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Changes between 0.8.6f and 0.8.6g:
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Security updates:
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 * Removed VLC variable settings from Mozilla and ActiveX (CVE-2007-6683)
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 * Removed loading plugins from the current directory (no assigned CVE)
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Various bugfixes:
 * Fixed various memory leaks, should improve server stability
 * Disable always on top setting in fullscreen mode
 * Fix compilation with recent versions of FFmpeg
 * Correctly parses SAP announcements from MPEG-TS
 * Fix AAC resampling

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Security updates:
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 * Really fixed subtitle buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6681, CVE-2008-1881)
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 * Fixed Real RTSP code execution problem (CVE-2008-0073)
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 * Fixed MP4 integer overflows (CVE-2008-1489, CVE-2008-1768)
 * Fixed cinepak vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-1769)
 - More information can be found in VideoLAN-SA-0801 and VideoLAN-SA-0803.
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Various bugfixes:
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 * The Mozilla plugin registers a usable range of MIME-types on Mac OS X
 * Improved VLC's video output behavior on multi-screen setups running Mac OS X
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 * Fixed crashes in H264 packetizer
 * Close MMS access on network timeout
 * Fix some problems with AAC decoder & packetizer
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Changes between 0.8.6d and 0.8.6e:
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Various bugfixes:
 * Resume playback for viewing content over FTP
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 * Fixed XShm detection with remote X11
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 * Subtitle demuxers overflow (CVE-2007-6681)
 * HTTP listener format string injection (CVE-2007-6682)
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 * Fixed buffer overflow in the SDL_image library (CVE-2006-4484)
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 * Real RTSP overflows (CVE-2008-0225, CVE-2008-0295, CVE-2008-0296, VideoLAN-SA-0801)
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 * Arbitrary memory overwrite in the MP4 demuxer (CORE-2008-0130, VideoLAN-SA-0802)
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Audio filter:
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 * Fixed DTS to S/PDIF converter
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Audio output:
 * Fixed 5.1 audio on ALSA

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Access:
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 * Fixed some RTSP hanging and user/password passing through RTSP URLs
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Stream output:
 * Fixed waiting for SPS/PPS problem in H.264 packetizer

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Encoders:
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 * Improved compatibility for creating H.264 video files playable on iPhones
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 * Improved detection of optimal amount of threads for multi-threaded H.264 encoding on multi-cpu systems
    - Note that this is used when transcode threads is set to 0 (default)
    - Not supported on Windows (multiple threads require manual configuration)
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Mac OS X Interface & Port:
 * Restored compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9
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 * Corrected behavior of the Preferences panel
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 * VLC no longer crashes on quit while playing
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Localization:
 * Updated Romanian and Polish translations
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Changes between 0.8.6c and 0.8.6d:
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Various bugfixes:
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 * Mozilla plugin: supports a reasonable amount of MIME types on Windows
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 * Linux: Fixed S/PDIF passthrough with ALSA
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 * Automatic recovery on unexpected stream discontinuity (clock gap) occurrences in input
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 * Use field order (top/bottom) for correct bob/linear deinterlacing
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 * Fix invalid free in bookmarks loading code
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Windows and Mac OS Binaries
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 * FLAC Security Update (CVE-2007-4619) to prevent multiple integer overflows 
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Active X plugin:
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 * Security update (VideoLAN-SA-0703, CVE-2007-6262)
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Mac OS X Interface & Port:
 * Apple Remote support on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard with enhanced functionality
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 * Improved Video Output compatibility for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
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 * Improved behavior of the Fullscreen Controller and mode changes between Fullscreen and Windowed Video Output
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 * Softened the white flash artifacts that may appear during the transition of two different movies
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 * Support for current Ogg file formats
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 NOTE: This release requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher. Mac OS X 10.3.9 is not supported anymore.
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Encoders:
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 * Improved H.264 encoding speed on Mac OS X
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Other changes:
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 * The automatic updating facility was removed
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 * You now need to append --m3u-extvlcopt to your command line to enable
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   EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683)
 * RTSP server remote denial of service fixed (CVE-2007-6684)
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Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
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Various bugfixes, notably:
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 * Windows Vista compatibility
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 * Cropping in Direct3D
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 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
 * RSS filter string overflow
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 * Few memory leaks
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 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
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CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
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 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702, CVE-2007-3316, US-CERT VU#200928)
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Demuxers:
 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
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 * Prevent WAV file integer overflow (CVE-2007-3467 & CVE-2007-3468)
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Decoders:
 * Updated FLAC API compatibility

Input:
 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API

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Localisation:
 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian

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Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
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Various bugfixes, notably:
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 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
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 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
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 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
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 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
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 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
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Decoders:
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 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
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 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
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Webbrowser plugins:
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 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
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Mac OS X Interface & Port:
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 * Diverse usability improvements
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 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
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 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
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 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
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Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
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CDDA / VCDX plugins:
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 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701, CVE-2007-0017)
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Mac OS X Interface:
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Playlist:
 * Shoutcast TV listings support

Input:
 * Support for RTSP authentication
 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
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 * ATSC support for DVB input
 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
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 * Improved support for Flash Video files
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 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
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 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
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 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
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 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
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 * Matroska WavPack support
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 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
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 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
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Video output:
 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
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 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
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 * Improved libcaca support

Interfaces:
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 * All
   * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
   * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
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   * Systray support in skins
 * OS X
   * Support for Apple Remote control
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   * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
   * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
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   * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
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   * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
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 * Linux
   * Notifications using notification-daemon
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Windows port:
 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
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    - 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:\Windows\System
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 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
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 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
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Localization:
 * Add Czech
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 * Add Slovak
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 * Add Malay
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 * Add Slovenian
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 * Updates to the libvlc API
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 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
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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:
 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
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    - Separate playlist entries for the tracks 
    - Support for CDDB 
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 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
 * Improved subtitles encoding support
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 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
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Decoders:
 * 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:
 * New JACK audio output

Video output:
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    - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
    - 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
 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
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 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering

Stream output:
 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
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Interfaces:
 * System to inform the user and request information 
    - HTTP authentication
    - Fatal errors
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 * wxWidgets
    - 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
    - Improved playlist handling
    - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
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    - Embedded Video output
    - 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
    - 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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OS X Port:
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 * Mac-Intel compatibility
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 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices 
 * Growl "Now playing" support
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*Nix port:
 * Ability to log to syslog
 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root

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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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Audio output:
 * 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:
 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks

Services Discovery:
 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
 * UPnP fixes
 * Avahi 0.6 support
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Interfaces:
 * Mac OS X
    - 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
 * GnomeVFS input module
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 * Support for RTP packet reordering
 * 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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Audio filters:
* Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
  Mixer and Dolby Surround

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Stream output:
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 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
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 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
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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
    - New extended controls panel
    - New bookmarks window
    - Fixed playlist sorting
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    - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
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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
    - Tree playlist
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 * HTTP
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    - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
    - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
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    - Include macro to include other files
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    - CGI 1.0 support
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ActiveX plugin:
* Should now work outside IE as well

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Mac OS X port:
* New script to delete the preferences automatically

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Windows port:
* 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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Core support:
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    - Tree structure
    - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
    - Grouping (by artist, ...) support 
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 * Preferences improvements: 
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    - New organization, designed to improve usability
    - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
 * XML parsers
 * Core image manipulation support
 * 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
 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
 * 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
 * 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
 * Better support for Kasenna streams
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 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
 * Massive Matroska improvements
 * 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)
 * 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:
 * Dirac decoder and encoder
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 * PNG decoder/encoder
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 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
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Access filters:
 * New Record and Timeshift filters

Services discovery:
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 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
 * 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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 * New interface
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WinCE port:
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Audio Output:
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Video Output:
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Demuxers:
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	- Centralized scaling and blending
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Service discovery:
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 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
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 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
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 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
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 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
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 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
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 * 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.

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 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.

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 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.

Win32 port:
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 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
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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
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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
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 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
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 * 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.
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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.
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 * 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.
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 * 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).

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 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
 * A new CORBA control plugin.
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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.
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   Should also work with languages like russion for instance.

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 * 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
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 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
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 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
 * Support for OpenDML avi files
 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
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 * New HTTP remote control interface
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 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
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UNIX ports:
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 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
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Mac OS X port:
 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
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 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
 * New icons by Davor Orel.
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 * 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
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 * 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)
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 * Interface localization
 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
 * New full-featured Preferences window

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 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
 * support for skins at the interface level
 * new OSD module using Freetype2
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 * 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.
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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
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Codecs:
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 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
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 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
 * new codec for raw I420 video
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Interfaces:
 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
   (although it still misses some important features)
 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
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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:
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Mac OS X port:
 * reorderable playlist
 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
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 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
 * support for mono audio output devices
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 * fixed several cosmetic issues
 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
 * the messages window remembers more lines
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 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
 * http and ogg stream output options
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 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well

Win32 port:
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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
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 * 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
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 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
 * DTS S/PDIF support
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 * 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
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 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
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 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
 * rc interface is now fully useable
 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
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 * 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
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 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
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 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
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Core support:
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 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
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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

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 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
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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

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 * 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:
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 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
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Win32 port:
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 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
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 * only commandline interface support
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Core structure:
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  * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
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    and A/52 streams are supported)
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Input access:
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  * ftp:// support
  * stability fixes in the HTTP access
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  * 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:
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Codecs:
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  * support for raw PCM data
  * support for Cinepak video codec
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  * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
  * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
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  * 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
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  * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
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  * new swedish translation
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  * fixed a few crashes
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  * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
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  * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working