[MPlayer-dev-eng] ANNOUNCE: 0.90-pre8 is out

[Arpi]

Hi,

pre8 is a big bugfix release, PLEASE UPGRADE. NOW.
it fixes most issues of pre6/pre7.

changes since pre7:

    Docs:
    * manpage has been rewritten, now has better indenting, and convertable to html
    * AUTHORS, MAINTAINERS converted back to separate text files, and updated.
    * ChangeLog file is included again (was removed after 0.18)
    * some new tech docs on libmpcodecs, updates/fixes in others, manpage-howto
    * more updates in translation files (help_mp-XX.h)
    * removed obsolete/unused entries from help_mp-en.h

    Cleanup:
    * xanim interface merged & fixed, now uses mpi and supports direct rendering
    * cleanup of libmpdemux stream layer, especially of TV and MF parts
    * some more unused files removed: vo_fsdga, vo_odivx, vd_rle, timer.c, ttf_load

    Fixes:
    * the http:// infinite memleak bug has been fixed, some WMS9 mms:// fixes
    * various sparc/sun, hpux and netbsd/openbsd portability fixes
    * -vop palette fixes, CRAM and QPEG colors are OK now
    * demuxer fixed for >2GB nuppelvideo files
    * mencoder: -ss fixed for 3-pass encoding
    * gui.conf locale bug fixed (again... hope this time it's ok)
    * X11 fullscreen switching fixed, when d_width == screenwidth
    * MOV files edit-list handling fixed - solved 'short read' issue

    Features:
    * new demuxer for .PVA files (fileformat of TV/DVB apps on win32)
    * -mf now supports TGA (24/32bpp uncomp/rle) images
    * libavcodec: support for interlaced mpeg-4 _de_coding
    * libavcodec: aspect ratio encoding support (mpeg4, mjpeg, h263?)
    * win32 DLL loader merged/synced with avifile CVS


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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Developer of MPlayer, the Movie Player for Linux - http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu