[MPlayer-DOCS] [homepage]: r3509 - trunk/src/news.en

Fri May 28 01:06:31 CEST 2010

Author: diego
Date: Fri May 28 01:06:30 2010
New Revision: 3509

Log:
preliminary release notes draft for 1.0rc3

Modified:
   trunk/src/news.en

Modified: trunk/src/news.en
==============================================================================

--- trunk/src/news.en	Fri May 28 00:08:39 2010	(r3508)
+++ trunk/src/news.en	Fri May 28 01:06:30 2010	(r3509)
@@ -16,32 +16,53 @@
 </h2>
 
 <p>
-This was a triumph, I'm making a note here. HUGE SUCCESS. OK so its nothing
-spectacular, just another MPlayer release. Its been a long time,
-we thought we could get away with telling everyone to use SVN versions
-instead of making releases. Our cunning plan has failed.
+Godot has arrived. After the longest time imaginable and more than a year
+after the originally planned date, another MPlayer release is out.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-We have switched to the lavf mov demuxer to avoid maintaining the
-duplicate mov/mp4 code. This breaks binary audio/video codecs with mov/mp4
-files. Please use -demuxer mov if you still require the binary decoders.
+This release is outdated on the day of its release, but since it is designed
+to be compatible with the FFmpeg 0.5 branch, it will be useful to distros
+and other users still tracking said branch.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-NVidia has given MPlayer VDPAU support. It allows for hardware acceleration
-with newer NVidia video cards and H.264, VC-1, WMV3, and MPEG 1/2 codecs.
-A patch for PureVideo support on Windows would be welcome now.
+This release adds support for a ton of new binary codecs and leverages all
+the stuff added to FFmpeg. Hardware-accelerated video output over VDPAU is
+now possible, as is audio output through PulseAudio.
+MPlayer now runs natively on 64bit OS X, the Wii and on OS/2.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+We have switched to the libavformat MOV/MP4 demuxer to avoid maintaining the
+duplicate MOV/MP4 code. This breaks binary audio/video codecs with MOV/MP4
+files. Please use '-demuxer mov' if you still require the binary decoders.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Our constant efforts to clean up the codebase continue as usual. A ton of
+compiler warnings disappeared and there have been refactorings all around.
+External library copies have been synchronized with upstream.
 </p>
 
 <p>
 There is no need to download binary codec packages if you already have an
-older version. The codec packs have not been updated. The newly added
-binary codecs can be found
-<a href="http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/drivers32/new/">HERE</a>.
+older version. The codec packs have not been updated.
 </p>
 
-<h3>MPlayer (1.0)<i>rc3: "StillAlive" March 1, 2009</i></h3>
+<p>
+MPlayer 1.0rc3 can be downloaded by
+<a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0rc3.tar.bz2">HTTP</a>,
+<a href="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0rc3.tar.bz2">FTP</a></li> or
+<a href="../MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0rc3.tar.bz2.torrent">BitTorrent</a></li>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+MD5SUM: <b></b><br>
+SHA1SUM: <b></b>
+</p>
+
+<h3>MPlayer 1.0rc3: <i>"BikeshedCounter AKA Godot"</i></h3>
 
 <h4>Decoders:</h4>
 
@@ -73,7 +94,7 @@
   <li>ZDSoft screen recorder (ZDSV) via binary DLL</li>
   <li>WebTrain Communication lossless screen recorder (WTVC) via binary DLL</li>
   <li>xfire video (XFR1) via binary DLL</li>
-  <li>VFAPI rgb transcode (vifp) via binary DLL</li>
+  <li>VFAPI RGB transcode (vifp) via binary DLL</li>
   <li>ETI CamCorder EYECON (NUB0, NUB1, NUB2) via binary DLL</li>
   <li>fox motion (FMVC) via binary DLL</li>
   <li>Trident video (TY2C, TY2N, TY0N) via binary DLL</li>
@@ -81,6 +102,7 @@
   <li>Brooktree YUV 4:1:1 Raw (Y41P) via binary DLL</li>
   <li>many rare/obscure fourccs for known formats added</li>
   <li>lower priority for binary Linux rv3040 codecs due to bugs</li>
+  <li>remove native NuppelVideo decoder, use lavc instead</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h4>Demuxers:</h4>
@@ -102,6 +124,7 @@
   <li>support seeking in multirate RealMedia files</li>
   <li>FLAC speedup in lavf demuxer</li>
   <li>MNG demuxer</li>
+  <li>remove native NuppelVideo demuxer, use lavf demuxer instead</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h4>Filters:</h4>
@@ -111,7 +134,7 @@
   <li>change vf_screenshot dependency from libpng to lavc</li>
   <li>add af_scaletempo which maintains audio pitch when changing playback speed</li>
   <li>fix multi-channel reordering</li>
-  <li>af_stats, filter to print information about the audio stream</li>
+  <li>af_stats filter to print information about the audio stream</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h4>Streaming:</h4>
@@ -208,6 +231,7 @@
   <li>removed unnecessary code from vo x11, xv, xvmc</li>
   <li>add OS/2 DART audio driver (-ao dart)</li>
   <li>add VDPAU video output</li>
+  <li>add OS/2 KVA video driver (-vo kva)</li>
 </ul>
 
 
@@ -235,6 +259,8 @@
   <li>libdvdcss updated to 1.2.10, now same as upstream version</li>
   <li>fix -endchapter support again for -dump* options</li>
   <li>add startup audio volume option</li>
+  <li>add option to disable default key binds</li>
+  <li>change default OSD and subtitle font size to a smaller default</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h4>libass</h4>
@@ -251,10 +277,10 @@
 <ul>
   <li>small crash with vo_macosx fixed</li>
   <li>AC3/DTS passthrough for ao_macosx</li>
-  <li>fix frozen OSD on Mac OS X</li>
+  <li>fix frozen OSD on OS X</li>
   <li>vo_gl now works with -wid and nVidia drivers on Windows (this is a hack)</li>
   <li>VIDIX on SuperH</li>
-  <li>workarounds for AltiVec on Apple gcc 3.3 on Mac OS X dropped</li>
+  <li>workarounds for AltiVec on Apple gcc 3.3 on OS X dropped</li>
   <li>vo_macosx can now be compiled in 64-bits mode</li>
   <li>allow multiple MPlayer instances with vo_macosx using buffer_name</li>
   <li>OpenGL support for unmodified MinGW64</li>
