CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/homepage/src In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv20044/src Modified Files: news-archive.src.en Log Message: spaces --> tabs, more consistent indentation Index: news-archive.src.en =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/homepage/src/news-archive.src.en,v retrieving revision 1.23 retrieving revision 1.24 diff -u -r1.23 -r1.24 --- news-archive.src.en 17 May 2004 01:03:39 -0000 1.23 +++ news-archive.src.en 30 May 2004 20:37:45 -0000 1.24 @@ -12,22 +12,22 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - <a href="http://sam.zoy.org/projects/libcaca/">libcaca</a> is basically - a colored variant of aalib. Although being alpha, it looks very nice. - Some better output drivers, and optimizing is needed, tho.<br> - <br> - <center><a href="../images/shot26.jpg"><img src="../images/shot26s.jpg" alt="libcaca screenshot"></a></center><br> - <center>Shot from "Üvegtigris"</center><br> - <br> - MPlayer is yet to support libcaca directly, but with the following - patch, the <code>-vo sdl:caca</code> MPlayer option will enable - caca video output (if it's monochrome, check the TERM enviroment - variable).<br> - <br> - The patch for the <i>vanilla</i> <b>SDL 1.2.6</b> can be downloaded - here: <a href="../../MPlayer/patches/patch-SDL-1.2.6-deb-caca.diff.bz2">patch-SDL-1.2.6-deb-caca.diff.bz2</a> - <br> +<br> +<a href="http://sam.zoy.org/projects/libcaca/">libcaca</a> is basically +a colored variant of aalib. Although being alpha, it looks very nice. +Some better output drivers, and optimizing is needed, tho.<br> +<br> +<center><a href="../images/shot26.jpg"><img src="../images/shot26s.jpg" alt="libcaca screenshot"></a></center><br> +<center>Shot from "Üvegtigris"</center><br> +<br> +MPlayer is yet to support libcaca directly, but with the following +patch, the <code>-vo sdl:caca</code> MPlayer option will enable +caca video output (if it's monochrome, check the TERM enviroment +variable).<br> +<br> +The patch for the <i>vanilla</i> <b>SDL 1.2.6</b> can be downloaded +here: <a href="../../MPlayer/patches/patch-SDL-1.2.6-deb-caca.diff.bz2">patch-SDL-1.2.6-deb-caca.diff.bz2</a> +<br> @@ -50,28 +50,28 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - From December 17 14:30 until early this morning, our main - server has undergone an OS reinstall (not winXP). The <i>Debian - Woody</i> to <i>Slackware</i> transition did not have much effect on - the CVS service, but the HTTP, FTP and mail services have suffered - slight downtimes. - <br> - We had several reasons for the reinstall: - <ol> - <li>MPlayerHQ was cracked on November 16 17:50, but noticed - 10 minutes later due to some hidden traps. Possibly due to - recent lame Linux kernel vulnerability (greetz to kernel - devs for not publishing details much earlier).</li> - <li>The old OS was installed 3 years ago, so time to clean - up the mess</li> - <li>Debian sucks - that's the opinion of most of the core developers</li> - <li>Mailing migrated from sendmail+qmail combination to - a single postfix installation</li> - </ol> - For further information, read - <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2003-December/022821.html">the mail of A'rpi</a>. - <br> +<br> +From December 17 14:30 until early this morning, our main +server has undergone an OS reinstall (not winXP). The <i>Debian +Woody</i> to <i>Slackware</i> transition did not have much effect on +the CVS service, but the HTTP, FTP and mail services have suffered +slight downtimes. +<br> +We had several reasons for the reinstall: +<ol> + <li>MPlayerHQ was cracked on November 16 17:50, but noticed + 10 minutes later due to some hidden traps. Possibly due to + recent lame Linux kernel vulnerability (greetz to kernel + devs for not publishing details much earlier).</li> + <li>The old OS was installed 3 years ago, so time to clean + up the mess</li> + <li>Debian sucks - that's the opinion of most of the core developers</li> + <li>Mailing migrated from sendmail+qmail combination to + a single postfix installation</li> +</ol> +For further information, read +<a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2003-December/022821.html">the mail of A'rpi</a>. +<br> @@ -94,21 +94,21 @@ posted by Alex </div> - <br> - A huge bug slipped into the release. Pre3 won't compile on big-endian - machines (such as ppc, sparc and m68k).<br> - <br> - Timeline:<br> - <br> - 2003.12.09 05:24 GMT: the bug was <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2003-December/040448.html">discovered</a><br> - 2003.12.09 09:15 GMT: <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-cvslog/2003-December/017687.html">committed</a> the fix into CVS<br> - 2003.12.09 <b>10:00 GMT</b>: our FTP site contains the updated tarballs<br> - <br> - Grab the tarballs from the usual locations, only users of big-endian - machines should update.<br> - <br> - MD5SUM: <b>998becb79417c6a14d15c07e85188b82</b> MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2<br> - <br> +<br> +A huge bug slipped into the release. Pre3 won't compile on big-endian +machines (such as ppc, sparc and m68k).<br> +<br> +Timeline:<br> +<br> +2003.12.09 05:24 GMT: the bug was <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2003-December/040448.html">discovered</a><br> +2003.12.09 09:15 GMT: <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-cvslog/2003-December/017687.html">committed</a> the fix into CVS<br> +2003.12.09 <b>10:00 GMT</b>: our FTP site contains the updated tarballs<br> +<br> +Grab the tarballs from the usual locations, only users of big-endian +machines should update.<br> +<br> +MD5SUM: <b>998becb79417c6a14d15c07e85188b82</b> MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2<br> +<br> @@ -126,32 +126,32 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - Well it's been a while, and we're back in business with a (guess - what) new prerelease. Now with Windows Media Player skin support. - Ok just joking. But the ChangeLog is still very long, actually - just thinking about inserting it and writing all those HTML - tags feels tiresome.<br> - <br> - I'd like to emphasize our newest reverse engineered codec: RealVideo - 2.0 (RV20), with B frames support! Time to move on to RV30.. ;)<br> - <br> - SiS video card users are going to be very pleased with the new - <i>sis_vid</i> Vidix driver! Check out the documentation! Oh, and - by the way: the <i>nvidia_vid</i> driver also got hell a lot of - bugfixing, doublebuffer support for Geforce2, etc etc...<br> - <br> - No doubt many ppl will celebrate one of the new MEncoder features: - the ability to encode the output audio stream with <b>libavcodec</b>!<br> - <br> - Don't hold your breath for even another moment, ChangeLog falls upon - thee from the heavens:<br> - <br> - - <b>MPlayer 1.0pre3: <i>"The Real Counter"</i></b><br> - <br> - <b>DOCS:</b> - <ul> +<br> +Well it's been a while, and we're back in business with a (guess +what) new prerelease. Now with Windows Media Player skin support. +Ok just joking. But the ChangeLog is still very long, actually +just thinking about inserting it and writing all those HTML +tags feels tiresome.<br> +<br> +I'd like to emphasize our newest reverse engineered codec: RealVideo +2.0 (RV20), with B frames support! Time to move on to RV30.. ;)<br> +<br> +SiS video card users are going to be very pleased with the new +<i>sis_vid</i> Vidix driver! Check out the documentation! Oh, and +by the way: the <i>nvidia_vid</i> driver also got hell a lot of +bugfixing, doublebuffer support for Geforce2, etc etc...<br> +<br> +No doubt many ppl will celebrate one of the new MEncoder features: +the ability to encode the output audio stream with <b>libavcodec</b>!<br> +<br> +Don't hold your breath for even another moment, ChangeLog falls upon +thee from the heavens:<br> +<br> + +<b>MPlayer 1.0pre3: <i>"The Real Counter"</i></b><br> +<br> +<b>DOCS:</b> +<ul> <li>all MPlayer and MEncoder options documented</li> <li>all FFmpeg/libavcodec options documented</li> <li>Support for building incomplete XML documentation</li> @@ -161,34 +161,34 @@ <li>Spanish documentation translation finished</li> <li>Macedonian runtime output translation added</li> <li>small improvements and bug fixes all over the place</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>Ports:</b> - <ul> +<b>Ports:</b> +<ul> <li>fixed compilation of Matroska on MinGW32/Cygwin</li> <li>support for detecting non-Intel CPUs under Cygwin</li> <li>sub autoloading under Windows</li> - <li>removed pthread dependency (compiles out of the box on a default NetBSD - install)</li> + <li>removed pthread dependency (compiles out of the box on a default + NetBSD install)</li> <li>more 64 bit fixes</li> <li>a lot of Mac OS X fixes</li> <li>prefer TOOLS/cpuinfo over linuxemu's /proc/cpuinfo under FreeBSD/x86</li> <li>Darwin XMMS libs supported</li> <li>support newer Darwin versions in Altivec detection code</li> <li>support for newer Apple GCCs</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>Codecs and demuxers:</b> - <ul> +<b>Codecs and demuxers:</b> +<ul> <li>better support for (buggy) MEncoder created streams in libmpeg2</li> <li>MPEG-TS demuxer updates</li> <li>fixed the MPEG muxer</li> <li>fixed tons of bugs in MMS streaming</li> <li>user settable http user-agent field</li> <li>improved (now working) seeking with support for growing files in - Realmedia format</li> + Realmedia format</li> <li>saveable and loadable index files (workaround for formats not - supporting files over 2GB)</li> + supporting files over 2GB)</li> <li>Ultimotion VfW decoder</li> <li>support for MMS streams with UTF urls</li> <li>big DVB demuxer update</li> @@ -204,10 +204,10 @@ <li>control functions in OGG demuxer</li> <li>http cookies support</li> <li>LML-M4 MPEG4 capture card raw stream format support</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>Filters:</b> - <ul> +<b>Filters:</b> +<ul> <li>some fixes in the delogo filter</li> <li>optimized eq2 filter</li> <li>weighted gamma support in the eq2 filter</li> @@ -216,10 +216,10 @@ <li>big scale filter updates</li> <li>zrmjpeg filter, a kick-ass mjpeg encoder using FFmpeg/libavcodec</li> <li>filmdint: new inverse telecine filter, heavily mmx and 3dnow optimized</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>FFmpeg/libavcodec:</b> - <ul> +<b>FFmpeg/libavcodec:</b> +<ul> <li>Lagrange multipliers instead of qscale, encoding quality much improved</li> <li>fixed an old bug in MPlayer's support code</li> <li>support wider range of VOLs in H263</li> @@ -267,10 +267,10 @@ <li>H.263 modified quantization support</li> <li>H.263 slice structured mode support</li> <li>Real RV20 decoder (with B-frame support)</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>Drivers:</b> - <ul> +<b>Drivers:</b> +<ul> <li>VIDIX equalizer support in fbdev, svga and vesa</li> <li>VIDIX colorkeying support in fbdev, svga and vesa</li> <li>obsoleted option: -fb</li> @@ -288,18 +288,18 @@ <li>fixed vesa when used together with pthread</li> <li>runtime stay-on-top functionality (in almost all output drivers)</li> <li>ALSA 1.x support</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>SWScaler:</b> - <ul> +<b>SWScaler:</b> +<ul> <li>updated MLib (Sun VIS) support</li> <li>more accurate filters (rounding fixes)</li> <li>MMX optimized UYVY output</li> <li>eliminated chroma scaling bugs</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>Others:</b> - <ul> +<b>Others:</b> +<ul> <li>fixed aspect and geometry</li> <li>fixed compilation when libavcodec is missing (although it's a bad idea)</li> <li>MTRR detection added to TOOLS/cpuinfo</li> @@ -309,33 +309,33 @@ <li>Fontconfig support</li> <li>proper VobSub seeking support</li> <li>removed oldskool libcss support (nobody uses it and has drawbacks)</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>MEncoder:</b> - <ul> +<b>MEncoder:</b> +<ul> <li>FFmpeg/libavcodec audio encoding support</li> <li>exit if there's no video stream (avoids unexpected segfaults)</li> <li>huge bug fixed (missing InitTimer call), screwed up timers in some cases</li> <li>rawyuv (i420) 'encoder'</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <br> - <br> +<br> +<br> - MPlayer 1.0pre3 can be downloaded from the following locations: - <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA2, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Australia, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Bulgaria, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp8.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp://ftp8.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - </ul> +MPlayer 1.0pre3 can be downloaded from the following locations: +<ul> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA2, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Australia, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Bulgaria, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp8.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp://ftp8.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> +</ul> @@ -350,20 +350,20 @@ posted by Diego </div> - <br> - MPlayer has just been voted best multimedia software in this year's - <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2003/12/award/award.html">Linux New Media Award 2003 (German)</a> - by a jury of <a href="http://www.linuxnewmedia.de/en">Linux New Media AG</a> - editors and community members.<br> - <br> - <center> - <a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2003/12/award/award.html"> - <img src="../images/LnmAwardLogo2003.jpg" alt="Linux New Media Award 2003" border=1></a></center> - <br> - MPlayer got 25.8% of the total votes, positioning it slightly ahead of - <a href="http://www.xinehq.de">xine</a>. - <br> - <br> +<br> +MPlayer has just been voted best multimedia software in this year's +<a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2003/12/award/award.html">Linux New Media Award 2003 (German)</a> +by a jury of <a href="http://www.linuxnewmedia.de/en">Linux New Media AG</a> +editors and community members.