VLC media player 2.0.6

v2.0.5 [12-16-12]

Access: * Fix DVB-S delivery system detection Audio Output: * Fix playback initial synchronization with PulseAudio (however similar bugs in PulseAudio version 2.0 and later still exist) * Fix file output bug affecting floating point on big endian systems Demuxers: * Fix crash with some embedded subtitle fonts * Fix buffer overflow in HTML subtitles parser * Fix koreus lua parser * Improve reliability for RTSP streams sent by some IP cameras * Fix division by 0 in AIFF demuxer * Fix some MKV crashes when ordered editions have empty or broken links * Fix SWF potential crash on malformed files. Video filters: * Fix crash in Freetype with embedded fonts * Fix wrong aspect ratio in some cases Encoders: * Fix Mpeg-2 audio and video encoders initialization Mac OS X: * Fix Reveal-in-Finder for files with non-Western file names * Fix crash with local statistics disabled * Fix Time counter UI look * Fix system sleep issue on OS X 10.5 Win32: * Fix https streaming libVLC: * Fix audio and video track selection: The constant track identifier is now always used. Some functions previously incorrectly used the (moving) index of the track in the table of tracks. Translations: * Update of Asturian, Bengali (India), Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, French, Galician, Scottish Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Malayalam, Polish, Slovak, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish, Thai translations * Initial translations for Welsh and Interlingua

v2.0.4 [10-21-12]

Audio Output: * Improve playback synchronization with PulseAudio. * Fix ALSA digital pass-through ("S/PDIF"). * Fix live audio device selection on Mac OS X * Fix detection of some 5.1 and 7.1 kits on Windows. * Fix audio output behavior when the output device is plugged or unplugged during playback on Mac OS X Access: * Fix numerous DVD (dvdnav) crashes * Fix HTTP playback through proxy and advertise gzip correctly * Fix TLS busy-loop during client-side handshake Codecs: * Support for Opus decoding via libopus, including multi-channel files * Support MSS1 and MSS2 decoding through DMO libraries * Fix Hebrew and Greek subtitles encoding * Fix crashes on malformed subtitles and malformed png files * Fix crashes when using hardware decoding Demuxers: * Fix issues in Ogg with zero length packets * Fix file duration of Ogg/Theora and Ogg/Vorbis files * Fix vimeo, koreus and youtube lua parsers * Support Youtube live streams Windows: * Fix Wallpaper mode on Windows 7/8 Qt: * Fix media info dialog update * Fix random/repeat preferences saving * Fix crashes when opening audio effects dialog, with skins and playlist * Fix crash on association dialog on Windows XP * Fix album art display at start Mac OS X: * Fix command-line options to control the interface behavior * Deactivate CoreAnimation effects on Leopard * Fix menus display and behavior * Fix various crashes and small issues including bookmarks, playlist, buttons, streaming wizard, video size, hotkeys and fullscreen controller * Fix font selection for Unicode subtitles * Improve system sleep behavior when playing audio-only media. The screen is allowed to sleep while the system is kept awake during playback. * Fix code signing of Delete Preferences application * Add option to Audio Effects panel to activate the Karaoke filter Miscellaneous: * Fix Notify (D-Bus) plugin deadlock. * Fix buffer corruption in freetype and subtitles modules * Improve Blu-Ray and HLS support * Fix issues on selection of playlist items for WebUI * Codec and other 3rd party library updates * Fix swscale and canvas behavior with Aspect Ratio * Fix mime-type when streaming Webm over HTTP * Fix recording behaviour in Windows network environments * Codecs and 3rd party libary updates Translations: * Updates of Norwegian Bokmål, Korean, Slovak, Serbian, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Walloon, Turkish, Thai, Polish, Dutch, Khmer, Hindi, Japanese, Galician, Hebrew, German, Breton, Scottish Gaelic, Czech, Estonian translations * Initial translations for Bengali, Fula, Gujarati and Bosnian

v2.0.3 [07-31-12]

Audio Output: * Fix ALSA digital pass-through ("S/PDIF"). Miscellaneous: * Fix Notify (D-Bus) plugin deadlock.

