3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-git (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * On Linux, localization will be disabled if you have glibc 2.6 or 2.7 due
9 to a major bug in libintl with these glibc versions.
10 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
11 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
12 edit the ".hosts" file.
13 - On UNIX/Linux, the file is in /usr/share/vlc/http/.hosts
14 If you're using the old http interface, it's located in
15 /usr/share/vlc/http/old/.hosts
16 - On Windows they are in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts and
17 C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
18 - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
19 and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
20 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
21 interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6.
22 It will be replaced by a better alternative in the next version.
23 If you absolutely need it, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6.
24 * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
25 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
26 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
27 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
28 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
29 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
30 * The "rtp" access output module has been removed:
31 Please use the RTP stream output instead, e.g.:
32 Old: '#std{access=rtp,mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2:5004,sap}'
33 New: '#rtp{mux=ts,dst=239.255.1.2,port=5004,sap}'
34 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
35 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
36 of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
37 * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported. Use access://url instead.
38 E.g.: vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ;
39 udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
45 * Vastly improved playlist support:
46 * Media library support
48 * Shoutcast TV listings
49 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
51 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/lua/playlist/README.txt
52 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
53 * User definable Lua metadata and album art fetcher scripts. See
54 share/lua/meta/README.txt
57 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP/AVP
58 * DCCP transport for RTP/AVP
59 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
60 * JACK audio input support
61 * MP4 gpac and Apple chapter support
62 * Input run time option (improved live stream recording)
63 * Fixed playback of AIFF stereo files
64 * Fixed audio glitch on seek
65 * Improved FLAC demuxer (duration / current time / meta data)
67 * APEv1/2 tags support
68 * Improved ID3v2 tags support
69 * Improved Ogg/Vorbis tags support
71 * Standard MIDI File (types 0 & 1) support
72 * TiVo Series 2 support
73 * v4l2 access module support
74 * BDA devices access module for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft Windows
75 * CD+G karaoke Files support
77 * Re-written Screen access module for Mac OS X using OpenGL
79 * Experimental EyeTV access module (Mac OS X only)
80 This requires the user to install a plugin to EyeTV.app
81 (available as a separate download).
82 * HTTP access now supports gzip compressed data and Digest Access
86 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
87 * MKV USF subtitles support
88 * HTML-based subtitles support
89 * Flash Screen Video support
90 * CamStudio Screen Video support
91 * DosBox Capture support
92 * Karl Morton's Video support
93 * limited atrac3 support
94 * Fluidsynth MIDI software synthesis (with external sound fonts)
95 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files:
96 Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...
97 * Closed Caption Decoder (DVD, ReplayTV, TiVo, DVB/ATSC)
99 * DNxHD / VC-3 support
100 * NellyMoser ASAO support
101 * APE (Monkey audio) support
102 * VBI & EBU (Teletext) support
105 * Flash Screen Video support
106 * Improved H.264 encoding speed
108 Video output and filters:
109 * New CoreAnimation output module (Mac OS X 10.5 only)
110 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
111 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
112 * New puzzle video output filter
113 * Re-written motion detection video filter
114 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
116 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
117 * New erase video filter (removes logos from a video)
118 * Enhanced subtitles' renderer to support bold, italic and some HTML tags
119 (Google Summer of Code Student project)
120 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
121 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
122 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
123 This was previously part of the mosaic module.
124 * Fixed random characters problem in RSS filter.
125 * Add rotate-deciangle for more precision on rotate filter
126 * Support for Intel SSE2 instruction set in chroma converters
127 * Improved use of Intel MMX instruction set in chroma converters
129 Audio output and filters
130 * Replay gain support
131 * Audio playback when going slower/faster (no pitch filter yet)
132 * New spatializer audio filter
133 * Correct DTS output via S/PDIF
136 * RTSP for TS-multiplexed broadcast streams
137 * New RTP payload formats:
138 * Speex voice audio codec
139 * ITU T.140 (for text, subtitles) output
140 * G.711 (both A-law and ยต-law) output
141 * UDP-Lite transport for RTP
142 * DCCP transport for RTP
143 * Lots of fixes for RTSP broadcasting
147 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
149 * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
150 end-user suitable way.
151 * Improved user interaction
152 * Improved mouse gestures
153 * Fastly improved Update checker
154 * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
156 * Improved video output features
157 * Access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
158 * New setting to disable the "Recent Items" service
159 * When playing Radio (live) streams, the current track is shown correctly
160 * Correct appearance on Macs using Aqua's graphite theme
162 * Correctly displays wide characters when using an UTF-8 locale,
163 if libncursesw is available.
164 * Some nice colors if the terminal supports it (most do)
165 * Experimental Lua interface modules. See vlc -I lua for more info
167 * Option to allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface.
168 * D-Bus Interface implementing the MPRIS
169 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
170 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
171 finished: http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/index.php/Media_Player_Interfaces .
172 * Motion module use disk accelerometers to keep video horizontal
173 * Plugin to set Telepathy presence message using MissionControl
174 * Fixed VLM schedule time on Linux
177 * VLC now complies with the XDG Base Directory Specification version 0.6
178 http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html
179 (which means that VLC doesn't use the $HOME/.vlc directory anymore)
182 * Mac OS X Framework that can be used to embed VLC in third party
183 applications (Google Summer of Code Student project, Mac OS X 10.5 only)
184 * Complete compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
185 * It is now required to compile a fully featured build
186 * The support of Mac OS X 10.3.9 was discontinued.
189 * Event management and various improvements in libvlc
190 (Part of a Google Summer of Code Student project)
198 Changes between 0.8.6e and 0.8.6f:
199 ----------------------------------
202 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
203 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
204 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
205 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
206 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
209 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
210 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
211 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
212 * Close MMS access on network timeout
213 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
216 Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
217 ----------------------------------
220 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
221 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
224 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
225 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
226 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
227 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296,
229 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130,
233 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
236 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA
239 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
242 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer
245 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
246 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264
247 encoding on multi-cpu systems
248 - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
249 - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
251 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
252 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
253 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
254 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
257 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
260 Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
261 ----------------------------------
264 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
265 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
266 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences
268 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
269 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
271 Windows and Mac OS Binaries
272 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows
275 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
277 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
278 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
279 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
280 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between
281 Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
282 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of
284 * Support for current Ogg file formats
285 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
286 Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
289 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
292 * The automatic updating facility was removed
293 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
294 EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists.
295 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684).
298 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
299 ----------------------------------
301 Various bugfixes, notably:
302 * Windows Vista compatibility
303 * Cropping in Direct3D
304 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
305 * RSS filter string overflow
307 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
309 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
310 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
313 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
314 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
317 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
320 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
323 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
326 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
327 ----------------------------------
329 Various bugfixes, notably:
330 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
331 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
332 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
333 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
334 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
335 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
338 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
339 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
342 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
344 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
345 * Diverse usability improvements
346 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
347 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
348 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
351 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
352 ---------------------------------
355 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
358 * Fullscreen controller improvements
361 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
362 --------------------------------
365 * Shoutcast TV listings support
368 * Support for RTSP authentication
369 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
370 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
371 * ATSC support for DVB input
372 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
373 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
374 * Improved support for Flash Video files
377 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
378 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
379 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
380 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
381 * Matroska WavPack support
382 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
383 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
384 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
387 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
388 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
389 * Improved libcaca support
393 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
394 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
396 * Systray support in skins
398 * Support for Apple Remote control
399 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
400 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjรฆr Andersen)
401 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
402 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
404 * Notifications using notification-daemon
407 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
409 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
410 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
411 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
412 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
413 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
415 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
416 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
425 * Updates to the libvlc API
426 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
429 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
430 --------------------------------
433 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
434 * Support for downloading updates
438 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
439 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
440 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
441 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
443 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
444 * Improved subtitles encoding support
445 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
448 * Cook (Real audio) support
450 Playlist / Services discovery:
451 * XSPF playlist support
453 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
456 * New JACK audio output
460 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
461 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
462 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
463 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
464 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
465 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
468 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
471 * System to inform the user and request information
472 - HTTP authentication
476 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
477 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
478 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
481 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
482 - Improved playlist handling
483 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
485 - Embedded Video output
486 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
487 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
488 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
489 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
490 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
492 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
493 - A bunch of new RPN functions
496 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
499 * Mac-Intel compatibility
500 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
501 * Growl "Now playing" support
504 * Ability to log to syslog
505 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
508 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
510 * A bit more automatic testing
513 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
514 ---------------------------------
517 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
518 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
521 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
522 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
525 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
528 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
529 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
535 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
538 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
539 --------------------------------
542 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
546 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
547 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
548 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
551 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
552 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
553 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
554 * GnomeVFS input module
555 * Support for RTP packet reordering
556 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
559 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
560 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
561 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
564 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
565 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
571 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
572 Mixer and Dolby Surround
575 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
576 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
577 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
580 - new cone icon by Richard ยฏiestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
582 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
583 - New extended controls panel
584 - New bookmarks window
585 - Fixed playlist sorting
586 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
588 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
589 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
590 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
591 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
595 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
596 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
598 - Include macro to include other files
602 * Should now work outside IE as well
605 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
608 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
609 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
612 The following languages were added:
617 The following languages were re-added:
621 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
622 --------------------------------
625 * Rewrite of the playlist
627 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
628 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
629 * Preferences improvements:
630 - New organization, designed to improve usability
631 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
633 * Core image manipulation support
634 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
635 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
636 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
637 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
638 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
639 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
640 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
641 now separated by ':' instead of ','
642 * Access filter architecture
643 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
644 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
648 * Support for SOCKS proxy
649 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
650 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
651 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
652 * Better support for Kasenna streams
653 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
654 * Massive Matroska improvements
655 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
657 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
658 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
659 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
660 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
661 * Support for FTP over IPv6
664 * Dirac decoder and encoder
665 * PNG decoder/encoder
666 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
667 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
670 * New Record and Timeshift filters
673 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
674 * Brand new SAP module
675 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
676 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
677 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
678 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
679 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
680 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
684 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
687 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
688 * Image file video output (png)
689 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
690 * Improvements to wall video filter
691 * Support for font color and opacity
697 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
698 - Seeking support in VoD streams
699 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
703 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
704 - Improved preferences
705 - Improvements to the wizard
706 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
708 - Redesigned playlist
709 - Improved preferences
711 - Support for multiple actions
714 - Support for the new playlist system
716 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
719 * Screensaver disabling fix
720 * DirectShow tuner configuration
721 * Support for no-decoration windows
724 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
725 * The OpenGL video output is back
726 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
727 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
728 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
729 is not yet available in the new module
730 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
733 * Support for single-buffered overlay
742 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
745 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
748 The following languages were added:
754 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
755 --------------------------------
758 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
759 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
762 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
763 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
764 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
767 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
770 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
773 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
776 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
777 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
778 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
782 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
784 * Support of playlist group announcement
787 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
788 --------------------------------
791 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
792 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
793 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
794 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
795 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
796 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
799 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
800 (Stream your desktop)
801 * Improved DVD support:
802 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
803 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
804 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
805 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
806 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
807 (selection of titles/chapters).
810 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
811 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
812 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
813 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
814 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
815 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
816 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
817 * Improved Ogg demuxer
818 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
819 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
822 * G.726 audio support
823 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
824 * MPEG-4 text support
825 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
826 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
827 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
831 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
832 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
833 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
834 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
835 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
836 * DVB subtitles encoder
837 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
838 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
840 * Text track muxing for mp4
841 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
842 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
843 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
844 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
845 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
848 * H.263 RTP streaming support
849 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
850 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
853 * New audio equalizer filter
854 * Very trivial volume normalizer
855 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
856 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
857 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
860 * Roku HD1000 Video output
861 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
862 with support for effects.
