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To see the current changes under development, read [[Next changes]].

== Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b ==

=== Various bugfixes ===
* out-of-bound read in demuxers
* demuxers crashes (incl. [http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0256 CVE-2007-0256])
* Mac OS X Interface crashes
* [[Codec#Video_Codecs|VP31]] decoding on Windows platforms

=== Decoders ===
* Enhanced [[Flash Video]] support incl. [[VP6|VP61]] and [[VP6|VP60]]
* Teletext subtitles (telx) support

=== Webbrowser plugins ===
* rectified behaviour and improved usability

=== Mac OS X Interface & Port ===
* diverse usability improvements
* new wizard option to include subtitles
* screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
* Improved Delete-Preferences-Script

== Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a ==

=== CDDA / VCDX plugins ===
* Security updates ([http://www.videolan.org/sa0701.html VideoLAN-SA-0701])

=== Mac OS X Interface ===
* Fullscreen controller improvements

== Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6 ==

=== Playlist ===
* Shoutcast TV listings support

=== Input ===
* Support for RTSP authentication
* Support for adding subtitles on the fly
* Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
* ATSC support for DVB input
* Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
* Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
* Improved support for Flash Video files

=== Decoders ===
* Native WMV9/VC-1 support
* WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
* VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
* The True Audio Lossless codec support
* Matroska WavPack support
* Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
* Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
* Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
 
=== Video output ===
* Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
* Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
* Improved libcaca support

=== Interfaces ===
* All
** New hotkeys for crop and zoom
** Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
* Windows
** Systray support in skins
* OS X
** Support for Apple Remote control
** Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
** New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
** right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
** Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
* Linux
** Notifications using notification-daemon

=== Windows port ===
* Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
*:Windows 9x/ME users: 
*:* 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
* Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
* Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)

=== Localization ===
* Add Czech
* Add Slovak
* Add Malay
* Add Slovenian

=== Developers ===
* Updates to the libvlc API
* Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins