As for video output 4, this breaks almost everything, but I'll slowly
  do what remains to be fixed during the weekend.

   Changes in vlc:
   ===============

  * vlc is now a very small program (20 lines) which uses the libvlc API;
   it is quite simple for the moment but can be extended in the future.

  * interfaces, decoders, video outputs, etc. are now almost the same
   objects (yes, I know, this is C++ redone in C) and are structured in
   a tree. More about this later, but basically it allows the following
   nice features:
    - several interfaces
    - several playlists with several outputs
    - input plugins spawning helper interfaces (will be used for DVD menus)
    - anything spawning anything; I swear there are useful uses for this!

  * libvlc can be used in other programs; I'm currently writing a Mozilla
   plugin for my employer.

   Things currently broken:
   ========================

  * most interfaces, most ports
  * the playlist handling (almost finished rewriting this though). This means
   no file can be played from the GUI, you need to use the commandline. This
   also means it segfaults at EOF, when exiting the program, and it sometimes
   refuses to open a file when asked to.

    MacOS X interface, courtesy of Watanabe Go <go@dsl.gr.jp>.

    Rudolf Cornelissen.

    mode, courtesy of Pascal Levesque.

and improvements and corrections in videoout.

* Fixed the height of the output video, was one to big.

  brain-dead developer :p

Win32 interface:
 * The "Eject" button is enabled only after we played a dvd or vcd.
 * The toolbar is now flat and less cubist.
 * Got rid of the ugly slider with some winXP skins.
 * Added a config option to limit the number of messages in the log
   window (default is set to 500).

* ./plugins/mpeg_vdec/vpar_headers.c: don't try to deference a null
pointer (fix from sam).

  (Gildas you forgot the default value for gnome-toolbartext, I assume
   it was 1 ;)

  Now it is ultra-fast !

 * intf_eject.c : added ejection code for Win32. Please test it under
                  Win95/98/Me, I just can't install a winme
                  in my work office :).
 * plugins/win32/* : enabled the "Eject" button (thanks Ipkiss)
 * src/misc/netutils.c : just changed my mail :P

* changed ADD_BOOL and ADD_BOOL_WITH_SHORT config macros to accept a
default value as an argument.
* modified the command line parsing to accept --foo and --no-foo when a
"foo" boolean config option is defined.
* modified the help menu to indicate if the option is enabled or
disabled by default.

    a new picture for a while, it redisplays the last displayed one. This will
    be useful for DVD menus, but also solves the "picture becomes black when
    vlc is paused" issue.

* ./plugins/dummy/dummy.c: added a CATEGORY_HINT to the config.
* ./plugins/x11/xcommon.c: small change to the ToggleFullscreen routine
to avoid a flickering during the switch.

 * URL can now start with "http://" in the Network dialog box
 * Updated the About dialog box

of an image even if it is late.

    system. Patch from Sigmund Augdal <sigmunau@stud.ntnu.no>.

  * ./po/pl.po: polish translation, courtesy of Arkadiusz Lipiec
    <A.Lipiec@elka.pw.edu.pl>.

  * ./plugins/aa/aa.c: moved the aa_fastrender call from vout_Display to
    vout_Render.
  * ./plugins/aa/aa.c: added support for resizing and right-click menu.

   (patch courtesy of Sigmund Augdal <sigmunau@stud.ntnu.no>)

from ac3 decoder to mpeg_system.c. ( skip 3 bytes is now done in
mpeg_system.c and no longer in ac3 audio decoder ).

Link to the GPL licence
GFDL licence know used for the licence

  instead of testing 'E: ' and 'I: ' (to simplify miniVLCS)

* ./include/inpu_ext-dec.h added a check to fifo->b_die after the call
to BitstreamNextDataPacket() in GetChunk().
Code using GetChunk() also needs to check fifo->b_die before using the
obtained data.
This fixes frequent crashes you get on win32 with the a52 plugin when you
close a stream.

    joined! A pretty old bug...

    thanks to <ssudre2@wanadoo.fr>

 * Updated release date

    caused input to get stuck in interleaved cells.