1 Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.1.1:
2 --------------------------------
5 * Support for the new capabilities: libvlc_adjust_Enable, libvlc_adjust_Contrast,
6 libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue, libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma
7 * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were called early
10 * Fix h264 streaming in ts
13 * Fix mod files support
16 * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards
17 You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7
20 * Interface and crash fixes
23 Changes between 1.0.6 and 1.1.0:
24 --------------------------------
26 Important changes for users:
27 * On Linux, known bugs in the ALSA library might prevent audio output.
28 Update to alsa-lib v1.0.23-2-g8d80d5f or later, or use the libpulse audio
29 output plugin instead of the ALSA one (if you have PulseAudio).
31 Important changes for packagers:
32 * The module cache has moved to ${libdir}/vlc/. The module cache can now be
33 generated at install time except if you use staged installation. In the
34 later case, you can generate the module cache in your post-inst script
35 by invoking 'vlc-cache-gen'. If the module cache is not present and vlc
36 can't write in ${libdir}/vlc/, it will result it vlc taking a long time to
38 * Most X11-related plugins now use XCB instead of Xlib. VLC now uses
40 - xcb, xcb-shm, xcb-xv, xcb-randr (from libxcb),
41 - xcb-keysyms (from xcb-utils),
42 - x11-xcb (from libx11) - only for GLX support.
43 * On X11 platforms, a _working_ version of xdg-screensaver is typically
44 required to inhibit the screensaver during video playback.
48 * Support for the sftp protocol
49 * Support for CDDB servers for Audio-CD on the Windows port
50 * New memory input (imem) access and access_demux module to feed VLC from data in memory
51 * New avio module to use libavformat capabilities for network streams, like rtmp://
52 * Port of the screen module from Xlib to XCB
53 * Port of the dc1394 module from libdc1394 to libdc1394 v2.0
56 * Support for DxVA2 for H.264 decoding on GPU on Windows Vista and 7
57 * Support for VAAPI for H.264 decoding on GPU on GNU/Linux
58 * Support for Audio/Video decoders and encoders using OpenMAX IL components for DSP
60 * Support PGS subtitles for Blu-Ray
61 * Support for HD-DVB subtitles - Display Definition Segment
62 * Invmem module improvements
63 * Support for Atrac1 audio codec
64 * Support for SSE3 and SSE4 capabilities in some codecs
65 * Multiple improvements for subtitles styles in .SRT and .SSA
66 * Support for native decoding of Windows Media Speech (Voice) audio codec
67 * Support for AMR-NB audio codec on the Windows and Mac port
68 * Support for Indeo5 video codec
69 * Improvements on the FLAC format (7.1 channels and 88.2/176.4/192 kHz support)
70 * Direct rendering is used more often with H.264 in avcodec module
71 * Support for MPEG-4 ALS lossless audio codec
72 * Support for VP8 codec
73 * Support for 7.1 channels in vorbis audio
76 * Many fixes on Matroska support (notably seeking) and support for Webm format
77 * Support for .aob files from DVD-Audio (MLP and LPCM) (Full disc support is NOT present yet)
78 * Support for ADPCM in .flv streams
79 * Support for TwinVQ (.vqf) and AMV (.amv) files
80 * Various EGP improvements
81 * Support for embedded subtitles in OpenDML and legacy .avi files
82 * Metadata and cover art improvements
85 * Rewrite of the video output core and most video outputs
86 * Added desktop mode to the Direct3D output module. It differs from DirectX
87 desktop mode, because it hides the desktop icons, but reacts to mouse clicks.
88 * New x11, glx and xv modules based on XCB
89 * New deinterlacing modes based on yadif and yadif(x2)
90 * New audio/video filter to show audio level on the video output
91 * Enhanced AtmoLight filter with hardware support for
92 Classic AtmoLight (http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Atmo-plugin)
93 Quattro AtmoLight (use just 4 Classic AtmoLights as one)
94 MoMoLight (http://www.ambilight4pc.com/momolight/momolight.html)
95 Simple serial DMX controller (http://www.ulrichradig.de/ search for DMX)
98 * New content extensions framework for lua
101 * Chorus/Flanger audio filter
102 * 3F1R to stereo down-mix filter
103 * Dolby mixer, parameterized equalizer, trivial mixer, scaletempo, bandlimited
104 resampler, linear resampler, ugly resampler, converter_fixed, DTS to SPDIF
105 and A/52 to SPDIF filters have been upgraded to the "audio filter2" API
106 * NEON assembly audio converter module
107 * Converter filters have been rewritten and extended to support s32 as input
110 * WPL and ZPL playlist support
111 * Lua scripts for Mpora, Vimeo playback and Rockbox FM radios
112 * New Play-And-Pause function to stop playback on latest video image
113 * Podcast images are now displayed
116 * Service discoveries can now be written in lua
117 * Service discovery for Picture/Music/Video user directories
118 * Service discovery based on libudev
119 * Shoutcast Service discoveries are now removed
122 * x264, add psy-rd parameter and change default settings
123 * x264, add profile-limitter same way as x264.exe has, for example
124 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=1.2},vb=384,width=320,height=176}
125 * x264, defaults to crf=23 as x264.exe-does, if bitrate is given,
126 uses ABR and if qp-value is set uses CQP
127 * libx264-version 0.76 or higher is required
128 * x264 has tune/preset parameters supported
131 * New smem module, streaming to memory
132 * Allow duplicate outputs to be merged, like:
133 --sout "#duplicate{dst=transcode{vcodec=mp2v},select=es=0,dst=transcode,select=es=1}:std{...}"
136 * Renamed the legacy rc, telnet and http interfaces to oldrc, oldtelnet
138 * rc, telnet and http are now implemented using the lua interface system.
