$Id: NEWS,v 1.39 2003/05/05 13:15:06 titer Exp $ Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.5.4: --------------------------------- Core Support: * Input access: * fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams. Input demux: * Codecs: * Interfaces: * Stream output: * Miscellaneous: * UNIX ports: * Mac OS X port: * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically. * New about panel * subs are removed more often now. * transparency option for video out. * float on top option for video out. * new output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities Win32 port: * BeOS port: * Interface localization * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen * A few new keyboard shortcuts * New full-featured Preferences window iPAQ familiar Linux port: * 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input ends * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the input level before dropping out of date frames.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 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a: --------------------------------- Mac OS X port: * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when English was set as the preferred language Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1: -------------------------------- Core support: * new mouse gesture interface * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is playing Input access: * various minor fixes on the network inputs * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg) * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing Input demux: * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their continuity counter Codecs: * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams DVD support: * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only without the user consent UNIX ports: * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the popup menu * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver) * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1 * ALSA: fixed mono files output Mac OS X port: * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs * playlist enhancements * added half, normal and double video window menu items * new step forward/step backward commands * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support * vlc.app is now VLC.app Win32 port: * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font BeOS port: * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window) Opie port: * native video output is working again * only commandline interface support * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0: -------------------------------- Core structure: * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing S/PDIF and multi-channel support * localization support via gettext on most architectures * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast, multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4 and A/52 streams are supported) * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint Input access: * mms:// support * ftp:// support * stability fixes in the HTTP access * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation * VCD entry points support * VCD image file support Input demux: * support for *.asf format * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format * 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 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 * updated french, german, dutch and italian translations GNU/Linux, *BSD & misc. UNIX ports: * OSS and ALSA audio output modules support A/52 over S/PDIF output * OSS support for multi-channel (up to 6) analog sound cards Mac OS X port: * localization support via GNU gettext software * completely revamped Cocoa interface * new preferences panel * new open panel with full features * video output screen can be chosen in the Video menu * audio device and channels configuration can be chosen in the Audio menu * new playlist drawer and messages windows Win32 port: * preferences dialog box redesigned * waveout module supports multi-channel audio output and A52 over S/PDIF * support for VCDs * new dialog box to select avi subtitles * some new shortcuts (in particular to play/pause or stay on top) * new menu entry to spawn another interface * rc interface is partly fixed and useable BeOS port: * new settings window for adjusting post-processing, brightness, contrast, etc * 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