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3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
6 Important notes:
7 ----------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
18 later point
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
20 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
21 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
22 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
23 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
24 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
26 Changes:
27 --------
29 Playlist:
30 * Vastly improved playlist support:
31 * Media library support
32 * "Live search"
33 * Shoutcast TV listings
34 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
35 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt
36 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
38 Input/Demuxers:
39 * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
40 * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
41 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
42 * JACK audio input support
44 Decoders:
45 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
46 * MKV USF subtitles support
47 * HTML based subtitles support
48 * Flash Screen Video support
49 * CamStudio Screen Video support
50 * DosBox Capture support
51 * Karl Morton's Video support
52 * limited atrac3 support
53 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files (Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...)
55 Encoders:
56 * Flash Screen Video support
58 Video output and filters:
59 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
60 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
61 * New puzzle video output filter
62 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
63 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
64 video)
65 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
66 * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
67 * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
68 tags
69 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
70 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
71 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
72 was previously part of the mosaic module.
73 * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter.
75 Stream output:
76 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
78 Interfaces:
79 * Windows/Linux
80 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
81 * All
82 * Improved user interaction
83 * Improved mouse gestures
84 * Unix
85 * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental).
87 Capture:
88 * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
89 Windows
91 Localisations:
92 * Persian
94 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
95 -----------------------------------------------------------
96 Various bugfixes, notably:
97 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
98 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
99 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
100 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
101 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
102 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
104 Decoders:
105 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
106 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
108 Webbrowser plugins:
109 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
111 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
112 * Diverse usability improvements
113 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
114 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
115 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
118 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
119 ---------------------------------
121 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
122 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
124 Mac OS X Interface:
125 * Fullscreen controller improvements
128 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
129 --------------------------------
131 Playlist:
132 * Shoutcast TV listings support
134 Input:
135 * Support for RTSP authentication
136 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
137 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
138 * ATSC support for DVB input
139 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
140 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
141 * Improved support for Flash Video files
143 Decoders:
144 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
145 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
146 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
147 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
148 * Matroska WavPack support
149 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
150 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
151 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
153 Video output:
154 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
155 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
156 * Improved libcaca support
158 Interfaces:
159 * All
160 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
161 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
162 * Windows
163 * Systray support in skins
164 * OS X
165 * Support for Apple Remote control
166 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
167 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
168 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
169 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
170 * Linux
171 * Notifications using notification-daemon
173 Windows port:
174 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
175 Windows 9x/ME users:
176 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
177 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
178 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
179 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
180 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
181 C:\Windows\System
182 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
183 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
185 Localization:
186 * Add Czech
187 * Add Slovak
188 * Add Malay
189 * Add Slovenian
191 Developers:
192 * Updates to the libvlc API
193 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
197 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
198 ---------------------------------
200 Core support:
201 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
202 * Support for downloading updates
203 * Updated strings
205 Input:
206 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
207 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
208 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
209 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
210 - Support for CDDB
211 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
212 * Improved subtitles encoding support
213 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
215 Decoders:
216 * Cook (Real audio) support
218 Playlist / Services discovery:
219 * XSPF playlist support
220 * Podcast support
221 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
223 Audio output:
224 * New JACK audio output
226 Video output:
227 * New video filters:
228 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
229 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
230 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
231 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
232 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
233 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
235 Stream output:
236 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
238 Interfaces:
239 * System to inform the user and request information
240 - HTTP authentication
241 - Fatal errors
242 - ...