139 * qt4 interface contains new iconview and listview mode for playlist
142 * Support of .milk visualization files using projectM libraries
145 * Vastly improved VLCKit framework
146 * A new dialog provider for libvlc-internal interaction without full interface
147 * Improved update detection and installation by using the Sparkle framework
148 by Andy Matuschak et al.
149 * New CoreText based text renderer replacing the former ATSUI renderer
150 * New Video output module (mostly targetting VLCKit)
151 * Optimised behavior when using the 2009 Apple Remote
154 * Integration in Windows 7 taskbar
155 * Playback of .Midi files is supported through fluidsynth's module
158 * Multiple improvements for N900 compliance and efficiency
159 * Support for HW accelerated video decoding on N900
160 * Improvements to the maemo/hildon interface
164 * --save-config command line option not supported anymore.
165 * Fixed and reenabled netsync module.
166 * Improved Solaris port
169 * new C++ wrapper around libVLC: libVLCpp
170 * phonon-VLC backend is now usable
173 * csri codec: use the libass module instead.
174 * galaktos visualisation: use the new projectM module instead.
175 * showintf: Useless in Qt and on Mac OS X
176 * transrate: broken since too long
177 * Xlib x11, Xlib xvideo, Xlib glx: Use the new XCB modules instead.
178 * HAL: Use libudev instead.
179 * gtk_main, gtk_main2, gnome_main, gnome_main2 and pda interfaces
180 * WinCE, BeOS and qnx interfaces
181 * opie, qte and qte_main interfaces
182 * linear_resampler and trivial_resampler are removed: use the ugly one.
183 * XvMC accelerated modules: use VAAPI instead.
184 * MGA (Matroska) for Linux: use Linux Framebuffer (or X) instead.
185 * opengllayer: use macosx_video instead.
186 * cddax: use cdda instead.
187 * cmml and tarkin codecs are removed because they are dead codecs.
188 * realaudio codecs: use libavcodec
189 * access_file removed in favor of filesystem
190 * RTMP input and output: use avio module
193 Changes between 1.0.5 and 1.0.6:
194 --------------------------------
197 * Fix crash on FTP URI with no file path
199 Decoders/Packetizers:
200 * Fix overflows in A/52, DTS, MPEG Audio and subtitles support
203 * Update LUA script for Youtube pages
204 * Fix crashes in AVI, ASF and Matroska files
205 * Fix crashes on malformatted ZIP archives
206 * Fix crashes and leaks in the FFmpeg/avformat plugin
207 * Fix crash on invalid XSPF playlist
210 * Partial Xlib threading fixes
211 More complete fixes are available in VLC 1.1.0. Please update!
214 * Fix crash (use after free) in Qt4 bookmarks
215 * Fix a few crashes in Qt4 playlist
218 * Simplified Chinese, Estonian, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
219 and Walloon translations updated
220 * Sinhala translation started
223 * RTMP input and output are removed due to security problems. Please update
224 to VLC 1.1.0 which provides an FFmpeg-based RTMP input if needed.
227 Changes between 1.0.4 and 1.0.5:
228 --------------------------------
231 * SubRip extra styles improvements
232 * Fix potential crashes in SSA and svg decoders
235 * Improved support for the 2009 Apple Remote
238 * Use of gcc 4.4.2 to compile instead of gcc 4.2. This might slightly
239 increase performance and fix x264 issues
242 * Portuguese Brazilian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Bengali,
243 Walloon, Galician, Danish, Khmer, Polish, Slovenian, Vietnamese, Finnish
244 Russian, Slovak translation updates
245 * New Malayalam, Macedoninan, Nynorsk translations
248 Changes between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4:
249 --------------------------------
252 * Fix deadlocks in the audio output core
253 * Make PulseAudio the default output if available
256 * Fix fullscreen mode with KDE 4.3.3 and other window managers
257 * Fix incompatibility with cairo-dock and compositing
260 * Fix DVB scanning regression from VLC 1.0.3
261 * Support for XZ-compressed byte stream (LZMA algorithm)
264 * Support for .m3u8 playlist files (UTF-8 M3U)
267 * Support for xcb-keysyms version 0.3.4 or higher
268 * Fix globalhotkeys on FreeBSD
271 * Fix opening V4L version 1 devices
272 * Fix default destination ports in the streaming wizard
275 * New Walloon translation
276 * Swedish, Ukrainian and French translation updates
279 Changes between 1.0.2 and 1.0.3:
280 --------------------------------
283 * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to
284 regressions in most popular drivers
285 * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms
288 * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it
289 didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2
290 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks
293 * x264 has profile-limitter, like:
294 #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..}
297 * Update for appletrailers lua script
298 * Fixes on the RAR stream filter
299 * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams
300 * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2
301 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer
304 * New udev module for linux
307 * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels
310 * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates
313 Changes between 1.0.1 and 1.0.2:
314 --------------------------------
317 * Native support for WMA Professional, without the use of the Win32 dlls
318 * Fix issues in subtitles, especially SSA ones
319 * Various fixes on theora and ogg
322 * Various fixes for EPG support in MPEG-TS demuxer
323 * Fixes for potential stack overflow in .avi, .mp4 and .asf demuxers
326 * Fixes for v4l2 devices
327 * Fixes for dvb-c channels-scanning
330 * Fix some playlist sorting issues
333 * Fixed a crash when updating VLC
334 * Fixed a crash related to QTKit when opening video files (10.6 only)
335 * Added the ability to play 2nd media in sync to the primary item (input-slave)
336 * Added the "Quit after Playback" feature
339 * The "Delete Preferences" script is now delivered as a Universal Binary
340 with native code for PowerPC, Intel and Intel 64bit
341 * Full 64bit runtime compatibility on both Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6
342 - no support for Goom and SDL
343 - limited text rendering support
344 - This port is still considered as EXPERIMENTAL despite its binary release.