<br> +<br> +<center> +<a href="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2003/12/award/award.html"> +<img src="../images/LnmAwardLogo2003.jpg" alt="Linux New Media Award 2003" border=1></a></center> +<br> +MPlayer got 25.8% of the total votes, positioning it slightly ahead of +<a href="http://www.xinehq.de">xine</a>. +<br> +<br> @@ -385,33 +385,33 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - Due to the continuing degradation of - <a href="http://sourceforge.net">Sourceforge</a> services' quality, - the decision was made to move <a href="http://ffmpeg.sf.net">FFmpeg</a> - CVS to <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu">MPlayerHQ.hu</a>.<br> - <br> - MPlayer "oldtimer" users may remember the ages when <b>libavcodec</b> - (the codec part of FFmpeg) was developed right inside the MPlayer CVS - tree. The development was moved back to the Sourceforge server, so - other projects - and the main FFmpeg of course - could take advantage - of our developments. But let's get back to our current topic.<br> - <br> - The FFmpeg CVS tree on Sourceforge will - <b><i>cease to exist</i></b> shortly! Other services will stay on - SF for now, but it's highly possible we'll move the mailing list too.<br> - <br> - To checkout the new FFmpeg tree, the following command must be issued:<br> - <br> - <code>cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg</code><br> - <br> - To update an existing checkout, issue the following commands:<br> - <br> - <code> - cd ffmpeg<br> - cvs -z9 update - </code><br> - <br> +<br> +Due to the continuing degradation of +<a href="http://sourceforge.net">Sourceforge</a> services' quality, +the decision was made to move <a href="http://ffmpeg.sf.net">FFmpeg</a> +CVS to <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu">MPlayerHQ.hu</a>.<br> +<br> +MPlayer "oldtimer" users may remember the ages when <b>libavcodec</b> +(the codec part of FFmpeg) was developed right inside the MPlayer CVS +tree. The development was moved back to the Sourceforge server, so +other projects - and the main FFmpeg of course - could take advantage +of our developments. But let's get back to our current topic.<br> +<br> +The FFmpeg CVS tree on Sourceforge will +<b><i>cease to exist</i></b> shortly! Other services will stay on +SF for now, but it's highly possible we'll move the mailing list too.<br> +<br> +To checkout the new FFmpeg tree, the following command must be issued:<br> +<br> +<code>cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg</code><br> +<br> +To update an existing checkout, issue the following commands:<br> +<br> +<code> + cd ffmpeg<br> + cvs -z9 update +</code><br> +<br> @@ -433,54 +433,54 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - The next beta prerelease of 1.0. Test it or leave it.<br> - <br> - <b>NVidia</b> users are going to be pleased with our (rather - <b>Sascha Sommer</b>'s) newest breakthrough: the - <code>nvidia_vid</code> VIDIX driver. It is still in beta stage, - but it is known to work on at least TNT2 and Geforce2.<br> - <br> - You may or may not need to first initialize your card with the - closed-source binary (?) XFree86 NVidia drivers.<br> - <br> - If aye can give ye a hint: assuming you have an NVidia card, try - playing a DIV3 (DivX 3.11) file with the following commandline:<br> - <br> - <pre><code>$ mplayer filename.avi -vc divxds -vo cvidix -vf format=uyvy</code></pre> - <br> - <b>!!SPOILER!!</b>: Yes, you'll experience REAL graphics video playing, - on a REAL text console. Kinda neat, eh?<br> - <br> - Let's see the ChangeLog: - <br> - <b>MPlayer 1.0pre2</b><br> - <br> - <b>Security:</b> - <ul> +<br> +The next beta prerelease of 1.0. Test it or leave it.<br> +<br> +<b>NVidia</b> users are going to be pleased with our (rather +<b>Sascha Sommer</b>'s) newest breakthrough: the +<code>nvidia_vid</code> VIDIX driver. It is still in beta stage, +but it is known to work on at least TNT2 and Geforce2.<br> +<br> +You may or may not need to first initialize your card with the +closed-source binary (?) XFree86 NVidia drivers.<br> +<br> +If aye can give ye a hint: assuming you have an NVidia card, try +playing a DIV3 (DivX 3.11) file with the following commandline:<br> +<br> +<pre><code>$ mplayer filename.avi -vc divxds -vo cvidix -vf format=uyvy</code></pre> +<br> +<b>!!SPOILER!!</b>: Yes, you'll experience REAL graphics video playing, +on a REAL text console. Kinda neat, eh?