Version History of VLC Player 0.8.2

Core support:
Rewrite of the playlist

• Tree structure
• Input preparsing (for meta-data)
• Grouping (by artist, ...) support

Preferences improvements:

• New organization, designed to improve usability
• New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
• XML parsers
• Core image manipulation support
• Client-side SSL/TLS support
• SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
• Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
• Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
• Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
• Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
• filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
• now separated by ':' instead of ','
• Access filter architecture
• Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
• Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
• Many bugfixes...

Input/Demuxers:

• Support for SOCKS proxy
• Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
• Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
• Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
• Better support for Kasenna streams
• RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
• Massive Matroska improvements
• Support for XA and VOC audio files
• TiVo demuxer
• Samba (Windows shares) access module
• Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
• Fixes to Linux DVB support
• Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
• Support for FTP over IPv6

Decoders / Encoders:

• Dirac decoder and encoder
• PNG decoder/encoder
• Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
• Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec

Access filters:

• New Record and Timeshift filters

Services discovery:

• New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
• Brand new SAP module
• To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
• the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
• ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
• Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
• HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
• DAAP (iTunes shares) support
• Shoutcast

Audio output:

• Support for 20/24 bits LPCM

Video output:

• Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
• Image file video output (png)
• Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
• Improvements to wall video filter
• Support for font color and opacity

Stream output:

• Muxers
• ASF improvements
• VLM / VoD
• Ability to load a configuration file on startup
• Seeking support in VoD streams
• Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)

Interfaces:
wxWidgets

• Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
• Improved preferences
• Improvements to the wizard
• DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons

MacOS X

• Redesigned playlist
• Improved preferences
• Skins
• Support for multiple actions
• Fixes
• HTTP
• Support for the new playlist system
• Lirc
• Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc

Windows port:

• Screensaver disabling fix
• DirectShow tuner configuration
• Support for no-decoration windows

MacOS X port:

• Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
• The OpenGL video output is back
• A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
• Supports multichannel discrete analog output
• Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
• is not yet available in the new module
• Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.

Mozilla Plugin:

• Javascript fixes
• Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)

IE Plugin:

• Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin

Translations:

• The following languages were added:
• Catalan
• Danish
• Turkish