347 * MPEG2 transrate stream output removed
348 * x264 default-values closer to x264.exe defaults.
349 * x264 rc-behaviour fixes:
350 - if user defines qp-value, CQP-mode is used
351 - otherwise if user defines vb=0, CRF-mode is used
352 - otherwise ABR-mode is used
353 * x264 set vbv-bufsize/vbv-maxsize better if user hasn't defined these:
354 - ABR mode set vbv-max-bitrate=bitrate
355 - vbv-bufsize is bitrate * seconds between keyframes (keyint/fps)
359 * Lua scripts for Mpora and Vimeo playback
362 * Various fixes to enable 1.0 to build on Solaris and OpenBSD
365 * New Kazakh and Croatian translations
366 * Lithunanian translation is available on Windows
367 * Galician, Korean, Nepali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Portuguese Brazilian,
368 Arabic and French translation updates
371 Changes between 1.0.0 and 1.0.1:
372 --------------------------------
375 * Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
376 * Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
377 * Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
378 * Fix Dailymotion access script
379 * Fix crashes in xspf files handler
380 * Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version
383 * Add extra caching for files on network shares
384 * Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria
387 * Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
388 * Improve SSA subtitles rendering
389 * Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version
392 * Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio
395 * Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
396 * Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening
399 * Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
400 * Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
401 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
402 * Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
403 * More reliable Information and Messages panels
404 * Fix various crashes
407 * The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support
409 Translations updates for Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian
412 Changes between 0.9.10 and 1.0.0:
413 ---------------------------------
417 * Alsa and OSS audio capture has been removed from the v4l and v4l2 accesses.
418 See 'Access:' for more info.
419 * Support for Mac OS X 10.4.x was dropped due to its technical limitations
422 * Instantaneous pausing
423 * Frame-by-Frame playback
424 * Finer speed control
425 * On-the-fly recording for all medias
426 * Timeshift for most medias
427 * RTSP trickplay support
428 * Subtitles core improvements and fixes
431 * New AES3 (SMPTE 302M) decoder
432 * New Dolby Digital Plus - E-AC-3 (A/52b) decoder
433 * New True HD/MLP decoder and parser
434 * New Blu-Ray Linear PCM decoder
435 * New QCELP (Qualcomm PureVoice) decoder
436 * Improved Real Video 3.0 & 4.0 decoder
437 * New WMA v1/2 fixed point integer decoder
438 * Closed Captions using the SCTE-20 standard are now correctly decoded
439 * Improvement of WavPack decoder to support all integer modes and float mode
440 * Corrections on 5.1 and 7.1 channel decoding and ordering
443 * Support for Dirac, MLP and RealVideo in Matroska files
444 * Major improvements in RealMedia files opening (.rm and .rmvb)
445 * Improvements of the TS demuxer for M2TS files from Blu-Ray and AVCHD
446 * Metadata for mod files are supported
447 * GSM codecs in Wav files are supported
448 * New raw audio demuxer supporting raw PCM streams
449 * New Dirac demuxer for raw Dirac streams
452 * Dirac encoding using libdirac (supported in Ogg and in TS)
453 * Shine mp3 fixed-point encoder
456 * RTSP authentication with Darwin Streaming Server
457 * On-the-fly gzip and bzip2 file decompression (except on Windows)
458 * Playback for video in uncompressed multi-RAR archives
459 * DVB-S and ATSC cards support on Windows
460 * New OSS and Alsa accesses. The v4l2 and v4l modules no longer support
461 OSS or Alsa audio input. Use --input-slave alsa:// or oss:// if needed.
462 * DVB scanning on linux
463 * EXPERIMENTAL Blu-Ray Disc and AVCHD Folders support
464 * On-the-fly zip file decompression and browsing (MRL of the form
465 zip://file.zip!/file.avi to specify the file - the development form of
466 zip://file.zip|file.avi is not supported anymore)
467 * Opening of any file descriptor using 'fd://'
468 * MTP device access on Unix
469 * CD-Text support on the cdda module (CD-Audio)
470 * :start-time and :stop-time can handle sub-second values
473 * Mouse cursor support in x11 and win32 screen modules
474 * Screen module now features partial screen capture and mouse following on
475 Windows and Mac OS X.
478 * Export the playlist in HTML
479 * Lua script for BBC radio playback
480 * Better metadata handling and reading
482 Linux/Windows interface:
483 * Global Hotkeys on Windows and Linux
484 * Various fixes for skins2 interface
485 * Recently played items list
486 * Interface toolbar customizations
487 * Various Improvements on the Qt interface:
490 - Improvements on many dialogs
491 - New dialog for plugins listing
492 - Fixed-size mode for videos
493 - Better Teletext, trickplay and encrypted streams control
494 * Better integration in GTK environments
497 * Controllable by the Media Keys on modern Apple keyboards (brushed Aluminium)
498 * Reveal-in-Finder functionality for locally stored items.
499 * Easy addition of subtitles through the Video menu
500 * Additional usability improvements
503 * Restored the old mpeg2 transrating module.
504 * Multiple bridge-in instances are now possible.
505 * bridge-in can be used to configure a placeholder stream.
506 * Remote Audio Output Protocol (AirTunes) module.
507 * Fixed mosaic memleak. Mosaics are now usable again.
510 * New Maemo port with:
511 - an interface based on Hildon framework.
512 - scaler based on the swscale_nokia770 library.
515 EXPERIMENTAL work for the winCE port has been done.
518 * EXPERIMENTAL 64bit support
519 * Speed improvements by using llvm-gcc
520 * New document icons by Dominic Spitaler
521 * Support for latest iSight models
524 * Removed obsolete Esound and aRts plugins
525 * Surround support for PulseAudio
528 * Effects (cube, torus, etc.) removed from OpenGL video output
529 * Video is able to stay in original size and to zoom in fullscreen
530 (hotkey 'o') while keeping black borders
531 * Image video output has been rewritten into a video-filter named 'scene'.