863 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
864 - New filters can be streamed.
865 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
866 - Centralized scaling and blending
868 - "time", to display current time
869 - "marq", to display a marquee
872 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
873 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
874 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
875 * A few skins2 improvements
876 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
877 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
878 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
879 * Improved CORBA control module
882 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
883 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
884 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
887 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
888 * Experimental SVG rendering module
889 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
892 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
893 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
894 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
895 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
896 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
899 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
902 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
903 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
906 * Server/client network synchronization module
907 * VBrick streams fully supported
908 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
912 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
913 --------------------------------
916 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
917 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
918 * Improved HTTP daemon.
919 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
922 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
923 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
924 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
925 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
926 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
927 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
928 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
931 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
932 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
933 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
934 * Improved directory access module.
935 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
936 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
937 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
938 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
939 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
942 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
943 * mmsh streaming fixes.
944 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
947 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
948 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
949 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
952 * Improved session announcement system.
953 * Minimize threads usage by default.
954 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
955 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
956 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
957 * Improved transrater.
958 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
959 * New configuration system.
960 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
963 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
964 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
965 * Supports live streams and VoD.
966 * Supports scheduling.
967 * Telnet interface for vlm.
968 * HTTP interface for vlm.
971 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
972 - Ability to embed video output.
973 - Support for bitmap fonts.
974 - Lots of improvements.
975 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
976 - New design and set of icons.
977 - Ability to embed video output.
978 - Support for hotkeys.
979 - Support for bookmarks.
981 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
982 - Better hotkeys handling.
985 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
986 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
987 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
988 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
991 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
992 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
993 * Improved Windows installer.
999 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
1000 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
1003 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
1004 ---------------------------------
1007 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
1008 * Playing MOD files is working now.
1011 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
1012 --------------------------------
1015 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
1016 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
1019 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
1020 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
1021 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
1022 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
1025 * Internal improvments
1026 * Improved import/export
1029 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
1031 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
1032 small and strange formats.
1034 * New MOD audio demux.
1035 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
1036 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
1037 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
1038 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
1041 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
1042 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
1043 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
1049 * New opengl video output plugin.
1052 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
1053 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
1056 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
1057 --------------------------------
1060 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
1061 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
1062 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
1063 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
1064 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
1065 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
1066 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
1067 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
1070 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
1075 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
1076 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
1077 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
1078 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
1079 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
1080 * Reworked DVB tuning.
1081 * Better Icecast support.
1082 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
1083 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
1086 * Support for Theora video encoding.
1087 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
1088 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
1089 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
1090 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
1091 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
1092 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
1095 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
1096 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
1097 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
1098 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
1099 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
1100 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
1101 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
1102 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
1103 * Preliminary RTP support.
1104 * Fixes to SAP announces.
1109 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
1110 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
1112 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
1113 - Improvements and help in preferences
1114 - New streaming wizard
1115 - Revised Disc Open menu
1117 - Improvements of the standard pages
1118 - Support for new commands
1119 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
1122 * Many fixes to the SAP module
1123 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
1126 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
1127 * Text subtitles autodetection.
1128 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
1129 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
1130 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
1131 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
1132 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
1133 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
1134 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
1137 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
1139 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
1140 * Support for Panther.
1141 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
1142 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
1145 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
1146 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
1147 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1148 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
1149 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
1150 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
1151 * Multimonitor support (untested).
1152 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
1155 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
1156 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
1157 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
1160 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
1163 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
1164 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
1165 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
1166 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
1169 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
1170 --------------------------------
1173 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
1176 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
1177 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
1180 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
1181 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
1184 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
1187 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1188 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1191 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1194 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1197 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1198 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1202 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1203 --------------------------------
1206 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1207 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1211 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1212 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1213 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1215 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1216 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1219 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1222 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1225 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1226 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1230 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1231 --------------------------------
1234 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1235 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1239 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1240 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1241 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1242 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1243 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1246 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1247 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1248 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1251 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1252 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1253 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1256 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1257 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1258 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1259 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1260 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1263 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1264 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1265 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1268 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1271 * Improved build system.