<br> +<br> +Let's see the ChangeLog: +<br> +<b>MPlayer 1.0pre2</b><br> +<br> +<b>Security:</b> +<ul> <li>remotely exploitable buffer overflow in the asf streaming code fixed</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>DOCS:</b> - <ul> +<b>DOCS:</b> +<ul> <li>Spanish and Russian translations almost finished</li> <li>French, Hungarian, Polish translations updated</li> <li>New Romanian translation started</li> <li>numerous sections updated</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>Ports:</b> - <ul> +<b>Ports:</b> +<ul> <li>initial Amiga/MorphOS (through GeekGadgets) support</li> <li>FreeBSD 5.x (libkse/libthr) support in win32 DLL loader</li> <li>finally fixed the compilation on non-mvi capable alpha CPUs</li> <li>OSD menu now works on MinGW</li> <li>slave mode, vobsub and MEncoder support on Windows</li> <li>MinGW 3.1.0 supports MPlayer out of the box!</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>Codecs and demuxers:</b> - <ul> +<b>Codecs and demuxers:</b> +<ul> <li>support for QuickTime version 6.3 DLLs</li> <li>fixed some bugs in imported FAAD</li> <li>disabled internal FAAD when using buggy GCC</li> @@ -494,18 +494,18 @@ <li>fixed some demuxers which read after the EOF</li> <li>better RTP synchronisation</li> <li>FLAC support through imported libmpflac</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>Filters:</b> - <ul> +<b>Filters:</b> +<ul> <li>new delogo filter (for removing TV channel logos)</li> <li>presets support in swscaler filter</li> <li>new audio filter export, for supporting visual effect applications</li> <li>correct select handling in bmovl filter</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>FFmpeg/libavcodec:</b> - <ul> +<b>FFmpeg/libavcodec:</b> +<ul> <li>better divx/xvid bug detection code</li> <li>Id RoQ decoder</li> <li>Interplay MVE decoder</li> @@ -522,10 +522,10 @@ <li>new options: mv0, cbp</li> <li>DV video encoder</li> <li>MPEG1 now works with Trellis quantization</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>Faad2:</b> - <ul> +<b>Faad2:</b> +<ul> <li>synced to latest CVS</li> <li>HE_AAC profile added</li> <li>SBR QMF improvements</li> @@ -533,10 +533,10 @@ <li>Covariance speedup</li> <li>reduced memory usage</li> <li>overall cleanups and fixes</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>Drivers:</b> - <ul> +<b>Drivers:</b> +<ul> <li>VIDIX driver for nVidia cards</li> <li>VIDIX and libdha ported to Windows</li> <li>SDL on IRIX support</li> @@ -548,32 +548,32 @@ <li>OSD fixed with svga</li> <li>new cvidix and winvidix drivers</li> <li>user settable colorkey</li> - </ul> +</ul> - <b>Others:</b> - <ul> +<b>Others:</b> +<ul> <li>several leak fixes</li> <li>selecting optimizations for PPC 7455 CPU</li> <li>CPU detection code now measures speed on x86</li> <li>unrarlib cleaned up a bit</li> <li>updated the list of known x86 CPUs (including Opteron!)</li> <li>alignment and smart line splitting option on subtitles</li> - </ul> +</ul> - MPlayer 1.0pre2 can be downloaded from the following locations: - <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA2, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Australia, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> - </ul> - <br> +MPlayer 1.0pre2 can be downloaded from the following locations: +<ul> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA2, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Australia, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre2.tar.bz2</a></li> +</ul> +<br> @@ -595,58 +595,58 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - <b>Severity:</b><br> - HIGH (if playing ASX streaming content)<br> - LOW (if playing only normal files)<br> - <br> - <b>Description:</b><br> - A remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability was found in MPlayer. - A malicious host can craft a harmful ASX header, and trick MPlayer - into executing arbitrary code upon parsing that header.<br> - <br> - <b>MPlayer versions affected:</b><br> - MPlayer 0.90pre series<br> - MPlayer 0.90rc series<br> - MPlayer 0.90<br> - MPlayer 0.91<br> - MPlayer 1.0pre1<br> - <br> - <b>MPlayer versions unaffected:</b><br> - MPlayer releases before 0.90pre1<br> - MPlayer 0.92<br> - MPlayer HEAD CVS<br> - <br> - <b>Notification status:</b><br> - Developers were notified on <b>2003.09.24</b> (by <b><a href="mailto:HOtero@lanchile.cl">Otero Hernan</a></b>)<br> - Fix was commited into HEAD CVS at <b>2003.09.25 02:36:36 CEST</b><br> - <i>MPlayer 0.92 (vuln-fix-only release)</i> was released on <b>2003.09.25 - 12:00:00 CEST</b><br> - <br> - <b>Patch availability:</b><br> - A patch is available for all vulnerable versions - <a href="../../MPlayer/patches/vuln01-fix.diff">here</a>.<br> - <br> - <b>Suggested upgrading methods:</b><br> - MPlayer 1.0pre1 users should upgrade to <b>latest CVS</b><br> - MPlayer 0.91 (and below) users should upgrade to <b>0.92</b> OR - <b>latest CVS</b><br> - <br> - MPlayer 0.92 can be downloaded from the following sites: - <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA2, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Australia, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Finland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www7.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://www7.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> - </ul> - <br> +<br> +<b>Severity:</b><br> +HIGH (if playing ASX streaming content)<br> +LOW (if playing only normal files)<br> +<br> +<b>Description:</b><br> +A remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability was found in MPlayer. +A malicious host can craft a harmful ASX header, and trick MPlayer +into executing arbitrary code upon parsing that header.<br> +<br> +<b>MPlayer versions affected:</b><br> +MPlayer 0.90pre series<br> +MPlayer 0.90rc series<br> +MPlayer 0.90<br> +MPlayer 0.91<br> +MPlayer 1.0pre1<br> +<br> +<b>MPlayer versions unaffected:</b><br> +MPlayer releases before 0.90pre1<br> +MPlayer 0.92<br> +MPlayer HEAD CVS<br> +<br> +<b>Notification status:</b><br> +Developers were notified on <b>2003.09.24</b> (by <b><a href="mailto:HOtero@lanchile.cl">Otero Hernan</a></b>)<br> +Fix was commited into HEAD CVS at <b>2003.09.25 02:36:36 CEST</b><br> +<i>MPlayer 0.92 (vuln-fix-only release)</i> was released on <b>2003.09.25 +12:00:00 CEST</b><br> +<br> +<b>Patch availability:</b><br> +A patch is available for all vulnerable versions +<a href="../../MPlayer/patches/vuln01-fix.diff">here</a>.<br> +<br> +<b>Suggested upgrading methods:</b><br> +MPlayer 1.0pre1 users should upgrade to <b>latest CVS</b><br> +MPlayer 0.91 (and below) users should upgrade to <b>0.92</b> OR +<b>latest CVS</b><br> +<br> +MPlayer 0.92 can be downloaded from the following sites: +<ul> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA2, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Australia, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Finland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www7.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2">http://www7.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.92.tar.bz2</a></li> +</ul> +<br> @@ -668,183 +668,183 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - This pre-release is the first piece of the pre-1.0 bugfixing series, - leading straight towards the upcoming 1.0 final version. - Please note: this tarball is <b>NOT</b> developed from the obsoleted - 0.90 or 0.91 series, but from the <b>HEAD</b> development branch, which - was forked from the 0.90rc4 pre-release.<br> - <br> - Please test it as much as you can, and report any bugs you stumble - upon!<br> - <br> - We're looking for people who could maintain (not just momentarily - translate) Polish, Norwegian, Romanian, Dutch and Turkish - documentation.<br> - <br> - Let's see the Changelog. Pretty small, ain't it..?<br> - <br> - <b>MPlayer 1.0pre1 -- "Development" on the beach</b><br> - <br> - DOCS: - <ul> - <li>DOCS/Language/ dirs renamed to DOCS/id, English files moved to DOCS/en</li> - <li>HTML --> XML format conversion (English, Russian and French for now)</li> - <li>new Spanish DOCS translation</li> - <li>man page restructured, options ordered</li> - <li>Finally merged libavc-option.txt into the man page.</li> - <li>slave mode commands moved from the man page to DOCS/tech/</li> - <li>traditional Chinese help file added</li> - <li>massive help file updates, most languages are up to date now</li> - <li>new and improved Windows port section with Cygwin and MinGW subsections</li> - <li>almost all options documented</li> - <li>fixes and small updates all over the place</li> - </ul> - - Big/Structural changes: - <ul> - <li>linux/ dir renamed to osdep/</li> - <li>postproc/postproc* files moved to libavcodec</li> - <li>old libmpeg2 replaced with patched version of the 0.3.1 release</li> - <li>docs priority & installation (--language=ab,cd,ef,all and so on)</li> - <li>yuv2rgb conversion removed from most vo drivers (like fbdev, gif89 etc)</li> - <li>-vop option obsoleted by reverse-order -vf, big config layer changes</li> - <li>stream layer "cleanup", -dvd -> dvd:// etc</li> - <li>autosub fuzziness, it tries to load all subs with similar filenames</li> - <li>removed the whole old config reader, leaving only the newer one - (no backward compatibilty!)