532 The old image video output has been removed.
533 * Support for scaling and converting video chromas with FFMPEG imgresample was
534 withdrawn due to bugs. Please use the newer FFMPEG swscale instead.
537 * Invmem, a fake codec to display images from external applications
545 Changes between 0.9.9a and 0.9.10:
546 --------------------------------------
552 * Fixed crashes on multi-screen setups
553 * Corrected volume and subtitle encoding options in the Preferences
554 * Improved Information panel behavior, when playlist is not displayed
555 * Fixed QTCapture input support for the latest iSight models
556 * Added a menu-item to unlock the video window's aspect ratio
557 * Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
558 * Updated libpng, libgpg-error, libgcrypt, fribidi
560 Various fixes to the following modules:
563 - updated and additional access scripts (BBC radio, dailymotion, ...)
564 - Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ,
567 - RTP, RTSP VoD, Mosaic Bridge
572 Changes between 0.9.9 and 0.9.9a:
573 ---------------------------------
576 * Updated multiple 3rd party libraries to keep in sync with the Win32 port
577 * Playback fixes for PowerPC-based Macs
580 Changes between 0.9.8a and 0.9.9:
581 ---------------------------------
584 * Experimental new decoder for Real Video 3.0 & 4.0
587 * Various fixes related to real demuxer
590 * Fixed circumstances, which could lead to an empty Information panel
591 - Note that VLC will show information on the currently _selected_ item
592 instead of the currently _playing_ item, if the playlist is visible in the
593 main controller window.
594 * Fixed multiple UTF8 issues in the Streaming / Exporting Wizard
597 * Improved video playback performance on Intel-based Macs
602 * Updates of other localizations
605 * Support for receiving RTP packets on odd port numbers.
606 * Lots of small bugfixes.
607 * Correct Fullscreen behaviour on Multi-Screen setups on Windows
608 * Telnet fixes on Windows
609 * Resampling fixes when transcoding
612 Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.8a:
613 ---------------------------------
616 * Fixed buffer overflow in Real demuxer (SA-0811, CVE-2008-5276)
618 Bunch of small bugfixes.
621 Changes between 0.9.5 and 0.9.6:
622 --------------------------------
627 * Fixed overflow in CUE support from VCD access (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5032)
628 * Fixed overflow in RealText subtitles support (SA-0810, CVE-2008-5036)
631 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5:
632 --------------------------------
634 * Fixed buffer overflow in TiVo demuxer (SA-0809, CVE-2008-4686, CVE-2008-4654)
635 * Fixed libpng CVE-2008-3964 in Win32 and MacOS builds
638 * Closed Caption EIA 608/708 parsing enabled for libmpeg2
641 * Fixed various potential crashes and memleaks
642 * Fixed issues with reading from files (especially non-local)
645 * Fix bug where interface was "eating" some media keys
646 * Fix some crashes in DirectShow access
649 * Fix bug when the resetting of preferences didn't reset the dialog states
650 * Right-click menu to select playlist columns reenabled
651 * Various fixed in playlist
654 * MMAP module is now deactivated by default
657 * Update of Brazillian, Swedish translation
660 Changes between 0.9.3 and 0.9.4:
661 ------------------------------------
663 * Crashes fixed in ogg, vobsub, dvdread
664 * Fixes several memory leaks.
667 * Apple machines without Quartz Extreme are no longer supported (use 0.9.2 or earlier )
668 * Fixed a crash with deletion of old preferences.
669 * Fixed targetname for downloaded updates
672 * Stability fix for the video output.
675 Changes between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3:
676 --------------------------------
679 * Fixed DTS channel order on 5.1 systems
680 * Fixed pausing behavior for subtitles and for Audio-CD
681 * Multiple subtitles and podcast fixes
682 * Various crashes fixed in PS, SSA, mkv, xspf, freetype
683 * Fixed update system bugs
684 * Other bug fixes (dvd language selection, subtitle colours, HTTP keep-alive...+)
687 * Fixed ffmpeg slowness on PowerPC-based Macs
688 * Fixed crash on startup when installed on old preferences
689 * Fixed bug in directory opening on Mac OS X
690 * Fixed font selection in the Simple Preferences
691 * Thicker border to the subtitle renderer
692 * Fixed the appearance of playlist items in the Streaming/Transcoding Wizard
693 * Fixed AC3 passthrough on Mac OS X
694 * Fixed behavior of the Volume Normalizer settings on Mac OS X
695 * Removed the deprecated QuickDraw video output module to avoid crashes on
696 modern Mac OS X versions
699 * Fixed sensitivity of Fullscreen Controller
700 * Fixed error messages on startup when VLC wasn't correctly uninstalled
702 * Fix showing of controller when returning from fullscreen playback
703 * Multiple directory and path location fixes.
706 * Added Faster/Slower icons to the controller panel
707 * Fixed lost playlist columns when switching the playlist view
708 * Added needed options to Simple preferences (to avoid NVIDIA drivers issues)
709 * Fullscreen controller: added time label, remembering of last position
710 * Fixed drag'n drop behaviour on the playlist
711 * Multiple other fixes (Enter hotkey in preferences, Skins selection...)
714 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.2:
715 --------------------------------
717 * Restored the old behavior of --sout-keep. It is now de-activated by default.
718 * Skins2 interface repaired on Windows.
722 Changes between 0.9.1 and 0.9.0:
723 --------------------------------
725 * Multiple bug fixes.
728 Changes between 0.8.6i and 0.9.0:
729 ---------------------------------
733 * This release will need Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), or more
734 recent to work correctly
735 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
736 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
737 edit the ".hosts" file.
