1 Changes between 0.9.1 and 1.0.0-git:
2 ------------------------------------
5 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
6 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on
10 * AES3 (SMPTE 302M) support
11 * E-AC3 (A/52b) support
14 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
15 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
16 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
18 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2
19 -------------------------------
21 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
24 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.1:
25 ---------------------------------
27 Note: version 0.9.0 was skipped due to bugs being discovered at the last
32 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) to work
34 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
35 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
36 edit the ".hosts" file.
37 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
38 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
39 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
40 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
41 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
42 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
43 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
44 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
45 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
46 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
47 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
48 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
49 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
50 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
51 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
52 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
53 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
54 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
55 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
56 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
57 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
58 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
59 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
60 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
61 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
62 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
63 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
64 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
65 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
66 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
67 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
68 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
70 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
71 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
72 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
73 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
75 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
77 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
78 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
80 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
81 * Glide video output module has been removed.
87 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
89 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
90 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
93 * Vastly improved playlist support:
94 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
96 * Shoutcast TV listings
97 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
99 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
100 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
102 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
105 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
106 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
107 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
108 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
109 * JACK audio input support
110 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
111 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
112 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
113 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
114 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
115 * Experimental EyeTV access module
116 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
117 (available as a separate download).
118 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
120 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
121 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
122 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
124 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
125 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
128 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
129 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
130 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
131 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
133 * APEv1/2 tags support
134 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
135 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
137 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
138 * TiVo Series 2 support
139 * CD+G karaoke Files support
144 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
145 * Flash Screen Video support
146 * CamStudio Screen Video support
147 * DosBox Capture support
148 * Karl Morton's Video support
149 * limited atrac3 support
151 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
152 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
153 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
155 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
156 * NellyMoser ASAO support
157 * APE (Monkey audio) support
158 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
159 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
162 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
163 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
164 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
165 * AQTitle subtitles support
166 * MKV USF subtitles support
167 * HTML-based subtitles support
168 * MPSub subtitles support
169 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
170 * MPL2 subtitles support
171 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
172 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
173 * Realtext subtitle support
174 * DKS subtitle support
175 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
176 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
179 * Flash Screen Video support
180 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
182 Video outputs and filters:
183 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
184 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
185 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
186 * New puzzle video output filter
187 * Re-written motion detection video filter
188 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
190 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
191 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
192 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
193 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
194 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
195 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
196 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
197 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
198 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
199 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
200 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
201 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
202 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
203 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
205 Audio outputs and filters:
206 * Replay gain support
207 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
208 new scaletempo audio filter)
209 * New spatializer audio filter
210 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
213 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
214 * New RTP payload formats:
215 * Speex voice audio codec
216 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
217 * G.711 (both A-law and ยต-law) output
218 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
219 * DCCP transport for RTP
220 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
225 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
226 end-user suitable way.
227 * Improved user interaction
228 * Improved mouse gestures
229 * Vastly improved Update checker
230 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
232 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
233 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
235 * Improved video output features
236 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
237 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
238 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
239 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
240 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
242 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
243 if libncursesw is available.
244 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
245 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
246 share/lua/playlist/README.txt for more info.
248 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
249 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
250 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
251 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
252 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
253 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
254 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
255 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
258 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
259 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
260 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
263 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
264 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
265 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
266 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
267 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
268 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
271 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
272 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
282 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
283 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
284 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
287 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
288 ----------------------------------
291 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
294 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
295 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
296 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
297 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
298 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
299 * Updated Polish translation
302 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
303 ----------------------------------
306 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
307 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
308 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
311 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
312 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
313 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
314 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
315 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
316 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
317 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
318 to an unexpected application termination
319 * New Serbian translation
320 * Updated Romanian translation
323 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
324 ----------------------------------
327 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
328 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
329 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
330 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
331 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
332 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
333 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
334 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
337 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
338 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
339 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
340 * Fixed AAC resampling
341 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
342 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
345 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
346 ----------------------------------
349 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
350 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
351 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
352 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
353 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
356 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
357 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
358 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
359 * Close MMS access on network timeout
360 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
363 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
364 ----------------------------------
367 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
368 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
371 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
372 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
373 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
374 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
376 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
380 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
383 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
386 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
389 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
392 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
393 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
394 encoding on multi-cpu systems
395 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
396 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
398 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
399 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
400 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
401 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
404 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
407 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
408 ----------------------------------
411 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
412 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
413 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
415 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
416 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
418 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
419 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
422 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
424 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
425 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
426 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
427 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
428 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
429 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
431 * Support for current Ogg file formats
432 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
433 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
436 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
439 * The automatic updating facility was removed
440 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
441 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
442 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
445 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
446 ----------------------------------
448 Various bugfixes, notably:
449 * Windows Vista compatibility
450 * Cropping in Direct3D
451 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
452 * RSS filter string overflow
454 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
456 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
457 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
460 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
461 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
464 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
467 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
470 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
473 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
474 ----------------------------------
476 Various bugfixes, notably:
477 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
478 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
479 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
480 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
481 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
482 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
485 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
486 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
489 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
491 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
492 * Diverse usability improvements
493 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
494 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
495 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
498 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
499 ---------------------------------
502 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
505 * Fullscreen controller improvements
508 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
509 --------------------------------
512 * Shoutcast TV listings support
515 * Support for RTSP authentication
516 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
517 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
518 * ATSC support for DVB input
519 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
520 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
521 * Improved support for Flash Video files
524 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
525 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
526 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
527 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
528 * Matroska WavPack support
529 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
530 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
531 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
534 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
535 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
536 * Improved libcaca support
540 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
541 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
543 * Systray support in skins
545 * Support for Apple Remote control
546 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
547 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
548 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
549 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
551 * Notifications using notification-daemon
554 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
556 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
557 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
558 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
559 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
560 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
562 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
563 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
572 * Updates to the libvlc API
573 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
576 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
577 --------------------------------
580 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
581 * Support for downloading updates
585 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
586 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
587 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
588 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
590 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
591 * Improved subtitles encoding support
592 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
595 * Cook (Real audio) support
597 Playlist / Services discovery:
598 * XSPF playlist support
600 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
603 * New JACK audio output
607 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
608 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
609 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
610 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
611 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
612 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
615 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
618 * System to inform the user and request information
619 - HTTP authentication
623 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
624 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
625 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
628 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
629 - Improved playlist handling
630 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
632 - Embedded Video output
633 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
634 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
635 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
636 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
637 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
639 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
640 - A bunch of new RPN functions
643 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
646 * Mac-Intel compatibility
647 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
648 * Growl "Now playing" support
651 * Ability to log to syslog
652 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
655 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
657 * A bit more automatic testing
660 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
661 ---------------------------------
664 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
665 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
668 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
669 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
672 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
675 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
676 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
682 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
685 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
686 --------------------------------
689 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
693 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
694 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
695 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
698 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
699 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
700 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
701 * GnomeVFS input module
702 * Support for RTP packet reordering
703 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
706 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
707 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
708 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
711 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
712 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
718 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
719 Mixer and Dolby Surround
722 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
723 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
724 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
727 - new cone icon by Richard ยฏiestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
729 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
730 - New extended controls panel
731 - New bookmarks window
732 - Fixed playlist sorting
733 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
735 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
736 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
737 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
738 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
742 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
743 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
745 - Include macro to include other files
749 * Should now work outside IE as well
752 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
755 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
756 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
759 The following languages were added:
764 The following languages were re-added:
768 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
769 --------------------------------
772 * Rewrite of the playlist
774 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
775 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
776 * Preferences improvements:
777 - New organization, designed to improve usability
778 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
780 * Core image manipulation support
781 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
782 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
783 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
784 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
785 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
786 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
787 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
788 now separated by ':' instead of ','
789 * Access filter architecture
790 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
791 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
795 * Support for SOCKS proxy
796 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
797 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
798 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
799 * Better support for Kasenna streams
800 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
801 * Massive Matroska improvements
802 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
804 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
805 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
806 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
807 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
808 * Support for FTP over IPv6
811 * Dirac decoder and encoder
812 * PNG decoder/encoder
813 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
814 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
817 * New Record and Timeshift filters
820 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
821 * Brand new SAP module
822 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
823 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
824 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
825 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
826 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
827 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
831 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
834 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
835 * Image file video output (png)
836 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
837 * Improvements to wall video filter
838 * Support for font color and opacity
844 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
845 - Seeking support in VoD streams
846 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
850 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
851 - Improved preferences
852 - Improvements to the wizard
853 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
855 - Redesigned playlist
856 - Improved preferences
858 - Support for multiple actions
861 - Support for the new playlist system
863 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
866 * Screensaver disabling fix
867 * DirectShow tuner configuration
868 * Support for no-decoration windows
871 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
872 * The OpenGL video output is back
873 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
874 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
875 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
876 is not yet available in the new module
877 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
880 * Support for single-buffered overlay
889 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
892 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
895 The following languages were added:
901 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
902 --------------------------------
905 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
906 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
909 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
910 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
911 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
914 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
917 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
920 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
923 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
924 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
925 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
929 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
931 * Support of playlist group announcement
934 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
935 --------------------------------
938 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
939 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
940 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
941 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
942 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
943 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
946 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
947 (Stream your desktop)
948 * Improved DVD support:
949 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
950 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
951 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
952 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
953 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
954 (selection of titles/chapters).
957 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
958 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
959 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
960 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
961 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
962 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
963 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
964 * Improved Ogg demuxer
965 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
966 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
969 * G.726 audio support
970 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
971 * MPEG-4 text support
972 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
973 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
974 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
978 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
979 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
980 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
981 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
982 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
983 * DVB subtitles encoder
984 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
985 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
987 * Text track muxing for mp4
988 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
989 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
990 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
991 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
992 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
995 * H.263 RTP streaming support
996 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
997 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1000 * New audio equalizer filter
1001 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1002 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1003 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1004 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1007 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1008 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1009 with support for effects.
1010 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1011 - New filters can be streamed.
1012 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1013 - Centralized scaling and blending
1015 - "time", to display current time
1016 - "marq", to display a marquee
1019 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1020 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1021 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1022 * A few skins2 improvements
1023 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1024 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1025 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1026 * Improved CORBA control module
1029 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1030 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1031 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1034 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1035 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1036 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1039 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1040 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1041 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1042 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1043 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1046 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1049 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1050 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1053 * Server/client network synchronization module
1054 * VBrick streams fully supported
1055 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1059 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1060 --------------------------------
1063 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1064 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1065 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1066 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1069 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1070 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1071 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1072 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1073 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1074 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1075 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1078 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1079 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1080 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1081 * Improved directory access module.
1082 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1083 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1084 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1085 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1086 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1089 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1090 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1091 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1094 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1095 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1096 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1099 * Improved session announcement system.
1100 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1101 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1102 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1103 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1104 * Improved transrater.
1105 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1106 * New configuration system.
1107 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1110 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1111 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1112 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1113 * Supports scheduling.
1114 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1115 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1118 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1119 - Ability to embed video output.
1120 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1121 - Lots of improvements.
1122 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1123 - New design and set of icons.
1124 - Ability to embed video output.
1125 - Support for hotkeys.
1126 - Support for bookmarks.
1128 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1129 - Better hotkeys handling.
1132 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1133 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1134 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1135 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1138 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1139 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1140 * Improved Windows installer.
1146 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1147 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1150 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1151 ---------------------------------
1154 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1155 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1158 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1159 --------------------------------
1162 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1163 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1166 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1167 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1168 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1169 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1172 * Internal improvments
1173 * Improved import/export
1176 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1178 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1179 small and strange formats.
1181 * New MOD audio demux.
1182 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1183 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1184 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1185 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1188 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1189 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1190 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1196 * New opengl video output plugin.
1199 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1200 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1203 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1204 --------------------------------
1207 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1208 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1209 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1210 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1211 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1212 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1213 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1214 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1217 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1222 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1223 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1224 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1225 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1226 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1227 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1228 * Better Icecast support.
1229 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1230 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1233 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1234 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1235 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1236 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1237 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1238 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1239 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1242 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1243 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1244 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1245 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1246 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1247 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1248 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1249 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1250 * Preliminary RTP support.
1251 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1256 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1257 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1259 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1260 - Improvements and help in preferences
1261 - New streaming wizard
1262 - Revised Disc Open menu
1264 - Improvements of the standard pages
1265 - Support for new commands
1266 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1269 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1270 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1273 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1274 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1275 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1276 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1277 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1278 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1279 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1280 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1281 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1284 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1286 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1287 * Support for Panther.