v2.0.2 [07-09-12]

Mac OS X: * Added GateKeeper support * Minor bugfixes and improvements

v2.0.1 [03-31-12]

Video Output: * Direct3D vo rejects old drivers on XP. Fallback should happen onto DirectX. * More accurate colourspaces conversions * Misc fixes in OpenGL module Access: * Reworked Digital TV module for Windows. DVB-T and DVB-C work again. * Fix DirectShow crashes on exit * Improved PulseAudio input latency * Fixes for HTTP access through a proxy * v4l2 webcam outputting H264 can now be used directly (use --v4l2-chroma=h264) Demuxers: * Fixes for MKV segments * Fix for some mp4, voc crashes * Fix for Real .ram and .ra files support Mac OS X: * fullscreen fixes and video output improvements * misc fixes for the interfaces * fix crashes on exit Lua Scripts: * Fixes for stdin/stdout and for different locale issues Qt: * Fix preferences for audio devices on Windows * Fix a crash Skins2: * Fix mousewheel on Windows * Fix for key events and focus loss Translation:

v2.0.0 [02-20-12]

Audio outputs: * Mac OS X: Auhal, multiple fixes for Digital Audio output * PulseAudio: multiple fixes and improvements, notably for sync Unix port: * Fix build compatibility with taglib < 1.6 and Xulrunner 1.9.1 Misc: * Fix crashes with Japanese locale on OS X * Minor fixes for Webplugin under Win32 and AudioScrobller

v1.1.11 [07-22-11]

Security: * Fix buffer overflows in the RealMedia demuxer (CVE-2011-2587) and the AVI one (CVE-2011-2588). Mac OS X: * Fixed scrolling direction if the input device's signal is inverted * Update Auhal audio output to the latest API * Fix images disappearing issue on the interface * Reduced installation size by up to 30 MB * Resolved conflict between iTunes and VLC wrt Media Key handling Mozilla/ActiveX webplugin: * Fullscreen mode is fixed on Win32 * Very simple fullscreen controller is visible on Win32 Demuxers/Meta Readers: * Better support for cover art embedded in mp4, wma Muxers/Output: * Fix AVI muxer so the generated files are readable on other players Extensions: * Multiple fixes for crashes and malfunctionning issues Qt Interface: * Fix quitting on Linux * Fix opening of VIDEO_TS folders through the open disc dialog on Windows * Miscellaneous Win32 port: * Update of codecs, fixing the mpeg-2 decoder crash Translations: * Update of Slovak, Lithunanian, Russian, Brazillian Portuguese, Serbian

v1.1.10 [06-18-11]

Windows and Mac OS X: * Update of external library modplug, to address multiple security issues Mac OS X Interface: * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB * Fix for various crashes and small issues Demuxer: * Fix heap corruption / integer overflow in XSPF playlist parser Audio output: * PulseAudio output re-written due to unstability of the current one Win32 port: * Remove the fontconfig dependency from the freetype module Miscellaneous fixes in: * Windows 7 taskbar buttons * Qt interface * asx, live555, dvdnav demuxer * RTP output and XML export * Subtitles colours when using GPU decoding on Windows * v4l2 access Translations: * Update of Norwegian Bokmål, Slovak, Afrikaans, Luganda, Brazillian Portuguese, Irish, Thai, Estonian, Chinese, Polish, Dutch, German, Galician, Bulgarian, Lithuanian and Japanese translations * Initial Basque, Zulu, Peul, Amharic, Acoli, Chiga translations

v1.1.9 [04-19-11]

Mac OS X Interface: * Improved Media Key handling based upon SPMediaKeyTap by Spotify AB

v1.1.10-git [04-15-11]

Windows and Mac OS X: * Update of external library modplug, to address a security issue Demuxers: * mp4: Fix heap-based buffer overflow (VideoLAN-SA-1103) Mac OS X Interface: * Miscellaneous interface look adjustments * Improve Apple Remote handling * Fixe bugs in the Streaming / Transcoding wizard * Layout fixes in the Preferences and Controls windows * Fix incomplete list of hotkeys in the Preferences dialog * Fix quitting through Apple Events (Dock menu, App Switcher, AppleScript, etc.) Mac OS X Port: * Fix Growl local notification plugin * VLC bundle now includes the Growl framework * Fixes for eyeTV Translations: * Updates of Lithuanian, Estonian, Chinese, Japanese, Bengali, Dutch, Polish, German, Galician, Traditional Chinese translations * New Luganda Translation

v1.1.9-git [03-24-11]