738 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
739 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
740 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
741 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
742 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
743 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
744 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
745 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
746 This interface has a fullscreen controller and simplified preferences.
747 This interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC
748 0.8.6, but provides basic profiles.
749 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
750 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
751 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
752 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
753 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
754 If you didn't name the object using @test, its name will default to the
755 plugin name (hence 'marq') in this example.
756 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
757 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed.
758 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
759 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
760 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
761 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
762 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
763 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
764 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported to resolve ambiguities
765 with some file names. Use access://url instead.
766 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
767 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
768 * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by the new avcodec,
769 avformat, swscale (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build)
770 and postproc modules.
771 * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the
772 following states: IDLE/CLOSE=0, OPENING=1, BUFFERING=2, PLAYING=3, PAUSED=4,
773 STOPPING=5, FORWARD=6, BACKWARD=7, ENDED=8, ERROR=9. With FORWARD and
774 BACKWARD being reserved for future implementations and are thus not
776 * Croping and padding in transcode are now done using the croppadd video
778 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=croppadd{cropttop=20,cropbottom=30,paddleft=100}}
779 * Canvas setting in transcode is now done using the canvas video filter.
781 transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vfilter=canvas{width=640,height=480}}
782 * Glide video output module has been removed.
788 * Updated libfreetype on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1806, CVE-2008-1806,
790 * TTA Parser improvements (CVE-2008-3732)
791 * MMS Access Module improvements (CVE-2008-3794 )
794 * Vastly improved playlist support:
795 * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
797 * Shoutcast TV listings
798 * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
800 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
801 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe, Google Video and
803 * User definable Lua album art fetcher scripts. See share/lua/meta/README.txt
806 * Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) input support
807 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
808 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
809 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
810 * JACK audio input support
811 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
812 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
813 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X
814 using OpenGL instead of QuickDraw
815 * Screen module now supports partial screen capture and mouse following on X11.
816 * Experimental EyeTV access module
817 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
818 (available as a separate download).
819 * Simple RTP input (with MPEG A/V, G.711 and PCM support).
821 * QTKit-based Input module for Mac OS X allowing display and streaming of video
822 taken from all iSight-labelled video cameras (no audio support)
823 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
825 * New options to reduce latency between arrival of raw data and display of
826 frames. (--auto-adjust-pts-delay and --use-stream-immediate)
829 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
830 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
831 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
832 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
834 * APEv1/2 tags support
835 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
836 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
838 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
839 * TiVo Series 2 support
840 * CD+G karaoke Files support
845 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
846 * Flash Screen Video support
847 * CamStudio Screen Video support
848 * DosBox Capture support
849 * Karl Morton's Video support
850 * limited atrac3 support
852 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
853 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
854 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
856 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
857 * NellyMoser ASAO support
858 * APE (Monkey audio) support
859 * RealVideo support (with the RealVideo run-time)
860 * Dirac video support using libschroedinger
863 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
864 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support (*nix, Mac OS)
865 * Ogg/Kate subtitles support
866 * AQTitle subtitles support
867 * MKV USF subtitles support
868 * HTML-based subtitles support
869 * MPSub subtitles support
870 * JacoSub subtitles basic support
871 * MPL2 subtitles support
872 * Rewrite of ASS/SSA scripts and subtitles support
873 * PowerDivx (.psb) Subtitles support
874 * Realtext subtitle support
875 * DKS subtitle support
876 * SubViewer 1.0 (SubRip09) subtitles support
877 * Correct Right-to-left languages in subtitles support
880 * Flash Screen Video support
881 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
883 Video outputs and filters:
884 * New CoreAnimation-based output module (VLCKit framework on OS X only)
885 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
886 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
887 * New puzzle video output filter
888 * Re-written motion detection video filter
889 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
891 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
892 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
893 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
894 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
895 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending.
896 The latter improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
897 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
898 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
899 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
900 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
901 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
902 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
903 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
904 * New croppadd and canvas video filters.
906 Audio outputs and filters:
907 * Replay gain support
908 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (with pitch correction via
909 new scaletempo audio filter)
910 * New spatializer audio filter
911 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
914 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
915 * New RTP payload formats:
916 * Speex voice audio codec
917 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
918 * G.711 (both A-law and µ-law) output
919 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
920 * DCCP transport for RTP
921 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
926 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
927 end-user suitable way.
928 * Improved user interaction
929 * Improved mouse gestures
930 * Vastly improved Update checker
931 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
933 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
934 * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
936 * Improved video output features
937 * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
938 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
939 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
940 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
941 * Simplified Extended Controls panel
943 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
944 if libncursesw is available.
945 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
946 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua and
947 share/lua/intf/README.txt for more info.
949 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
950 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
951 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
952 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
953 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
954 * Motion module using disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
955 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
956 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
959 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
960 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
961 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
964 * Mac OS X Framework "VLCKit" that can be used to embed VLC in third party
965 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
966 * New text renderer based on Quartz replacing the existing Freetype solution
967 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
968 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
969 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 and QuickTime 6.x was discontinued.
972 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
973 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
983 * LibVLC now supports externally built plugins properly.
984 A "vlc-plugin" pkg-config package is provided.
985 * Java bindings are now built from a separate source.
988 Changes between 0.8.6h and 0.8.6i:
989 ----------------------------------
992 * Fixed integer overflow in WAV demuxer (CVE-2008-2430)
995 * Fixed option to use shared memory within the GLX video output module
996 * Improved galaktos-based audio visualizations on FreeBSD
997 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
998 (transcode stream output, OSD menu video filter, VCD input,
999 SAP services discovery, http control interface)
1000 * Updated Polish translation
1003 Changes between 0.8.6g and 0.8.6h:
1004 ----------------------------------
1007 * Updated GnuTLS and libgcrypt on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1948,
1008 CVE-2008-1949, CVE-2008-1950)
1009 * Updated libxml2 on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2007-6284)
1012 * Updated libebml and libmatroska on Mac OS X. Reliability improvements.