1272 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1273 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1274 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1275 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1278 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1279 --------------------------------
1282 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1285 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1286 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1287 * Video 4 Linux support
1288 * CD Digital Audio support
1289 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1292 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1293 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1294 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1295 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1298 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1299 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1300 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1301 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1302 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1303 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1304 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1307 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1308 * New HTTP remote control interface
1311 * 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.
1312 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1313 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1314 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1317 * New reset option for the preferences
1318 * You can set your language in the prefences
1319 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1320 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1321 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1322 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1325 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1326 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1327 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1330 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1331 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1332 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1333 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1334 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1335 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1336 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1337 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1338 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1339 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1342 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1343 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1344 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1345 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1346 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1347 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1348 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1351 * Interface localization
1352 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1353 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1354 * New full-featured Preferences window
1357 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1358 --------------------------------
1361 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1362 * support for skins at the interface level
1363 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1364 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1365 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1366 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1367 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1370 * fixed HTTP redirects
1371 * support for opening an entire directory
1372 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1373 * new video4linux access plug-in
1374 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1377 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1378 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1379 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1382 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1383 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1384 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1385 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1386 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1387 * new codec for raw I420 video
1388 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1391 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1392 (although it still misses some important features)
1393 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1396 * new HTTP output support
1397 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1398 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1401 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1404 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1407 * reorderable playlist
1408 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1409 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1410 * support for mono audio output devices
1411 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1412 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1413 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1414 * the messages window remembers more lines
1415 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1416 * http and ogg stream output options
1417 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1420 * new skinnable interface
1421 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1423 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1424 * support for FLAC audio format
1425 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1427 * network tab in the interface
1428 * "apply" handling in preferences
1431 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1432 ---------------------------------
1435 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1436 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1437 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1438 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1440 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1441 * DTS S/PDIF support
1444 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1445 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1446 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1447 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1450 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1451 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1454 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1457 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1460 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1462 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1463 * rc interface is now fully useable
1464 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1467 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1468 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1469 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1470 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1471 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1473 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1474 * support for mouse gestures
1475 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1478 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1479 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1482 * improved ID3 tag detection
1483 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1484 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1485 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1487 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1490 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1491 ---------------------------------
1494 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1495 English was set as the preferred language
1498 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1499 --------------------------------
1502 * new mouse gesture interface
1503 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1507 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1508 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1509 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1512 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1513 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1517 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1520 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1521 without the user consent
1524 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1526 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1527 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1528 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1531 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1532 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1533 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1534 * playlist enhancements
1535 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1536 * new step forward/step backward commands
1537 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1538 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1539 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1542 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1543 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1544 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1547 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1548 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1551 * native video output is working again
1552 * only commandline interface support
1553 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1556 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1557 --------------------------------
1560 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1561 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1562 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1563 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1564 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1565 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1566 and A/52 streams are supported)
1567 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1572 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1573 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1574 * VCD entry points support
1575 * VCD image file support
1578 * support for *.asf format
1579 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1580 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1581 * support for ogg encapsulation
1582 * support for raw DV format
1583 * support for *.wav format
1584 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1587 Stream discovery & playlists:
1588 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1589 * support for .m3u file format
1590 * support for .asx file format
1591 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1594 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1595 (only available with the .avi demux)
1596 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1597 * support for raw PCM data
1598 * support for Cinepak video codec
1599 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1600 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1601 * support for Xvid codec
1602 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1603 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1604 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1606 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1608 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1611 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1614 * new WxWindows interface
1615 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1616 device and the channels configuration
1617 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1618 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1619 format that VLC can play
1620 * new swedish translation
1621 * enhancements of the playlist window
1622 * new messages window to see debug info
1623 * fixed a few crashes
1626 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1627 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1628 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1629 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working