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Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
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Core support:
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* Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
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* Support for downloading updates
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* Updated strings
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Input:
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* Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
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* Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
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* Improvements to the Audio CD input
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- Separate playlist entries for the tracks
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- Support for CDDB
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* Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
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* Improved subtitles encoding support
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* Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
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Decoders:
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* Cook (Real audio) support
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Playlist / Services discovery:
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* XSPF playlist support
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* Podcast support
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* Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
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Audio output:
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* New JACK audio output
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Video output:
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* New video filters:
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- magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
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- gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
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- bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
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* Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
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* RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
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* Improvements to the subtitles rendering
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Stream output:
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* Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
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Interfaces:
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* System to inform the user and request information
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- HTTP authentication
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- Fatal errors
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- ...
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* wxWidgets
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- VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
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- Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
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- Drag & Drop support in the playlist
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* Skins2
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- New default skin
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- Support for Winamp 2 skins
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- Improved playlist handling
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- Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
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* OS X
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- Embedded Video output
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- new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
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- Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
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- Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
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- support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
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- option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
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* HTTP
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- New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
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- A bunch of new RPN functions
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Windows Port:
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* MSN messenger "Now playing" support
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OS X Port:
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* Mac-Intel compatibility
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* Enhanced support of various audio output devices
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* Growl "Now playing" support
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*Nix port:
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* Ability to log to syslog
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* Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
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Developers:
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* New libvlc API (not finished yet)
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* Java bindings
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* A bit more automatic testing
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Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
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Audio output:
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* Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
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* SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
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Decoder:
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* Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
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* Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
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Demux:
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* Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
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Services Discovery:
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* HAL fixes, should now work with new API
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* SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
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* UPnP fixes
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* Avahi 0.6 support
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Interfaces:
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* Mac OS X
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- fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
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Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
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Core support:
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* Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
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* New OSD system
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Video output:
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* Fixed problems with OpenGL output
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* New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
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* Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
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Input:
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* Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
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* IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
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* IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
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* GnomeVFS input module
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* Support for RTP packet reordering
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* Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
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Decoders:
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* Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
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* Musepack decoder using libmpdec
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* QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
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Services discovery:
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* UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
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* Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
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Video filters:
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* RSS feed overlay
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Audio filters:
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* Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
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Mixer and Dolby Surround
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Stream output:
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* New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
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* Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
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* Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
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Interfaces:
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- new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
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* Mac OS X
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- New streaming and transcoding wizard
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- New extended controls panel
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- New bookmarks window
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- Fixed playlist sorting
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- Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
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* wxWidgets
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- Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
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- All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
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- Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
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- Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
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* Skins2
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- Tree playlist
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* HTTP
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- New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
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- Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
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the names of files
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- Include macro to include other files
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- CGI 1.0 support
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ActiveX plugin:
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* Should now work outside IE as well
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Mac OS X port:
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* New script to delete the preferences automatically
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Windows port:
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* Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
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* Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
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Translations:
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The following languages were added:
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* Galician
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* Korean
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* Romanian
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* Simplified Chinese
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The following languages were re-added:
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* Swedish
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Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
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Core support:
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* Rewrite of the playlist
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- Tree structure
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- Input preparsing (for meta-data)
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- Grouping (by artist, ...) support
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* Preferences improvements:
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- New organization, designed to improve usability
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- New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
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* XML parsers
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* Core image manipulation support
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* Client-side SSL/TLS support
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* SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
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* Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
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* Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
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* Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
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* Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
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* filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
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now separated by ':' instead of ','
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* Access filter architecture
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* Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
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* Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
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* Many bugfixes...
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Input/Demuxers:
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* Support for SOCKS proxy
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* Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
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* Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
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* Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
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* Better support for Kasenna streams
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* RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
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* Massive Matroska improvements
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* Support for XA and VOC audio files
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* TiVo demuxer
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* Samba (Windows shares) access module
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* Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
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* Fixes to Linux DVB support
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* Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
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* Support for FTP over IPv6
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Decoders / Encoders:
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* Dirac decoder and encoder
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* PNG decoder/encoder
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* Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
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* Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
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Access filters:
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* New Record and Timeshift filters
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Services discovery:
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* New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
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* Brand new SAP module
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* To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
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the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
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( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
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* Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
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* HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
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* DAAP (iTunes shares) support
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* Shoutcast
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Audio output:
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* Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
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Video output:
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* Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
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* Image file video output (png)
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* Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
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* Improvements to wall video filter
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* Support for font color and opacity
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Stream output:
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* Muxers
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- ASF improvements
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* VLM / VoD
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- Ability to load a configuration file on startup
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- Seeking support in VoD streams
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* Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
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Interfaces:
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* wxWidgets
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- Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
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- Improved preferences
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- Improvements to the wizard
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- DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
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* MacOS X
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- Redesigned playlist
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- Improved preferences
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* Skins
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- Support for multiple actions
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- Fixes
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* HTTP
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- Support for the new playlist system
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* Lirc
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- Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
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Windows port:
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* Screensaver disabling fix
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* DirectShow tuner configuration
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* Support for no-decoration windows
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MacOS X port:
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* Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
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* The OpenGL video output is back
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* A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
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- Supports multichannel discrete analog output
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- Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
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is not yet available in the new module
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- Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
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BeOS port:
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* Support for single-buffered overlay
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Pocket PC port:
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* Many fixes
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* New interface
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* New video output
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Mozilla Plugin:
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* Javascript fixes
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* Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
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IE Plugin:
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* Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
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Translations:
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The following languages were added:
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* Catalan
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* Danish
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* Turkish
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Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
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Core support:
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* Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
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* SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
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Windows port:
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* Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
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* Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
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* Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
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WinCE port:
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* A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
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Audio Output:
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* Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
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Video Output:
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* Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
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Demuxers:
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* Fixed crash with ODML avi files
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* Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
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* Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
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Stream Output:
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* Encoders:
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* Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
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* Stream output:
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* Support of playlist group announcement
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Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
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Core support:
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* Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
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* Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
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* New plugins cache to speed up launch time
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* New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
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* Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
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* Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
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Input:
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* New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
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(Stream your desktop)
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* Improved DVD support:
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- uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
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- uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
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* Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
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* Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
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* More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
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(selection of titles/chapters).
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Demuxers:
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* Support for iTunes Music Store previews
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* Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
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* Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
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* Windows Media Server RTSP support
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* Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
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* Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
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* Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
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* Improved Ogg demuxer
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* Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
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* Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
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Codecs:
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* G.726 audio support
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* 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
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* MPEG-4 text support
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* Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
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* Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
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* VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
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Stream Output:
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Encoders:
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* Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
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everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
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* Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
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* Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
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* Frame rate selection in the transcoder
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* DVB subtitles encoder
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* MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
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* Improved vorbis/theora encoding
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Muxers:
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* Text track muxing for mp4
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* Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
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* 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
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* Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
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* Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
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* New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
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* Improved ASF muxer
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Misc:
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* H.263 RTP streaming support
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* SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
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* Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
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Audio Output:
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* New audio equalizer filter
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* Very trivial volume normalizer
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* True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
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* More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
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* New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
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Video Output:
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* Roku HD1000 Video output
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* Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
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with support for effects.
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* Improved filter and subpictures support :
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- New filters can be streamed.
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- "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
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- Centralized scaling and blending
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* New filters :
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- "time", to display current time
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- "marq", to display a marquee
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Interfaces:
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* OSD sliders for volume and postition information
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* OSD icons for Play and Pause
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* New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
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* A few skins2 improvements
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* Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
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* Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
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* The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
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* Improved CORBA control module
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Mac OS X port:
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* Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
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* Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
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* The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
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Linux port:
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* New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
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* Experimental SVG rendering module
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* Support for DVB CAM modules.
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Windows port:
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* DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
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* DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
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* Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
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* Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
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* Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
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WinCE port:
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* Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
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Mozilla plugin:
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* Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
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* Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
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Misc:
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* Server/client network synchronization module
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* VBrick streams fully supported
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* Cisco IP/TV streams supported
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* VLM enhancements
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Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
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Core support:
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* Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
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* Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
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* Improved HTTP daemon.
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* Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
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Codecs:
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* New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
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(http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
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* New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
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* H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
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* Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
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(allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
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* Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
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Input:
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* --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
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file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
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fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
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* Improved directory access module.
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* New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
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* Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
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* New options to pass meta info to the input.
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* It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
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(satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
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Demux:
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* Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
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* mmsh streaming fixes.
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* Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
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Subtitles:
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* Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
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* Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
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* Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
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Stream output:
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* Improved session announcement system.
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* Minimize threads usage by default.
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* Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
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* Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
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* Improved MPEG TS muxer.
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* Improved transrater.
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* Meta info options used by the muxers.
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* New configuration system.
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* Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
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VideoLAN manager:
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* New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
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and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
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* Supports live streams and VoD.
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* Supports scheduling.
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* Telnet interface for vlm.
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* HTTP interface for vlm.
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Interfaces:
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* Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
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- Ability to embed video output.
|
|
- Support for bitmap fonts.
|
|
- Lots of improvements.
|
|
* wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
|
|
- New design and set of icons.
|
|
- Ability to embed video output.
|
|
- Support for hotkeys.
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- Support for bookmarks.
|
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* Mac OS X
|
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- Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
|
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- Better hotkeys handling.
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|
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|
Mac OS X port:
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* OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
|
|
* Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
|
|
* Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
|
|
* Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
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|
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|
Win32 port:
|
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* DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
|
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* Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
|
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* Improved Windows installer.
|
|
|
|
Linux port:
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* PowerPC fixes.
|
|
|
|
Misc:
|
|
* Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
|
|
* Roku HD1000 audio output.
|
|
|
|
Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
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Mac OS X:
|
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* Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
|
|
* Playing MOD files is working now.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Core support:
|
|
* Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
|
|
* IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
|
|
|
|
Codecs:
|
|
* Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
|
|
(http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
|
|
* Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
|
|
* SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
|
|
|
|
Playlist:
|
|
* Internal improvments
|
|
* Improved import/export
|
|
|
|
Input:
|
|
* Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
|
|
container formars.
|
|
* New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
|
|
small and strange formats.
|
|
* New PVA demux.
|
|
* New MOD audio demux.
|
|
* Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
|
|
* Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
|
|
* New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
|
|
* Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
|
|
|
|
Stream output:
|
|
* MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
|
|
* Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
|
|
* Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
|
|
|
|
Service discovery:
|
|
* Fixed sdp in SAP.
|
|
|
|
Mac OS X port:
|
|
* New opengl video output plugin.
|
|
|
|
Win32 port:
|
|
* A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
|
|
* Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
|
|
|
|
Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Core support:
|
|
* Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
|
|
Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
|
|
* New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
|
|
* Video outputs are recycled if possible.
|
|
This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
|
|
* Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
|
|
* New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
|
|
subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
|
|
|
|
Playlist:
|
|
* Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
|
|
* Playlist sorting
|
|
|
|
Input:
|
|
* RTP/RTSP support.
|
|
* Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
|
|
* Support for Flac in Ogg files.
|
|
* MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
|
|
* Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
|
|
* cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
|
|
* Reworked DVB tuning.
|
|
* Better Icecast support.
|
|
* New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
|
|
* New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
|
|
|
|
Codecs:
|
|
* Support for Theora video encoding.
|
|
* Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
|
|
* Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
|
|
* Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
|
|
* Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
|
|
* MPEG 2.5 audio support.
|
|
* Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
|
|
|
|
Stream output:
|
|
* Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
|
|
* New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
|
|
* Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
|
|
* Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
|
|
* Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
|
|
* Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
|
|
* MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
|
|
* --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
|
|
* Preliminary RTP support.
|
|
* Fixes to SAP announces.
|
|
|
|
Interface:
|
|
* Skins:
|
|
- Bugfixes
|
|
- misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
|
|
* New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
|
|
* wxWindows
|
|
- Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
|
|
- Improvements and help in preferences
|
|
- New streaming wizard
|
|
- Revised Disc Open menu
|
|
* HTTP
|
|
- Improvements of the standard pages
|
|
- Support for new commands
|
|
* OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
|
|
|
|
Service discovery:
|
|
* Many fixes to the SAP module
|
|
* SAP now supports HTTP streams
|
|
|
|
Subtitles:
|
|
* Text subtitles now have a black outline.
|
|
* Text subtitles autodetection.
|
|
* Text subtitles charset autodetection.
|
|
* Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
|
|
* Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
|
|
* Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
|
|
* Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
|
|
* Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
|
|
* Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
|
|
|
|
Mac OS X port:
|
|
* New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
|
|
* Save playlist.
|
|
* Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
|
|
* Support for Panther.
|
|
* Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
|
|
* Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
|
|
|
|
Win32 port:
|
|
* New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
|
|
* VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
|
|
* Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
|
|
* Support for 3F2R in audio output.
|
|
* New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
|
|
* Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
|
|
* Multimonitor support (untested).
|
|
* Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
|
|
|
|
Linux port:
|
|
* Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
|
|
* Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
|
|
* Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
|
|
|
|
iPaq port:
|
|
* Brand new Gtk 2 interface
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous:
|
|
* Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
|
|
* Audio visual effects filter using goom.
|
|
* Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
|
|
* libcaca video output (colored ascii)
|
|
|
|
Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Core support:
|
|
* Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
|
|
|
|
Stream output:
|
|
* Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
|
|
* Improved MPEG TS muxer.
|
|
|
|
Access input:
|
|
* Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
|
|
* Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
|
|
|
|
Interfaces:
|
|
* Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
|
|
|
|
UNIX ports:
|
|
* ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
|
|
* Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
|
|
|
|
Win32 port:
|
|
* Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
|
|
|
|
iPaq port:
|
|
* Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous:
|
|
* Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
|
|
* Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
|
|
mpeg1/2 videos.
|
|
|
|
Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Core support:
|
|
* There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
|
|
* VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
|
|
after a pause.
|
|
|
|
Stream output:
|
|
* Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
|
|
* Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
|
|
* Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
|
|
UNIX ports:
|
|
* ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
|
|
* Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
|
|
|
|
Win32 port:
|
|
* Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
|
|
|
|
iPaq port:
|
|
* Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous:
|
|
* Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
|
|
* Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
|
|
mpeg1/2 videos.
|
|
|
|
Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Core support:
|
|
* There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
|
|
* VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
|
|
after a pause.
|
|
|
|
Stream output:
|
|
* Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
|
|
* Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
|
|
* Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
|
|
* PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
|
|
* You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
|
|
|
|
Win32 port:
|
|
* Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
|
|
* Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
|
|
* Fixed sound on Windows NT.
|
|
|
|
UNIX ports:
|
|
* Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
|
|
* X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
|
|
use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
|
|
|
|
iPaq port:
|
|
* Gtk+2 interface called PDA
|
|
* Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
|
|
* Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
|
|
* Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
|
|
* Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
|
|
|
|
Interfaces:
|
|
* Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
|
|
* Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
|
|
* A new CORBA control plugin.
|
|
|
|
Input demux:
|
|
* Improved support for the Matroska container format.
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous:
|
|
* Improved build system.
|
|
* New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
|
|
* Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
|
|
* New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
|
|
Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Core Support:
|
|
* Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
|
|
|
|
Input access:
|
|
* Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
|
|
* Fixed large file support on Windows
|
|
* Video 4 Linux support
|
|
* CD Digital Audio support
|
|
* Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
|
|
|
|
Input demux:
|
|
* Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
|
|
* Support for OpenDML avi files
|
|
* More complete .mp4/.mov support
|
|
* Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
|
|
|
|
Codecs:
|
|
* VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
|
|
* Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
|
|
* OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
|
|
* Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
|
|
* Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
|
|
* If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
|
|
* Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
|
|
|
|
Interfaces:
|
|
* The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
|
|
* New HTTP remote control interface
|
|
|
|
Stream output:
|
|
* 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.
|
|
* The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
|
|
* Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
|
|
* SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous:
|
|
* New reset option for the preferences
|
|
* You can set your language in the prefences
|
|
* New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
|
|
* Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
|
|
* Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
|
|
* SAP/SDP IPv6 support
|
|
|
|
UNIX ports:
|
|
* Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
|
|
* New skinable interface ported to X11.
|
|
* Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
|
|
|
|
Mac OS X port:
|
|
* When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
|
|
* New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
|
|
* Fixed the deinterlace menu.
|
|
* Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
|
|
* New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
|
|
* New icons by Davor Orel.
|
|
* New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
|
|
* Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
|
|
* We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
|
|
* Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
|
|
|
|
Win32 port:
|
|
* the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
|
|
* The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
|
|
* Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
|
|
* Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
|
|
* Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
|
|
* Fixed SVCD chapters support.
|
|
* Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
|
|
|
|
BeOS port:
|
|
* Interface localization
|
|
* Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
|
|
* A few new keyboard shortcuts
|
|
* New full-featured Preferences window
|
|
|
|
Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Core Support:
|
|
* fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
|
|
* support for skins at the interface level
|
|
* new OSD module using Freetype2
|
|
* video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
|
|
* the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
|
|
input level before dropping out of date frames.
|
|
* configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
|
|
|
|
Input access:
|
|
* fixed HTTP redirects
|
|
* support for opening an entire directory
|
|
* EOF should be detected more reliably
|
|
* new video4linux access plug-in
|
|
* new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
|
|
|
|
Input demux:
|
|
* added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
|
|
* fix for some ogg web radio streams
|
|
* fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
|
|
|
|
Codecs:
|
|
* support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
|
|
* support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
|
|
* support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
|
|
* support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
|
|
* better SSA4 subtitles recognition
|
|
* new codec for raw I420 video
|
|
* improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
|
|
|
|
Interfaces:
|
|
* improvements to wxWindows based interface
|
|
(although it still misses some important features)
|
|
* skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
|
|
|
|
Stream output:
|
|
* new HTTP output support
|
|
* fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
|
|
* fixed AV synchronization issues
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous:
|
|
* support for oldstyle id3 genres
|
|
|
|
UNIX ports:
|
|
* the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
|
|
|
|
Mac OS X port:
|
|
* reorderable playlist
|
|
* fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
|
|
* fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
|
|
* support for mono audio output devices
|
|
* reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
|
|
* fixed several cosmetic issues
|
|
* you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
|
|
* the messages window remembers more lines
|
|
* delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
|
|
* http and ogg stream output options
|
|
* Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
|
|
|
|
Win32 port:
|
|
* new skinnable interface
|
|
* the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
|
|
|
|
iPAQ familiar Linux port:
|
|
* support for FLAC audio format
|
|
* the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
|
|
* playlist
|
|
* network tab in the interface
|
|
* "apply" handling in preferences
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
|
|
---------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Core support:
|
|
* advanced config options are now hidden by default
|
|
* new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
|
|
* fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
|
|
* new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
|
|
Mac OS X
|
|
* fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
|
|
* DTS S/PDIF support
|
|
|
|
Codecs:
|
|
* support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
|
|
* support for FLAC audio through libflac
|
|
* new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
|
|
* fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
|
|
|
|
Stream output:
|
|
* support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
|
|
* new --ttl option for Time To Live
|
|
|
|
DVD support:
|
|
* fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
|
|
|
|
UNIX ports:
|
|
* fixed the GNU-pth support
|
|
|
|
Win32 port:
|
|
* multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
|
|
plugins
|
|
* localization support via gettext is now fully working
|
|
* rc interface is now fully useable
|
|
* fixed the MSVC project files generation
|
|
|
|
Mac OS X port:
|
|
* several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
|
|
M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
|
|
bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
|
|
iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
|
|
* VLC now uses the default audio device
|
|
* new info panel
|
|
* very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
|
|
* support for mouse gestures
|
|
* new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
|
|
|
|
Linupy port:
|
|
* there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
|
|
YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous:
|
|
* improved ID3 tag detection
|
|
* changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
|
|
not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
|
|
* mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
|
|
gestures
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* some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
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Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
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Mac OS X port:
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* fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
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English was set as the preferred language
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Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
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--------------------------------
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Core support:
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* new mouse gesture interface
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* audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
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playing
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Input access:
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* various minor fixes on the network inputs
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* fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
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* VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
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Input demux:
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* fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
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* new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
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continuity counter
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Codecs:
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* support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
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DVD support:
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* fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
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without the user consent
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UNIX ports:
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* GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
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popup menu
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* X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
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* KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
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* ALSA: fixed mono files output
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Mac OS X port:
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* fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
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* lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
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* VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
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* playlist enhancements
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* added half, normal and double video window menu items
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* new step forward/step backward commands
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* the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
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* the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
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* vlc.app is now VLC.app
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Win32 port:
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* fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
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* VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
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* fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
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BeOS port:
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* smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
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* few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
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Opie port:
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* native video output is working again
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* only commandline interface support
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* support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
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Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
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--------------------------------
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Core structure:
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* object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
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* new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
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S/PDIF and multi-channel support
|
|
* localization support via gettext on most architectures
|
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* new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
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multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
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and A/52 streams are supported)
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* build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
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Input access:
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* mms:// support
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* ftp:// support
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* stability fixes in the HTTP access
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* auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
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* VCD entry points support
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* VCD image file support
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Input demux:
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* support for *.asf format
|
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* improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
|
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* support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
|
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* support for ogg encapsulation
|
|
* support for raw DV format
|
|
* support for *.wav format
|
|
* new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
|
|
* raw AAC support
|
|
|
|
Stream discovery & playlists:
|
|
* support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
|
|
* support for .m3u file format
|
|
* support for .asx file format
|
|
* hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
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|
|
|
Codecs:
|
|
* support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
|
|
(only available with the .avi demux)
|
|
* support for ADPCM audio codec
|
|
* support for raw PCM data
|
|
* support for Cinepak video codec
|
|
* support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
|
|
* support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
|
|
* support for Xvid codec
|
|
* support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
|
|
* support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
|
|
* support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
|
|
from sources)
|
|
* new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
|
|
H263i, MJPEG A/B
|
|
* fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
|
|
|
|
DVD support:
|
|
* experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous:
|
|
* new WxWindows interface
|
|
* all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
|
|
device and the channels configuration
|
|
* headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
|
|
* Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
|
|
format that VLC can play
|
|
* new swedish translation
|
|
* enhancements of the playlist window
|
|
* new messages window to see debug info
|
|
* fixed a few crashes
|
|
|
|
iPaq port:
|
|
* slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
|
|
* fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
|
|
* added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
|
|
* native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working
|
|
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