code from www.metakine.com.
  CAUTION : the code is currently very ugly, with static variables, no
  code convention, etc. I check it in "as is" because it may be useful
  to some people.
  Don't expect a bitrate reduction of more than 30 % with acceptable
  quality.
* modules/demux/mpeg/ts.c: Useful debug message

          things to write to implement competely the standard but this decoder
          will work in most of the pictures subtitles cases. Text subtitles
          decoding is not implemented at all.
          This decoder has been validated with CAVENA encoders after few
          remarks of their developpers.

include/*: addded a p_spuinfo field in the decider_fifo_t and the
           es_descriptor_t

codecs.h: added a dvb_spuinfo_t structure to identify the id of the selected
          track.

modules/demux/mpeg: added the support of the dvb subtitles track. Need last
                    libdvbpsi (0x59 descriptor) to compile. The demuxer
                    creates n fake ES as each ES carries up to 256 subtitles
                    tracks.


This work is part of the work done by Anevia for the "Gran Theatro del
Barcelona".

     fixed a link issue on BeOS
 + modules/demux/util/sub.c:
     gcc != 3 fix
 + modules/gui/beos/*:
     compile fixes; never replace int32 with int32_t, these are not the
     same on BeOS (long/int)

 I have not kept the compatibility with older faad version (but check is
 still be  done in configure.ac). (I  didn't like it as  old version are
 really buggy).

* modules/codec/ffmpeg/*: ported the ffmpeg audio and video decoders to the new api.
   Isolated the video postprocessing routines in postprocess.c

* modules/codec/ffmpeg/encoder.c, modules/codec/vorbis.c, modules/stream_out/transcode.c,
   include/vlc_block.h, include/vlc_codec.h: extracted the encoders out of transcode.c.
   transcode now uses encoder plugins (currently ffmpeg, vorbis and theora).

PS: transcoding is currently a bit broken but I'll fix that ASAP.

* Makefile.am: strip the mozilla plugin when doing the win32 package.
* configure.ac: on win32 we compile the theora module as a plugin, not builtin.

* configure.ac: check for mozilla-config.h on win32 as well.
* mozilla/support/npwin.cpp: some mozilla sdk don't include mozilla-config.h explicitly so do it ourselves.

* configure.ac: added a --disable-fribidi option and make sure the freetype module is linked with libiconv.

 * created a variable "key-pressed" in p_vlc that can be used to
   report or read key presses
 * allways try to start hotkeys interface in the background
configure.ac, modules/control/Modules.am, modules/control/hotkeys.c:
 * a new control module that reads keypresses from "key-pressed" and
   performs an action depending on what is asosiated with this key.
   Also uses nice on screen messages to indicate what action was performed
modules/video_filter/filter_common.h:
 * removed code to pass old style key reporting through filters
modules/video_output/x11/xcommon.c:
 * report key-presses through the new mechanism. Incomplete, I need help
   with this.

* configure.ac: fix for wxWindows headers detection.
* all: changed the prototype of vout_AllocatePicture() and vout_InitPicture().
* src/video_output/vout_pictures.c: new vout_InitFormat() function that initialises a video_frame_format_t structure.
* include/vlc_video.h: extended video_frame_format_t.
* modules/codec/rawvideo.c: ported to the new decoder api.
* modules/video_output/x11/*: simplifications.

  * configure.ac: Removed mention of plugin packetizer_mpegaudio which does
    not exist.

  * Bidi support in the freetype module through fribidi

    + Detect <mozilla-config.h> on newer Mozilla versions.
  * mozilla/vlcpeer.cpp:
    + If neither NP_UNIX, NP_MACOSX nor NP_WIN are defined, default to NP_UNIX.
    + Use <mozilla-config.h> whenever possible.

* configure.ac, modules/codec/Modules.am, modules/codec/speex.c: new speex decoder and packetizer using libspeex.
* modules/demux/ogg.c: added support for speex to the Ogg demuxer.
* modules/mux/ogg.c: added support for speex to the Ogg muxer.
* src/misc/variables.c: when creating choices object variables with inheritance enabled, automatically add the inherited value to the list of choices.
* modules/access/udp.c: use an object variable and inheritance for "udp-caching".
* src/input/input.c: disable the hack for filenames with colons on win32 because filenames can't contain colons.

* configure.ac: tell the build system that mkv is a c++ plugin.

  + updated libebml/libmatroska detection as matroska headers no longer
    include ebml headers directly. Hope you upgraded it - if not, you'll
    have to set your CFLAGS accordingly.
  + on BeOS, libmkv_plugin.so has to be linked to libstdc++

 modules/control/http.c:
  + fix for gcc != 3

    + Better BeOS dynamic loader detection.
  * src/misc/modules.c:
    + Consistency fixes.

* modules/access/vcdx/*: Brand new VCD input module using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. Courtesy of Rocky Bernstein.
* modules/access/cddax.c: Brand new CDDA input module using libcdio. Courtesy of Rocky Bernstein.
* modules/LIST: update.

* modules/codec/a52old/*, modules/codec/mpeg_audio/*, modules/codec/mpeg_video/*: got rid of deprecated decoders.

    + First try to detect the OS X native dynamic linker before falling
      back to dlfcn.h.
    + Enhanced the dlopen-style loader detection.
    + Added a check for HP-UX's shl_* functins.
  * src/misc/modules_plugin.h.in:
    + Support for the dylib dynamic loader on OS X.
    + Support for the shl dynamic loader on HP-UX.

* configure.ac: added --with-ffmpeg-faac for when using an ffmpeg which is compiled with faac support.
* modules/stream_out/transcode.c: added mp4a fourcc for MPEG AAC audio transcoding support.

* modules/codec/cinepak.c: ported the cinepak decoder to the new api.

* modules/codec/subsdec.c: cleaned up and ported the text subtitles decoder to the new decoder api.

* install-win32: cosmetic changes.
* configure.ac: forgot one include path for the mozilla plugin.

* configure.ac, mozilla/vlcshell.cpp, mozilla/support/npwin.cpp: mozilla plugin for win32 is finally working (well there's still work left).
* src/misc/modules.c: small clean-up and fixed --plugin-path on win32.

* configure.ac, mozilla/Makefile.am: more win32 mozilla plugin build fixes.

* configure.ac, mozilla/*: the win32 mozilla plugin compiles again (most likely won't yet work).
 Added a --with-mozilla-sdk-path option (win32 only) to ./configure so you can pass the path of your mozilla sdk tree.
 You also need to set the XPIDL env var to the the path of the xpidl mozilla compiler when ./configuring.

* ALL: Introduction of a new api for decoders.
   The final aim of this new api is to make it possible to use the decoders from other modules like the transcoder for instance.
   Only a few decoders have been ported to the new api (a52, libmpeg2, dts, vorbis, theora) so the old api is still supported.

   Don't hold your breath, there is still much work to do before we reach this goal.

* modules/codec/a52.c, libmpeg2., dts.c, vorbis.c, theora.c:
   Converted to the new api.
   Merged the a52 and vorbis packetizers in their respective decoders (removes a lot of code duplication).
   New dts and theora packetizers (merged in their respective decoders).

* configure.ac, modules/access/dshow/: brand new DirectShow input plugin.
   Much work still needs to be done, like audio support, adding plenty of configuration options, etc... But the video part is already working quite well here.

special goom tree source as I was unable to use standard goom library.
(I will provide it once mmx/ppc included)
 * modules/visualization/Modules.am: added goom
 * include/vlc_block.h src/misc/block.c: introduce a new data block
 api (not yet tested, ported from my local new input work).