Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
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Core support:
* new mouse gesture interface
* audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
playing
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
Input demux:
* fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
* new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
continuity counter
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
UNIX ports:
* GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
popup menu
* 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:
* fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
* lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
* VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
* playlist enhancements
* added half, normal and double video window menu items
* new step forward/step backward commands
* the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
* the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
* vlc.app is now VLC.app
Win32 port:
* fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
* VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
* fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
BeOS port:
* smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
* few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
Opie port:
* native video output is working again
* only commandline interface support
* support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package