * ftp:// support
1144 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1145 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1146 * VCD entry points support
1147 * VCD image file support
1149 Input demux:
1150 * support for *.asf format
1151 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1152 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1153 * support for ogg encapsulation
1154 * support for raw DV format
1155 * support for *.wav format
1156 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1157 * raw AAC support
1159 Stream discovery & playlists:
1160 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1161 * support for .m3u file format
1162 * support for .asx file format
1163 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1165 Codecs:
1166 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1167 (only available with the .avi demux)
1168 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1169 * support for raw PCM data
1170 * support for Cinepak video codec
1171 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1172 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1173 * support for Xvid codec
1174 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1175 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1176 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1177 from sources)
1178 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1179 H263i, MJPEG A/B
1180 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1182 DVD support:
1183 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1185 Miscellaneous:
1186 * new WxWindows interface
1187 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1188 device and the channels configuration
1189 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1190 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1191 format that VLC can play
1192 * new swedish translation
1193 * enhancements of the playlist window
1194 * new messages window to see debug info
1195 * fixed a few crashes
1197 iPaq port:
1198 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1199 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1200 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1201 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working