243 * wxWidgets
244 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
245 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
246 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
247 * Skins2
248 - New default skin
249 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
250 - Improved playlist handling
251 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
252 * OS X
253 - Embedded Video output
254 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
255 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
256 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
257 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
258 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
259 * HTTP
260 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
261 - A bunch of new RPN functions
263 Windows Port:
264 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
266 OS X Port:
267 * Mac-Intel compatibility
268 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
269 * Growl "Now playing" support
271 *Nix port:
272 * Ability to log to syslog
273 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
275 Developers:
276 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
277 * Java bindings
278 * A bit more automatic testing
280 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
281 ---------------------------------
283 Audio output:
284 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
285 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
287 Decoder:
288 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
289 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
291 Demux:
292 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
294 Services Discovery:
295 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
296 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
297 * UPnP fixes
298 * Avahi 0.6 support
300 Interfaces:
301 * Mac OS X
302 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
304 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
305 --------------------------------
307 Core support:
308 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
309 * New OSD system
311 Video output:
312 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
313 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
314 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
316 Input:
317 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
318 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
319 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
320 * GnomeVFS input module
321 * Support for RTP packet reordering
322 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
324 Decoders:
325 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
326 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
327 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
329 Services discovery:
330 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
331 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
333 Video filters:
334 * RSS feed overlay
336 Audio filters:
337 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
338 Mixer and Dolby Surround
340 Stream output:
341 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
342 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
343 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
345 Interfaces:
346 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
347 * Mac OS X
348 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
349 - New extended controls panel
350 - New bookmarks window
351 - Fixed playlist sorting
352 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
353 * wxWidgets
354 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
355 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
356 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
357 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
358 * Skins2
359 - Tree playlist
360 * HTTP
361 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
362 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
363 the names of files
364 - Include macro to include other files
365 - CGI 1.0 support
367 ActiveX plugin:
368 * Should now work outside IE as well
370 Mac OS X port:
371 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
373 Windows port:
374 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
375 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
377 Translations:
378 The following languages were added:
379 * Galician
380 * Korean
381 * Romanian
382 * Simplified Chinese
383 The following languages were re-added:
384 * Swedish
386 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
387 --------------------------------
389 Core support:
390 * Rewrite of the playlist
391 - Tree structure
392 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
393 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
394 * Preferences improvements:
395 - New organization, designed to improve usability
396 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
397 * XML parsers
398 * Core image manipulation support
399 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
400 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
401 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
402 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
403 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
404 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
405 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
406 now separated by ':' instead of ','
407 * Access filter architecture
408 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
409 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
410 * Many bugfixes...
412 Input/Demuxers:
413 * Support for SOCKS proxy
414 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
415 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
416 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
417 * Better support for Kasenna streams
418 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
419 * Massive Matroska improvements
420 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
421 * TiVo demuxer
422 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
423 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
424 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
425 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
426 * Support for FTP over IPv6
428 Decoders / Encoders:
429 * Dirac decoder and encoder
430 * PNG decoder/encoder
431 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
432 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
434 Access filters:
435 * New Record and Timeshift filters
437 Services discovery:
438 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
439 * Brand new SAP module
440 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
441 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
442 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
443 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
444 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
445 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
446 * Shoutcast
448 Audio output:
449 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
451 Video output:
452 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
453 * Image file video output (png)
454 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
455 * Improvements to wall video filter
456 * Support for font color and opacity
458 Stream output:
459 * Muxers
460 - ASF improvements
461 * VLM / VoD
462 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
463 - Seeking support in VoD streams
464 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
466 Interfaces:
467 * wxWidgets
468 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
469 - Improved preferences
470 - Improvements to the wizard
471 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
472 * MacOS X
473 - Redesigned playlist
474 - Improved preferences
475 * Skins
476 - Support for multiple actions
477 - Fixes
478 * HTTP
479 - Support for the new playlist system
480 * Lirc
481 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
483 Windows port:
484 * Screensaver disabling fix
485 * DirectShow tuner configuration
486 * Support for no-decoration windows
488 MacOS X port:
489 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
490 * The OpenGL video output is back
491 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
492 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
493 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
494 is not yet available in the new module
495 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
497 BeOS port:
498 * Support for single-buffered overlay
500 Pocket PC port:
501 * Many fixes
502 * New interface
503 * New video output
505 Mozilla Plugin:
506 * Javascript fixes
507 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
509 IE Plugin:
510 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
512 Translations:
513 The following languages were added:
514 * Catalan
515 * Danish
516 * Turkish
519 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
520 -----------------------------------------------------
522 Core support:
523 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
524 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
526 Windows port:
527 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
528 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
529 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
531 WinCE port:
532 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
534 Audio Output:
535 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
537 Video Output:
538 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
540 Demuxers:
541 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
542 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
543 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
545 Stream Output:
546 * Encoders:
547 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
548 * Stream output:
549 * Support of playlist group announcement
551 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
552 -----------------------------------------------------
554 Core support:
555 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
556 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
557 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
558 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
559 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
560 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
562 Input:
563 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
564 (Stream your desktop)
565 * Improved DVD support:
566 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
567 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
568 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
569 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
570 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
571 (selection of titles/chapters).
573 Demuxers:
574 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
575 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
576 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
577 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
578 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
579 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
580 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
581 * Improved Ogg demuxer
582 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
583 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
585 Codecs:
586 * G.726 audio support
587 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
588 * MPEG-4 text support
589 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
590 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
591 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
593 Stream Output:
594 Encoders:
595 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
596 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
597 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
598 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
599 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
600 * DVB subtitles encoder
601 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
602 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
603 Muxers:
604 * Text track muxing for mp4
605 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
606 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
607 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
608 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
609 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
610 * Improved ASF muxer
611 Misc:
612 * H.263 RTP streaming support
613 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
614 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
616 Audio Output:
617 * New audio equalizer filter
618 * Very trivial volume normalizer
619 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
620 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
621 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
623 Video Output:
624 * Roku HD1000 Video output
625 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
626 with support for effects.
627 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
628 - New filters can be streamed.
629 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
630 - Centralized scaling and blending
631 * New filters :
632 - "time", to display current time
633 - "marq", to display a marquee
635 Interfaces:
636 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
637 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
638 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
639 * A few skins2 improvements
640 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
641 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
642 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
643 * Improved CORBA control module
645 Mac OS X port:
646 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
647 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
648 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
650 Linux port:
651 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
652 * Experimental SVG rendering module
653 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
655 Windows port:
656 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
657 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
658 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
659 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
660 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
662 WinCE port:
663 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
665 Mozilla plugin:
666 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
667 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
669 Misc:
670 * Server/client network synchronization module
671 * VBrick streams fully supported
672 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
673 * VLM enhancements
675 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
676 --------------------------------
678 Core support:
679 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
680 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
681 * Improved HTTP daemon.
682 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
684 Codecs:
685 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
686 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
687 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
688 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
689 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
690 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
691 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
693 Input:
694 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
695 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
696 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
697 * Improved directory access module.
698 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
699 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
700 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
701 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
702 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
704 Demux:
705 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
706 * mmsh streaming fixes.
707 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
709 Subtitles:
710 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
711 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
712 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
714 Stream output:
715 * Improved session announcement system.
716 * Minimize threads usage by default.
717 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
718 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
719 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
720 * Improved transrater.
721 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
722 * New configuration system.
723 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
725 VideoLAN manager:
726 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
727 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
728 * Supports live streams and VoD.
729 * Supports scheduling.
730 * Telnet interface for vlm.
731 * HTTP interface for vlm.
733 Interfaces:
734 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
735 - Ability to embed video output.
736 - Support for bitmap fonts.
737 - Lots of improvements.
738 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
739 - New design and set of icons.
740 - Ability to embed video output.
741 - Support for hotkeys.
742 - Support for bookmarks.
743 * Mac OS X
744 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
745 - Better hotkeys handling.
747 Mac OS X port:
748 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
749 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
750 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
751 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
753 Win32 port:
754 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
755 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
756 * Improved Windows installer.
758 Linux port:
759 * PowerPC fixes.
761 Misc:
762 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
763 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
765 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
766 ---------------------------------
768 Mac OS X:
769 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
770 * Playing MOD files is working now.
773 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
774 ---------------------------------
776 Core support:
777 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
778 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
780 Codecs:
781 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
782 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
783 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
784 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
786 Playlist:
787 * Internal improvments
788 * Improved import/export
790 Input:
791 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
792 container formars.
793 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
794 small and strange formats.
795 * New PVA demux.
796 * New MOD audio demux.
797 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
798 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
799 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
800 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
802 Stream output:
803 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
804 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
805 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
807 Service discovery:
808 * Fixed sdp in SAP.
810 Mac OS X port:
811 * New opengl video output plugin.
813 Win32 port:
814 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
815 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
817 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
818 ---------------------------------
820 Core support:
821 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
822 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
823 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
824 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
825 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
826 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
827 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
828 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
830 Playlist:
831 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
832 * Playlist sorting
834 Input:
835 * RTP/RTSP support.
836 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
837 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
838 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
839 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
840 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
841 * Reworked DVB tuning.
842 * Better Icecast support.
843 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
844 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
846 Codecs:
847 * Support for Theora video encoding.
848 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
849 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
850 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
851 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
852 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
853 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
855 Stream output:
856 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
857 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
858 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
859 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
860 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
861 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
862 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
863 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
864 * Preliminary RTP support.
865 * Fixes to SAP announces.
867 Interface:
868 * Skins:
869 - Bugfixes
870 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
871 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
872 * wxWindows
873 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
874 - Improvements and help in preferences
875 - New streaming wizard
876 - Revised Disc Open menu
877 * HTTP
878 - Improvements of the standard pages
879 - Support for new commands
880 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
882 Service discovery:
883 * Many fixes to the SAP module
884 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
886 Subtitles:
887 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
888 * Text subtitles autodetection.
889 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
890 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
891 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
892 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
893 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
894 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
895 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
897 Mac OS X port:
898 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
899 * Save playlist.
900 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
901 * Support for Panther.
902 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
903 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
905 Win32 port:
906 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
907 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
908 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
909 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
910 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
911 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
912 * Multimonitor support (untested).
913 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
915 Linux port:
916 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
917 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
918 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
920 iPaq port:
921 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
923 Miscellaneous:
924 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
925 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
926 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
927 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
929 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
930 ---------------------------------
932 Core support:
933 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
935 Stream output:
936 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
937 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
939 Access input:
940 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
941 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
943 Interfaces:
944 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
946 UNIX ports:
947 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
948 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
950 Win32 port:
951 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
953 iPaq port:
954 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
956 Miscellaneous:
957 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
958 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
959 mpeg1/2 videos.
961 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
962 ---------------------------------
964 Core support:
965 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
966 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
967 after a pause.
969 Stream output:
970 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
971 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
972 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
973 UNIX ports:
974 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
975 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
977 Win32 port:
978 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
980 iPaq port:
981 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
983 Miscellaneous:
984 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
985 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
986 mpeg1/2 videos.
988 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
989 ---------------------------------
991 Core support:
992 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
993 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
994 after a pause.
996 Stream output:
997 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
998 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
999 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1000 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1001 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1003 Win32 port:
1004 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1005 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1006 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1008 UNIX ports:
1009 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1010 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1011 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1013 iPaq port:
1014 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1015 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1016 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1017 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1018 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1020 Interfaces:
1021 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1022 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1023 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1025 Input demux:
1026 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1028 Miscellaneous:
1029 * Improved build system.
1030 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1031 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1032 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1033 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1036 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1037 ---------------------------------
1039 Core Support:
1040 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1042 Input access:
1043 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1044 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1045 * Video 4 Linux support
1046 * CD Digital Audio support
1047 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1049 Input demux:
1050 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1051 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1052 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1053 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1055 Codecs:
1056 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1057 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1058 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1059 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1060 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1061 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1062 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1064 Interfaces:
1065 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1066 * New HTTP remote control interface
1068 Stream output:
1069 * 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.