1013 * Miscellaneous bugfixes in multiple modules and in libvlc
1014 (ftp access, record access filter, video filters, RC interface,
1015 playlist demuxer, IP networking, MPJPEG muxer, stream outputs)
1016 * Improved support for MPEG2 content created by Final Cut Pro
1017 * More reliable audio reception for MPEG TS streams
1018 * Fixed a regression in 0.8.6g where usage of the snapshot feature could lead
1019 to an unexpected application termination
1020 * New Serbian translation
1021 * Updated Romanian translation
1024 Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
1025 ----------------------------------
1028 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX
1029 (CVE-2007-6683, VideoLAN-SA-0804)
1030 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory
1031 (CVE-2008-2147, VideoLAN-SA-0805)
1032 * Updated libpng on Windows and Mac OS X (CVE-2008-1382)
1033 * Fixed libid3tag denial of service (CVE-2008-2109)
1034 * Fixed libvorbis vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1419, CVE-2008-1420, CVE-2008-1423)
1035 * Fixed speex insufficient boundary check (CVE-2008-1686, oCERT-2008-004)
1038 * Fixed various memory leaks, improving stability when running as a server
1039 * Fixed compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
1040 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
1041 * Fixed AAC resampling
1042 * The Fullscreen Controller appears correctly on Mac OS X,
1043 if the 'Always-on-top' video option was selected.
1046 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
1047 ----------------------------------
1050 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
1051 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
1052 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
1053 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
1054 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
1057 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
1058 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
1059 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
1060 * Close MMS access on network timeout
1061 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
1064 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
1065 ----------------------------------
1068 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
1069 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
1072 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
1073 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
1074 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
1075 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
1077 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
1081 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
1084 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
1087 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
1090 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
1093 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
1094 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
1095 encoding on multi-cpu systems
1096 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
1097 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
1099 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1100 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
1101 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
1102 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
1105 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
1108 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
1109 ----------------------------------
1112 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
1113 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
1114 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
1116 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
1117 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
1119 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
1120 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
1123 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
1125 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1126 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
1127 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
1128 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
1129 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
1130 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
1131 two different movies
1132 * Support for current Ogg file formats
1133 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
1134 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
1137 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
1140 * The automatic updating facility was removed
1141 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
1142 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
1143 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
1146 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
1147 ----------------------------------
1149 Various bugfixes, notably:
1150 * Windows Vista compatibility
1151 * Cropping in Direct3D
1152 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
1153 * RSS filter string overflow
1155 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
1157 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
1158 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
1161 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
1162 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
1165 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
1168 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
1171 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
1174 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
1175 ----------------------------------
1177 Various bugfixes, notably:
1178 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
1179 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
1180 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
1181 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
1182 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
1183 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
1186 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
1187 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
1190 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
1192 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
1193 * Diverse usability improvements
1194 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
1195 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
1196 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
1199 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
1200 ---------------------------------
1202 CDDA / VCDX plugins:
1203 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
1206 * Fullscreen controller improvements
1209 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
1210 --------------------------------
1213 * Shoutcast TV listings support
1216 * Support for RTSP authentication
1217 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
1218 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
1219 * ATSC support for DVB input
1220 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
1221 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
1222 * Improved support for Flash Video files
1225 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
1226 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
1227 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
1228 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
1229 * Matroska WavPack support
1230 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
1231 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
1232 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
1235 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
1236 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
1237 * Improved libcaca support
1241 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
1242 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
1244 * Systray support in skins
1246 * Support for Apple Remote control
1247 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1248 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
1249 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
1250 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
1252 * Notifications using notification-daemon
1255 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
1256 Windows 9x/ME users:
1257 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
1258 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
1259 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
1260 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
1261 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
1263 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
1264 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
1273 * Updates to the libvlc API
1274 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
1277 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
1278 --------------------------------
1281 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
1282 * Support for downloading updates
1286 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
1287 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
1288 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
1289 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
1291 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
1292 * Improved subtitles encoding support
1293 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
1296 * Cook (Real audio) support
1298 Playlist / Services discovery:
1299 * XSPF playlist support
1301 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
1304 * New JACK audio output
1307 * New video filters:
1308 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
1309 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
1310 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
1311 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
1312 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
1313 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
1316 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
1319 * System to inform the user and request information
1320 - HTTP authentication
1324 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
1325 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1326 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
1329 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
1330 - Improved playlist handling
1331 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
1333 - Embedded Video output
1334 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
1335 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
1336 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
1337 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
1338 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
1340 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
1341 - A bunch of new RPN functions
1344 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
1347 * Mac-Intel compatibility
1348 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
1349 * Growl "Now playing" support
1352 * Ability to log to syslog
1353 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
1356 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
1358 * A bit more automatic testing
1361 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
1362 ---------------------------------
1365 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
1366 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
1369 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
1370 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
1373 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
1376 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
1377 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
1383 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
1386 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
1387 --------------------------------
1390 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
1394 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
1395 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
1396 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
1399 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
1400 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
1401 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
1402 * GnomeVFS input module
1403 * Support for RTP packet reordering
1404 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
1407 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
1408 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
1409 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
1412 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
1413 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
1419 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
1420 Mixer and Dolby Surround
1423 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
1424 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
1425 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
1428 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
1430 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
1431 - New extended controls panel
1432 - New bookmarks window
1433 - Fixed playlist sorting
1434 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
1436 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
1437 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
1438 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
1439 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
1443 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
1444 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
1446 - Include macro to include other files
1450 * Should now work outside IE as well
1453 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
1456 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
1457 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
1460 The following languages were added:
1464 * Simplified Chinese
1465 The following languages were re-added:
1469 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
1470 --------------------------------
1473 * Rewrite of the playlist
1475 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
1476 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
1477 * Preferences improvements:
1478 - New organization, designed to improve usability
1479 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
1481 * Core image manipulation support
1482 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
1483 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
1484 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
1485 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
1486 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
1487 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
1488 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
1489 now separated by ':' instead of ','
1490 * Access filter architecture
1491 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