</li> - </ul> - - Ports: - <ul> - <li>HP-UX fixes</li> - <li>Ported to Darwin / Mac OS X (with extra accurate Darwin timers)</li> - <li>Ported to Win32/MinGW (including network, timers, getch etc)</li> - <li>win32 codecs DLL support on Win32/Cygwin (and MinGW too!)</li> - <li>Lots of PPC (including Altivec) optimizations</li> - <li>Some ARM fixes</li> - <li>Alpha fixes (especially non-gcc3 support)</li> - <li>Initial Hitachi SuperH support (SH3/SH4)</li> - </ul> - - Codecs/demuxers support: - <ul> - <li>realaudio win32 DLLs support</li> - <li>various realaudio/realvideo fixes, including WxH bugs, Sipr etc</li> - <li>various realmedia a-v sync fixes</li> - <li>realaudio v4 demuxer</li> - <li>realaudio 14_4 and 28_8 codecs support (both binary DLLs and native code)</li> - <li>realmedia rtsp:// support (independent from the live.com rtsp stuff!)</li> - <li>Matroska demuxer</li> - <li>demuxer: enabling mpeg4-es autodetection, h264-es support</li> - <li>.wav extradata parsing (for truespeech, atrac3 etc)</li> - <li>MPEG-TS (Transport Stream) and TIVO demuxers</li> - <li>DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) input driver</li> - <li>hwac3: DTS passthru support</li> - <li>new filters: down3dright, detc, telecine, tfields, ilpack, ivtc, dsize, tinterlace, - pullup (mmx optimized!), framestep, tile</li> - <li>vf layer: slices support (crop, expand, swscale only)</li> - <li>vf scale aspect fixes</li> - <li>swscaler: cleanup & API change, yv12 -> yuy2 in alpha asm, -fPIC compileable</li> - <li>swscaler: brightness/cont/sat. and different YUV matrices support</li> - <li>NUV encoding</li> - <li>SGI image files decoding (-mf)</li> - <li>Theora video (using libtheora/libogg) support</li> - <li>DivX.com 5.0.5 libs support</li> - <li>support for latest XviD en/decoder features</li> - <li>decoder for Hauppauge PVR 250/350 MB-YUV format (fourcc HM12)</li> - <li>support for Vanguard's win32 h264 etc codecs</li> - <li>Video for Linux 1: various bugfixes, video eq support</li> - <li>Video for Linux 2 support</li> - <li>TV support: kick-ass image format handling</li> - <li>mp3lib: moved the assembly sources into gcc inline assembly (c)</li> - <li>mp3lib: sync with mpg123 0.59s-pre</li> - <li>mp3lib: final layer-1 support</li> - <li>mp3lib: skip trashed first mp3 frame, fixes lot of buggy/misdetected files</li> - <li>imported a working FAAD version</li> - <li>8BPS (Planar RGB) support</li> - <li>working DVD (libmpdvdkit) support for Cygwin/MinGW</li> - </ul> - - FFmpeg/libavcodec: - <ul> - <li>libavcodec: static,const,compiler warning cleanup, UINTX -> uintx_t</li> - <li>old HuffYUV v1 support</li> - <li>PAL 4:1:1 SMPTE 314M DV streams support, NTSC DV last MB column fix</li> - <li>fixing padding bug autodetection for some rare files</li> - <li>DspContext.(i)dct_* bitexact cleanup</li> - <li>user settable quantizer bias</li> - <li>MPEG1 slice encoding support</li> - <li>MSMPEG4 2-pass support</li> - <li>H264 video decoding</li> - <li>Indeo 3 video decoding</li> - <li>VP3 video decoder (buggy somtimes)</li> - <li>Sorenson 3 (SVQ3) video decoder (it's actually a h264 variant)</li> - <li>3IV1 (3ivx v1) decoding</li> - <li>ASV1 (ASUS Video v1) and ASV2 (ASUS Video v2) en/decoding</li> - <li>Improved SVQ1 decoding (using FFmpeg VLC functions)</li> - <li>truncated unary binarization, unary k-th order exp golomb binarization :)</li> - <li>FFV1: lossless YUV codec, compresses a lot better than huffyuv, but slower</li> - <li>lossless MJPEG en/decoding, pegasus "pseudo yuv" (=RCT) decoding</li> - <li>ATI VCR1 and VCR2 decoding</li> - <li>full featured SH4 optimizations</li> - <li>ARM optimized simple_idct</li> - <li>MPEG2 encoding</li> - <li>PSX MDEC decoder</li> - <li>user settable quantization matrices</li> - </ul> - - Drivers: - <ul> - <li>x11_common: fix detection of metacity</li> - <li>x11_common: 10l fix in original layer detection code</li> - <li>x11_common: extended fstype config options</li> - <li>x11_common: smooth window moving</li> - <li>tdfx_vid driver (3dfx cards overlay with AGP support)</li> - <li>vo_xover: general x11 overlay driver, currently only tdfx_vid uses it</li> - <li>mga_vid: various fixes, 16MB G400 detection, support for multiple cards</li> - <li>new svgalib vo driver</li> - <li>vo_directfb2: triple buffering support, configuration sys changed, fixes</li> - <li>OpenGL driver cleanups/fixes (both vo_gl and vo_gl2)</li> - <li>vo_fbdev cleanup/partial rewrite, now with real direct rendering</li> - <li>vo_xvmc: new driver featuring XvMC (HW MC/IDCT) acceleration</li> - <li>new TGA output driver</li> - <li>new vo_fbdev2 (written from scratch)</li> - </ul> - - Others: - <ul> - <li>gcc can now detect badly called mp_msg()s</li> - <li>a lot of config/cmdline parsing fixes (some of them were at least 100000l bugs)</li> - <li>configure: enable VIDIX for PPC</li> - <li>configure: full featured PPC optimizations and rewritten architecture handling</li> - <li>spudec.c: Fix "invalid fragment" handling, Improved subtitle queueing</li> - <li>network streaming layer: IPv6 support</li> - <li>FTP support</li> - <li>playtree parsing speedup :)</li> - <li>various URL parsing fixes</li> - <li>crashing on broken config files finally fixed!