1288 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1289 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1292 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1293 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1294 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1295 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1296 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1297 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1298 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1299 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1302 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1303 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1304 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1307 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1310 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1311 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1312 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1313 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1316 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1317 --------------------------------
1320 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1323 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1324 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1327 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1328 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1331 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1334 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1335 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1338 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1341 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1344 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1345 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1349 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1350 --------------------------------
1353 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1354 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1358 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1359 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1360 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1362 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1363 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1366 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1369 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1372 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1373 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1377 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1378 --------------------------------
1381 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1382 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1386 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1387 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1388 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1389 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1390 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1393 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1394 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1395 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1398 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1399 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1400 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1403 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1404 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1405 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1406 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1407 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1410 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1411 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1412 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1415 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1418 * Improved build system.
1419 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1420 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1421 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1422 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1425 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1426 --------------------------------
1429 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1432 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1433 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1434 * Video 4 Linux support
1435 * CD Digital Audio support
1436 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1439 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1440 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1441 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1442 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1445 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1446 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1447 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1448 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1449 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1450 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1451 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1454 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1455 * New HTTP remote control interface
1458 * 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.
1459 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1460 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1461 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1464 * New reset option for the preferences
1465 * You can set your language in the prefences
1466 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1467 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1468 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1469 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1472 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1473 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1474 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1477 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1478 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1479 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1480 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1481 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1482 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1483 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1484 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1485 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1486 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1489 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1490 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1491 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1492 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1493 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1494 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1495 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1498 * Interface localization
1499 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1500 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1501 * New full-featured Preferences window
1504 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1505 --------------------------------
1508 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1509 * support for skins at the interface level
1510 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1511 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1512 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1513 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1514 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1517 * fixed HTTP redirects
1518 * support for opening an entire directory
1519 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1520 * new video4linux access plug-in
1521 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1524 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1525 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1526 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1529 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1530 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1531 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1532 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1533 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1534 * new codec for raw I420 video
1535 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1538 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1539 (although it still misses some important features)
1540 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1543 * new HTTP output support
1544 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1545 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1548 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1551 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1554 * reorderable playlist
1555 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1556 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1557 * support for mono audio output devices
1558 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1559 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1560 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1561 * the messages window remembers more lines
1562 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1563 * http and ogg stream output options
1564 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1567 * new skinnable interface
1568 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1570 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1571 * support for FLAC audio format
1572 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1574 * network tab in the interface
1575 * "apply" handling in preferences
1578 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1579 ---------------------------------
1582 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1583 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1584 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1585 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1587 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1588 * DTS S/PDIF support
1591 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1592 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1593 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1594 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1597 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1598 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1601 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1604 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1607 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1609 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1610 * rc interface is now fully useable
1611 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1614 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1615 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1616 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1617 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1618 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1620 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1621 * support for mouse gestures
1622 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1625 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1626 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1629 * improved ID3 tag detection
1630 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1631 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1632 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1634 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1637 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1638 ---------------------------------
1641 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1642 English was set as the preferred language
1645 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1646 --------------------------------
1649 * new mouse gesture interface
1650 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1654 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1655 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1656 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1659 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1660 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1664 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1667 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1668 without the user consent
1671 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1673 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1674 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1675 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1678 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1679 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1680 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1681 * playlist enhancements
1682 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1683 * new step forward/step backward commands
1684 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1685 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1686 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1689 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1690 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1691 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1694 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1695 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1698 * native video output is working again
1699 * only commandline interface support
1700 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1703 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1704 --------------------------------
1707 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1708 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1709 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1710 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1711 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1712 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1713 and A/52 streams are supported)
1714 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1719 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1720 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1721 * VCD entry points support
1722 * VCD image file support
1725 * support for *.asf format
1726 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1727 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1728 * support for ogg encapsulation
1729 * support for raw DV format
1730 * support for *.wav format
1731 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1734 Stream discovery & playlists:
1735 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1736 * support for .m3u file format
1737 * support for .asx file format
1738 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1741 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1742 (only available with the .avi demux)
1743 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1744 * support for raw PCM data
1745 * support for Cinepak video codec
1746 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1747 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1748 * support for Xvid codec
1749 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1750 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1751 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1753 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1755 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1758 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1761 * new WxWindows interface
1762 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1763 device and the channels configuration
1764 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1765 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1766 format that VLC can play
1767 * new swedish translation
1768 * enhancements of the playlist window
1769 * new messages window to see debug info
1770 * fixed a few crashes
1773 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1774 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1775 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1776 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working