Linux port: * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs #234484 and #260719. Mac OS X port: * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed and stability reasons Demuxers: * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability. VideoLAN-SA-1102 Translations: * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations

v1.1.8-git [02-05-11]

Linux port: * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs #234484 and #260719. Mac OS X port: * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed and stability reasons Demuxers: * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability. VideoLAN-SA-1102 Translations: * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations

v1.1.7 [02-01-11]

Linux port: * Integration with the KDE GUI platform is disabled due to KDE bugs #234484 and #260719. Mac OS X port: * Updated live555 library to fix playback of RTSP and Freebox streams * Running VLC in 64bit mode requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 or later for speed and stability reasons Demuxers: * Fix for Matroska / WebM remote code execution vulnerability. VideoLAN-SA-1102 Translations: * Update for Hebrew, Japanese, Danish and Russian translations

v1.1.7-git [01-24-11]

Audio output: * multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output WE STRONGLY advise PACKAGERS to update libpulse to 0.9.22 Especially, if you care about phonon-VLC backend for KDE Access: * Fix the Audio-CD crash when looking for CDDB data on Win32 Decoders: * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working) * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X * Faster VP8 decoding with recent codecs * Fix Heap corruption in subtitle decoders, potentially exploitable, discovered by Harry Sintonen - sintonen at iki.fi Demuxers: * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007 * Fix some asf/wmv seeking issue, when seek didn't go to a keyframe Subtitles and renderer: * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles * Mark more freetype options as safe Visualization: * Fix projectM visualization for Linux in all locales * Fix projectM visualization support for Windows * Various projectM improvements Interfaces: * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements Miscellaneous fixes: * KDE device solid actions * XDG screensaver * Transcode integer overflow * HTTP Icy metadata reading Translations: * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak, Estonian, Spanish, Galician, Swedish, Bulgarian, French, Bengalese, German, Slovak, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Indonesian, Sinhala and Irish

v1.1.6 [12-31-10]

Audio output: * multiple fixes and improvements on PulseAudio output WE STRONGLY advise PACKAGERS to update libpulse to 0.9.22 Especially, if you care about phonon-VLC backend for KDE Access: * Fix the Audio-CD crash when looking for CDDB data on Win32 Decoders: * Support for MPC SV7 and SV8 on Windows and Mac OS X (Unix was already working) * Enabled FluidSynth MIDI playback plugin on Mac OS X Demuxers: * Fix Buffer overflow in Real demuxer CVE-2010-3907 / VideoLAN-SA-1007 Subtitles and renderer: * Do not auto-detect .txt files for subtitles * Mark more freetype options as safe Visualization: * Fix projectm visualization for Linux in all locales * Fix projectm visualization support for Windows Interfaces: * Qt4: fixes for media keys processing and MCE remotes * Qt4: various fixes and portability improvements Miscellaneous fixes: * KDE device solid actions * XDG screensaver * Transcode integer overflow * HTTP Icy metadata reading Translations: * Update translations for Chinese, Nippon, Slovak

v1.1.6-git [11-15-10]

Security: * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives, VideoLAN-SA-1006 Demuxers: * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues * Playback of live http .Webm streams * Taglib thread-safety fix Decoders: * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from "Puget Systems" Skins: * Add an icon to VLC on Linux Video Output: * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and TS-mux) Translations: * Update translations for Walloon, Estonian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek * New Asturian translation

v1.1.5 [11-04-10]