1492 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
1496 * Support for SOCKS proxy
1497 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
1498 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
1499 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
1500 * Better support for Kasenna streams
1501 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
1502 * Massive Matroska improvements
1503 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
1505 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
1506 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
1507 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
1508 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
1509 * Support for FTP over IPv6
1511 Decoders / Encoders:
1512 * Dirac decoder and encoder
1513 * PNG decoder/encoder
1514 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
1515 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
1518 * New Record and Timeshift filters
1521 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
1522 * Brand new SAP module
1523 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
1524 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
1525 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
1526 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
1527 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
1528 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
1532 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
1535 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
1536 * Image file video output (png)
1537 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
1538 * Improvements to wall video filter
1539 * Support for font color and opacity
1545 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
1546 - Seeking support in VoD streams
1547 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
1551 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
1552 - Improved preferences
1553 - Improvements to the wizard
1554 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
1556 - Redesigned playlist
1557 - Improved preferences
1559 - Support for multiple actions
1562 - Support for the new playlist system
1564 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
1567 * Screensaver disabling fix
1568 * DirectShow tuner configuration
1569 * Support for no-decoration windows
1572 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
1573 * The OpenGL video output is back
1574 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
1575 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
1576 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
1577 is not yet available in the new module
1578 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
1581 * Support for single-buffered overlay
1590 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
1593 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
1596 The following languages were added:
1602 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
1603 --------------------------------
1606 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
1607 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
1610 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
1611 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
1612 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
1615 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1618 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
1621 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
1624 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
1625 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
1626 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
1630 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
1632 * Support of playlist group announcement
1635 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
1636 --------------------------------
1639 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
1640 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
1641 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
1642 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
1643 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
1644 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
1647 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
1648 (Stream your desktop)
1649 * Improved DVD support:
1650 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
1651 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
1652 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
1653 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
1654 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
1655 (selection of titles/chapters).
1658 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
1659 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
1660 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
1661 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
1662 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
1663 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1664 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
1665 * Improved Ogg demuxer
1666 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
1667 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
1670 * G.726 audio support
1671 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
1672 * MPEG-4 text support
1673 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
1674 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
1675 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
1679 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
1680 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
1681 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
1682 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
1683 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
1684 * DVB subtitles encoder
1685 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
1686 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
1688 * Text track muxing for mp4
1689 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
1690 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
1691 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
1692 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
1693 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
1694 * Improved ASF muxer
1696 * H.263 RTP streaming support
1697 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
1698 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
1701 * New audio equalizer filter
1702 * Very trivial volume normalizer
1703 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
1704 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
1705 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
1708 * Roku HD1000 Video output
1709 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
1710 with support for effects.
1711 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
1712 - New filters can be streamed.
1713 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
1714 - Centralized scaling and blending
1716 - "time", to display current time
1717 - "marq", to display a marquee
1720 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
1721 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
1722 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
1723 * A few skins2 improvements
1724 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
1725 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
1726 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
1727 * Improved CORBA control module
1730 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
1731 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
1732 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
1735 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
1736 * Experimental SVG rendering module
1737 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
1740 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
1741 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
1742 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
1743 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
1744 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
1747 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
1750 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
1751 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
1754 * Server/client network synchronization module
1755 * VBrick streams fully supported
1756 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
1760 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
1761 --------------------------------
1764 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
1765 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
1766 * Improved HTTP daemon.
1767 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
1770 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
1771 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
1772 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
1773 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
1774 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
1775 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
1776 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
1779 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
1780 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
1781 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
1782 * Improved directory access module.
1783 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
1784 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
1785 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
1786 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
1787 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
1790 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
1791 * mmsh streaming fixes.
1792 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
1795 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
1796 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
1797 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
1800 * Improved session announcement system.
1801 * Minimize threads usage by default.
1802 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
1803 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
1804 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1805 * Improved transrater.
1806 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
1807 * New configuration system.
1808 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
1811 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
1812 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
1813 * Supports live streams and VoD.
1814 * Supports scheduling.
1815 * Telnet interface for vlm.
1816 * HTTP interface for vlm.
1819 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
1820 - Ability to embed video output.
1821 - Support for bitmap fonts.
1822 - Lots of improvements.
1823 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
1824 - New design and set of icons.
1825 - Ability to embed video output.
1826 - Support for hotkeys.
1827 - Support for bookmarks.
1829 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
1830 - Better hotkeys handling.
1833 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
1834 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
1835 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
1836 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
1839 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
1840 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
1841 * Improved Windows installer.
1847 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1848 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1851 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1852 ---------------------------------
1855 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1856 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1859 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1860 --------------------------------
1863 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1864 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1867 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1868 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1869 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1870 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1873 * Internal improvments
1874 * Improved import/export
1877 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1879 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1880 small and strange formats.
1882 * New MOD audio demux.
1883 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1884 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1885 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1886 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1889 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1890 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1891 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1897 * New opengl video output plugin.
1900 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1901 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1904 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1905 --------------------------------
1908 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1909 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1910 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1911 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1912 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1913 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1914 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1915 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1918 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1923 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1924 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1925 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1926 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1927 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1928 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1929 * Better Icecast support.
1930 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1931 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1934 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1935 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1936 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1937 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1938 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1939 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1940 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1943 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1944 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1945 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1946 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1947 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1948 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1949 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1950 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1951 * Preliminary RTP support.
