VLC Media Player 0.8.5

VLC media player 是一套屬於 Open Source 的影音播放軟體，它能播放的類型，包山包海，像是 DVD、音樂CD、VCD 及串流媒體。 它除了提供跨作業系統平台的版本之外，也無視 DVD 區碼限制，另外還能讓使用者自訂操作面版，是一套有強大功能和極高彈性的播放軟體。

• 影像方面支援 MPEG-1/2, DIVX1/2/3, MPEG-4 ASP, DivX, Xvid, 3ivX D4, WMV1/2/3, WMV-9, VC-1, Real Video,Quicktime等多種格數。
• 音樂方面支援 MP3/4, E-AC-3, AC3-A/52, DTS, WMA1/2, Real Audio等。
• 可自訂面版上想要的功能和功能圖示位置。
• 提供多種作系統版本，包括 Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix 等。
• 不需另安裝解碼器。
• 支援檔案影音、DVD、CD、VCD 和網路串流媒體。

Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
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Core support:
* Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
* Support for downloading updates
* Updated strings

Input:
* Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
* Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
* Improvements to the Audio CD input
- Separate playlist entries for the tracks
- Support for CDDB
* Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
* Improved subtitles encoding support
* Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web

Decoders:
* Cook (Real audio) support

Playlist / Services discovery:
* XSPF playlist support
* Podcast support
* Updated Shoutcast to use new listing

Audio output:
* New JACK audio output

Video output:
* New video filters:
- magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
- gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
- bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
* Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
* RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
* Improvements to the subtitles rendering

Stream output:
* Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams

Interfaces:
* System to inform the user and request information
- HTTP authentication
- Fatal errors
- ...
* wxWidgets
- VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
- Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
- Drag & Drop support in the playlist
* Skins2
- New default skin
- Support for Winamp 2 skins
- Improved playlist handling
- Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
* OS X
- Embedded Video output
- new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
- Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
- Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
- support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
- option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
* HTTP
- New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
- A bunch of new RPN functions

Windows Port:
* MSN messenger "Now playing" support

OS X Port:
* Mac-Intel compatibility
* Enhanced support of various audio output devices
* Growl "Now playing" support

*Nix port:
* Ability to log to syslog
* Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root

Developers:
* New libvlc API (not finished yet)
* Java bindings
* A bit more automatic testing