Security: * Fix a Windows crash on accessing Network Shared files/drives, VideoLAN-SA-1006 Demuxers: * DVDnav and DVDread fixes for encoding and misc issues * Playback of live http .Webm streams * Taglib thread-safety fix Decoders: * Fix decoding of H264 using DxVA2 using Intel IGP, thanks to the donation from "Puget Systems" Skins: * Add an icon to VLC on Linux Video Output: * fix a bug that could lead to 100% CPU usage on XCB Miscellaneous crashes and fixes in various plugins (telnet, live555, theora and TS-mux) Translations: * Update translations for Walloon, Estonian, Spanish, Turkish, Estonian, Dutch * Major update and activation on Windows of Modern Greek * New Asturian translation

v1.1.4 [08-29-10]

Win32: * Fix a security issue when loading DLLs, especially in Qt4 and dmo modules, See VideoLAN-SA-1005 * Fix folders opening from the interface Translations: * Update translations for Lithuanian, Bengali, Slovak, French, Dutch, Ukranian Polish, Simplified Chinese, German and Galician

v1.1.3 [08-19-10]

libVLC: * Support for the new capabilities: libvlc_adjust_Enable, libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue, libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were called early Stream output: * Fix h264 streaming in ts Windows and Mac port: * Fix mod files support Decoders: * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7 MacOS: * Interface and crash fixes

v1.1.2 [08-01-10]

libVLC: * Support for the new capabilities: libvlc_adjust_Enable, libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue, libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were called early Stream output: * Fix h264 streaming in ts Windows and Mac port: * Fix mod files support Decoders: * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7 MacOS: * Interface and crash fixes

v1.1.0 [07-02-10]

libVLC: * Support for the new capabilities: libvlc_adjust_Enable, libvlc_adjust_Contrast, libvlc_adjust_Brightness, libvlc_adjust_Hue, libvlc_adjust_Saturation, libvlc_adjust_Gamma * Various fixes and crash preventions, especially when video functions were called early Stream output: * Fix h264 streaming in ts Windows and Mac port: * Fix mod files support Decoders: * Fix performance issues with GPU decoding using DxVA2 using ATI graphic cards You NEED ATI Catalyst 10.7 MacOS: * Interface and crash fixes

v1.0.5 [02-03-10]

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v1.0.3 [11-02-09]

-------------------------------- Video outputs: * Fix video quality when resizing the video on Windows Vista and 7, due to regressions in most popular drivers * New deinterlacers modules based on yadif and yadif(x2) algorithms Decoders: * Windows version supports now natively the WMA Professional codec, as it didn't work in the packaged version of 1.0.2 * Fix downmixing of particual 4.0 AC-3 audio tracks Encoders: * x264 has profile-limitter, like: #transcode{vcodec=h264,venc=x264{profile=baseline,level=12}..} Input: * Update for appletrailers lua script * Fixes on the RAR stream filter * Fix for E-AC3 in ATSC/TS streams * Various fixes for v4l and v4l2 * Fix a crash in mjpeg demuxer Service discovery: * New udev module for linux Qt4 interface: * Fixes on the playlist and the stream output panels Translations: * French, Galician, Korean, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian updates

v1.0.1 [09-22-09]

Demuxers

• Fix wmv/asf issues that caused audio to drop
• Various fixes for ac3, mp3, dts and stability for wav format
• Fix seek in RTSP in conformity to RFC 2326
• Fix Dailymotion access script
• Fix crashes in xspf files handler
• Fix seeking and timing issues in some flv files on Windows version

• Add extra caching for files on network shares
• Prevent integer underflow in Real pseudo-RTSP module, discovered by tixxDZ, DZCORE Labs, Algeria

• Fix seeking in mpeg2 video files
• Improve SSA subtitles rendering
• Update most codecs for the Windows and Mac version

• Fix sound recording of .flv files with mp3 audio

• Possibility to change the opacity level of the Fullscreen controller
• Fix various crashes and VIDEO_TS folders opening

• Added options to disable support for Apple Remote and Media Keys
• Fixed options for Volume, Last.fm password and Subtitle Encoding
• Fixed redraw issues when autosizing the video window
• Preferences panel now includes help through tool-tips
• More reliable Information and Messages panels
• Fix various crashes

• The ZVBI module is now available for Windows, for complete teletext support

• Brazillian, French, German, Korean, Norwegian Nynorsk, Lithuanian