VLC Media Player 2.2.8 (64-bit)

Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
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Various bugfixes notably:
- out-of-bound read in demuxers
- demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
- Mac OS X Interface crashes
- VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
- Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
- correct behaviour for feeding streams to icecast or shoutcast servers

Decoders:
- Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
- Teletext subtitles (telx) support

Webbrowser plugins:
- rectified behaviour and improved usability

Mac OS X Interface & Port:
- diverse usability improvements
- new wizard option to include subtitles
- screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
- Improved Delete-Preferences-Script

No change log.

CDDA / VCDX plugins:
- Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)

Mac OS X Interface:
- Fullscreen controller improvements

Playlist:
* Shoutcast TV listings support

Input:
* Support for RTSP authentication
* Support for adding subtitles on the fly
* Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
* ATSC support for DVB input
* Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
* Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
* Improved support for Flash Video files

Decoders:
* Native WMV9/VC-1 support
* WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
* VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
* The True Audio Lossless codec support
* WavPack support
* Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc)
* Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
* Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles

Video output:
* Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
* Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
* Improved libcaca support

Interfaces:
* All
* New hotkeys for crop and zoom
* Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
* Windows
* Systray support in skins
* OS X
* Support for Apple Remote control
* Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
* New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
* right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
* Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
* Linux
* Notifications using notification-daemon

Windows port:
* Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
Windows 9x/ME users:
- Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
- Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
C:WindowsSystem
* Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
* Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)

Localization:
* Add Czech
* Add Slovak
* Add Malay
* Add Slovenian

Developers:
* Updates to the libvlc API
* Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins

Playlist:
- Shoutcast TV listings support

Input:
- Support for RTSP authentication
- Support for adding subtitles on the fly
- Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
- ATSC support for DVB input
- Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
- Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
- Improved support for Flash Video files

Decoders:
- Native WMV9 / VC-1 support
- WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
- VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
- The True Audio Lossless codec support
- Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc)
- Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
- Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles

Video output:
- Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
- Improved libcaca support

Interfaces:
- All
- New hotkeys for crop and zoom
- Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
- Windows
- Systray support in skins
- OS X
- Support for Apple Remote control
- Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
- New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
- right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
- Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
- Linux
- Notifications using notification-daemon

Windows port:
- Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
- Fixed IPv6 support on the client side

Localization:
- Add Czech
- Add Slovak
- Add Malay
- Add Slovenian

Developers:
- Updates to the libvlc API
- Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins

Playlist:
- Shoutcast TV listings support

Input:
- Support for RTSP authentication
- Support for adding subtitles on the fly
- Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
- ATSC support for DVB input
- Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
- Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
- Improved support for Flash Video files

Decoders:
- Native WMV9 / VC-1 support
- WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
- VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
- The True Audio Lossless codec support
- Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc)
- Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
- Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles

Video output:
- Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
- Improved libcaca support

Interfaces:
- All
- New hotkeys for crop and zoom
- Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
- Windows
- Systray support in skins
- OS X
- Support for Apple Remote control
- Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
- New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
- right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
- Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
- Linux
- Notifications using notification-daemon

Windows port:
- Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
- Fixed IPv6 support on the client side

Localization:
- Add Czech
- Add Slovak
- Add Malay
- Add Slovenian

Developers:
- Updates to the libvlc API
- Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins

Playlist:
- Shoutcast TV listings support

Input:
- Support for RTSP authentication
- Support for adding subtitles on the fly
- Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
- ATSC support for DVB
- Partial support for DVR-ms recordings
- Partial support for MXF fileformat
- Improved support for Flash Video files

Decoders:
- Native WMV3 / VC-1 support
- WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
- VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
- The True Audio Lossless codec support
- WavPack support
- Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc)
- Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
- Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles

Video output:
- Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
- Improved libcaca support

Interfaces:
- All
- New hotkeys for crop and zoom
- Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
- Windows
- Systray support in skins
- OS X
- Support for Apple Remote control
- Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
- New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
- right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
- Main Menu keeps accessible when playing videos in fullscreen mode
- Linux
- Notifications using notification-daemon

Windows port:
- Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
- Fixed IPv6 support on the client side

Localization:
- Add Czech
- Add Slovak
- Add Malay
- Add Slovenian

Developers:
- Updates to the libvlc API
- Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins

Playlist:
- Shoutcast TV listings support

Input:
- Support for RTSP authentication
- Support for adding subtitles on the fly
- Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
- ATSC support for DVB
- Partial support for DVR-ms recordings
- Partial support for MXF fileformat

Decoders:
- Native WMV3 / VC-1 support
- WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
- VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support
- The True Audio Lossless codec support
- WavPack support
- Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc)

Video output:
- Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
- Improved libcaca support

Interfaces:
- New hotkeys for crop and zoom
- Systray support in skins (Windows only)
- Support for Apple Remote control
- Notifications using notification-daemon on Linux
- Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface

Localization:
- Add Czech
- Add Slovak
- Add Malay

Developers:
- Updates to the libvlc API
- Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins

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

No change log.

* On the fly aspect ratio change on Mac OS X
* Mozilla plugin support on Mac OS X (test package isn't available yet)
* libunicows support to handle UTF8 on windows 9x
* String review and Translation updates
* Lots of bugfixes

Changes since 0.8.5-test1 include:
- HTTP interface fixes + "Mosaic Wizard"
- XSPF playlist support
- Some more charset fixes
- Experimental behaviour change for framedropping
- Lots of bugfixes

Core support:
* Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
* Support for downloading updates

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 [ not included in 0.8.5-test1 ]
* Podcast support

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
- 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
- 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

No change log.

No change log.