1070 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1071 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1072 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1074 Miscellaneous:
1075 * New reset option for the preferences
1076 * You can set your language in the prefences
1077 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1078 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1079 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1080 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1082 UNIX ports:
1083 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1084 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1085 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1087 Mac OS X port:
1088 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1089 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1090 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1091 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1092 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1093 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1094 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1095 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1096 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1097 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1099 Win32 port:
1100 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1101 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1102 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1103 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1104 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1105 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1106 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1108 BeOS port:
1109 * Interface localization
1110 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1111 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1112 * New full-featured Preferences window
1114 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1115 ---------------------------------
1117 Core Support:
1118 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1119 * support for skins at the interface level
1120 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1121 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1122 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1123 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1124 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1126 Input access:
1127 * fixed HTTP redirects
1128 * support for opening an entire directory
1129 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1130 * new video4linux access plug-in
1131 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1133 Input demux:
1134 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1135 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1136 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1138 Codecs:
1139 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1140 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1141 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1142 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1143 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1144 * new codec for raw I420 video
1145 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1147 Interfaces:
1148 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1149 (although it still misses some important features)
1150 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1152 Stream output:
1153 * new HTTP output support
1154 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1155 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1157 Miscellaneous:
1158 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1160 UNIX ports:
1161 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1163 Mac OS X port:
1164 * reorderable playlist
1165 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1166 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1167 * support for mono audio output devices
1168 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1169 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1170 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1171 * the messages window remembers more lines
1172 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1173 * http and ogg stream output options
1174 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1176 Win32 port:
1177 * new skinnable interface
1178 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1180 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1181 * support for FLAC audio format
1182 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1183 * playlist
1184 * network tab in the interface
1185 * "apply" handling in preferences
1188 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1189 ---------------------------------
1191 Core support:
1192 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1193 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1194 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1195 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1196 Mac OS X
1197 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1198 * DTS S/PDIF support
1200 Codecs:
1201 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1202 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1203 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1204 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1206 Stream output:
1207 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1208 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1210 DVD support:
1211 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1213 UNIX ports:
1214 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1216 Win32 port:
1217 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1218 plugins
1219 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1220 * rc interface is now fully useable
1221 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1223 Mac OS X port:
1224 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1225 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1226 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1227 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1228 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1229 * new info panel
1230 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1231 * support for mouse gestures
1232 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1234 Linupy port:
1235 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1236 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1238 Miscellaneous:
1239 * improved ID3 tag detection
1240 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1241 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1242 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1243 gestures
1244 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1247 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1248 ---------------------------------
1250 Mac OS X port:
1251 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1252 English was set as the preferred language
1255 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1256 --------------------------------
1258 Core support:
1259 * new mouse gesture interface
1260 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1261 playing
1263 Input access:
1264 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1265 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1266 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1268 Input demux:
1269 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1270 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1271 continuity counter
1273 Codecs:
1274 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1276 DVD support:
1277 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1278 without the user consent
1280 UNIX ports:
1281 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1282 popup menu
1283 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1284 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1285 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1287 Mac OS X port:
1288 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1289 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1290 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1291 * playlist enhancements
1292 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1293 * new step forward/step backward commands
1294 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1295 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1296 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1298 Win32 port:
1299 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1300 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1301 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1303 BeOS port:
1304 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1305 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1307 Opie port:
1308 * native video output is working again
1309 * only commandline interface support
1310 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1313 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1314 --------------------------------
1316 Core structure:
1317 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1318 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1319 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1320 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1321 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1322 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1323 and A/52 streams are supported)
1324 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1326 Input access:
1327 * mms:// support
1328 * ftp:// support
1329 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1330 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1331 * VCD entry points support
1332 * VCD image file support
1334 Input demux:
1335 * support for *.asf format
1336 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1337 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1338 * support for ogg encapsulation
1339 * support for raw DV format
1340 * support for *.wav format
1341 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1342 * raw AAC support
1344 Stream discovery & playlists:
1345 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1346 * support for .m3u file format
1347 * support for .asx file format
1348 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1350 Codecs:
1351 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1352 (only available with the .avi demux)
1353 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1354 * support for raw PCM data
1355 * support for Cinepak video codec
1356 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1357 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1358 * support for Xvid codec
1359 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1360 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1361 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1362 from sources)
1363 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1364 H263i, MJPEG A/B
1365 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1367 DVD support:
1368 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1370 Miscellaneous:
1371 * new WxWindows interface
1372 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1373 device and the channels configuration
1374 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1375 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1376 format that VLC can play
1377 * new swedish translation
1378 * enhancements of the playlist window
1379 * new messages window to see debug info
1380 * fixed a few crashes
1382 iPaq port:
1383 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1384 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1385 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1386 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working