1952 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1957 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1958 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1960 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1961 - Improvements and help in preferences
1962 - New streaming wizard
1963 - Revised Disc Open menu
1965 - Improvements of the standard pages
1966 - Support for new commands
1967 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1970 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1971 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1974 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1975 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1976 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1977 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1978 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1979 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1980 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1981 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1982 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1985 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1987 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1988 * Support for Panther.
1989 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1990 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1993 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1994 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1995 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1996 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1997 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1998 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1999 * Multimonitor support (untested).
2000 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
2003 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
2004 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
2005 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
2008 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
2011 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
2012 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
2013 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
2014 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
2017 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
2018 --------------------------------
2021 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
2024 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
2025 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
2028 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
2029 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
2032 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
2035 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2036 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2039 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2042 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2045 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2046 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2050 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2051 --------------------------------
2054 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2055 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2059 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2060 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2061 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2063 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
2064 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
2067 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
2070 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
2073 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
2074 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
2078 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
2079 --------------------------------
2082 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
2083 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
2087 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
2088 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
2089 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
2090 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
2091 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
2094 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
2095 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
2096 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
2099 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
2100 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
2101 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
2104 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
2105 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
2106 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
2107 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
2108 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
2111 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
2112 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
2113 * A new CORBA control plugin.
2116 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
2119 * Improved build system.
2120 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
2121 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
2122 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
2123 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
2126 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
2127 --------------------------------
2130 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
2133 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
2134 * Fixed large file support on Windows
2135 * Video 4 Linux support
2136 * CD Digital Audio support
2137 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
2140 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
2141 * Support for OpenDML avi files
2142 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
2143 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
2146 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
2147 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
2148 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
2149 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
2150 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
2151 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
2152 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
2155 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
2156 * New HTTP remote control interface
2159 * 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.
2160 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
2161 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
2162 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
2165 * New reset option for the preferences
2166 * You can set your language in the prefences
2167 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
2168 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
2169 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
2170 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
2173 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
2174 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
2175 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
2178 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
2179 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
2180 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
2181 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
2182 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
2183 * New icons by Davor Orel.
2184 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
2185 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
2186 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
2187 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
2190 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
2191 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
2192 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
2193 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
2194 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
2195 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
2196 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
2199 * Interface localization
2200 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
2201 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
2202 * New full-featured Preferences window
2205 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
2206 --------------------------------
2209 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
2210 * support for skins at the interface level
2211 * new OSD module using Freetype2
2212 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
2213 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
2214 input level before dropping out of date frames.
2215 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
2218 * fixed HTTP redirects
2219 * support for opening an entire directory
2220 * EOF should be detected more reliably
2221 * new video4linux access plug-in
2222 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
2225 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
2226 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
2227 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
2230 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
2231 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
2232 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
2233 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
2234 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
2235 * new codec for raw I420 video
2236 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
2239 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
2240 (although it still misses some important features)
2241 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
2244 * new HTTP output support
2245 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
2246 * fixed AV synchronization issues
2249 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
2252 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
2255 * reorderable playlist
2256 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
2257 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
2258 * support for mono audio output devices
2259 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
2260 * fixed several cosmetic issues
2261 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
2262 * the messages window remembers more lines
2263 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
2264 * http and ogg stream output options
2265 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
2268 * new skinnable interface
2269 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
2271 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
2272 * support for FLAC audio format
2273 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
2275 * network tab in the interface
2276 * "apply" handling in preferences
2279 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
2280 ---------------------------------
2283 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
2284 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
2285 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
2286 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
2288 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
2289 * DTS S/PDIF support
2292 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
2293 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
2294 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
2295 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
2298 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
2299 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
2302 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
2305 * fixed the GNU-pth support
2308 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
2310 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
2311 * rc interface is now fully useable
2312 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
2315 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
2316 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
2317 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
2318 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
2319 * VLC now uses the default audio device
2321 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
2322 * support for mouse gestures
2323 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
2326 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
2327 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
2330 * improved ID3 tag detection
2331 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
2332 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
2333 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
2335 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
2338 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
2339 ---------------------------------
2342 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
2343 English was set as the preferred language
2346 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
2347 --------------------------------
2350 * new mouse gesture interface
2351 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
2355 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
2356 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
2357 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
2360 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
2361 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
2365 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
2368 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
2369 without the user consent
2372 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
2374 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
2375 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
2376 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
2379 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
2380 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
2381 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
2382 * playlist enhancements
2383 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
2384 * new step forward/step backward commands
2385 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
2386 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
2387 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
2390 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
2391 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
2392 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
2395 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
2396 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
2399 * native video output is working again
2400 * only commandline interface support
2401 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
2404 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
2405 --------------------------------
2408 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
2409 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
2410 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
2411 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
2412 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
2413 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
2414 and A/52 streams are supported)
2415 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
2420 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
2421 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
2422 * VCD entry points support
2423 * VCD image file support
2426 * support for *.asf format
2427 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
2428 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
2429 * support for ogg encapsulation
2430 * support for raw DV format
2431 * support for *.wav format
2432 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
2435 Stream discovery & playlists:
2436 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
2437 * support for .m3u file format
2438 * support for .asx file format
2439 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
2442 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
2443 (only available with the .avi demux)
2444 * support for ADPCM audio codec
2445 * support for raw PCM data
2446 * support for Cinepak video codec
2447 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
2448 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
2449 * support for Xvid codec
2450 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
2451 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
2452 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
2454 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
2456 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
2459 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
2462 * new WxWindows interface
2463 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
2464 device and the channels configuration
2465 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
2466 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
2467 format that VLC can play
2468 * new swedish translation
2469 * enhancements of the playlist window
2470 * new messages window to see debug info
2471 * fixed a few crashes
2474 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
2475 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
2476 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
2477 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working