</li> - <li>GUI: PPC (reverse byteorder) fixes</li> - <li>GUI: revert to 'default' skin if configured skin failed</li> - <li>TOOLS/plotpsnr.pl: PSNR plotting tool using gnuplot </li> - <li>DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt: MPCF/NUT draft/specification</li> - <li>TVout/matroxtv: various improvements</li> - <li>spelling/grammar fixes in numerous files</li> - </ul> - MPlayer 1.0pre1 can be downloaded from the following locations: - <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA2, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Australia, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> - </ul> - <br> +<br> +This pre-release is the first piece of the pre-1.0 bugfixing series, +leading straight towards the upcoming 1.0 final version. +Please note: this tarball is <b>NOT</b> developed from the obsoleted +0.90 or 0.91 series, but from the <b>HEAD</b> development branch, which +was forked from the 0.90rc4 pre-release.<br> +<br> +Please test it as much as you can, and report any bugs you stumble +upon!<br> +<br> +We're looking for people who could maintain (not just momentarily +translate) Polish, Norwegian, Romanian, Dutch and Turkish +documentation.<br> +<br> +Let's see the Changelog. Pretty small, ain't it..?<br> +<br> +<b>MPlayer 1.0pre1 -- "Development" on the beach</b><br> +<br> +DOCS: +<ul> + <li>DOCS/Language/ dirs renamed to DOCS/id, English files moved to DOCS/en</li> + <li>HTML --> XML format conversion (English, Russian and French for now)</li> + <li>new Spanish DOCS translation</li> + <li>man page restructured, options ordered</li> + <li>Finally merged libavc-option.txt into the man page.</li> + <li>slave mode commands moved from the man page to DOCS/tech/</li> + <li>traditional Chinese help file added</li> + <li>massive help file updates, most languages are up to date now</li> + <li>new and improved Windows port section with Cygwin and MinGW subsections</li> + <li>almost all options documented</li> + <li>fixes and small updates all over the place</li> +</ul> + +Big/Structural changes: +<ul> + <li>linux/ dir renamed to osdep/</li> + <li>postproc/postproc* files moved to libavcodec</li> + <li>old libmpeg2 replaced with patched version of the 0.3.1 release</li> + <li>docs priority & installation (--language=ab,cd,ef,all and so on)</li> + <li>yuv2rgb conversion removed from most vo drivers (like fbdev, gif89 etc)</li> + <li>-vop option obsoleted by reverse-order -vf, big config layer changes</li> + <li>stream layer "cleanup", -dvd -> dvd:// etc</li> + <li>autosub fuzziness, it tries to load all subs with similar filenames</li> + <li>removed the whole old config reader, leaving only the newer one + (no backward compatibilty!)</li> +</ul> + +Ports: +<ul> + <li>HP-UX fixes</li> + <li>Ported to Darwin / Mac OS X (with extra accurate Darwin timers)</li> + <li>Ported to Win32/MinGW (including network, timers, getch etc)</li> + <li>win32 codecs DLL support on Win32/Cygwin (and MinGW too!)</li> + <li>Lots of PPC (including Altivec) optimizations</li> + <li>Some ARM fixes</li> + <li>Alpha fixes (especially non-gcc3 support)</li> + <li>Initial Hitachi SuperH support (SH3/SH4)</li> +</ul> + +Codecs/demuxers support: +<ul> + <li>realaudio win32 DLLs support</li> + <li>various realaudio/realvideo fixes, including WxH bugs, Sipr etc</li> + <li>various realmedia a-v sync fixes</li> + <li>realaudio v4 demuxer</li> + <li>realaudio 14_4 and 28_8 codecs support (both binary DLLs and native code)</li> + <li>realmedia rtsp:// support (independent from the live.com rtsp stuff!)</li> + <li>Matroska demuxer</li> + <li>demuxer: enabling mpeg4-es autodetection, h264-es support</li> + <li>.wav extradata parsing (for truespeech, atrac3 etc)</li> + <li>MPEG-TS (Transport Stream) and TIVO demuxers</li> + <li>DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) input driver</li> + <li>hwac3: DTS passthru support</li> + <li>new filters: down3dright, detc, telecine, tfields, ilpack, ivtc, dsize, tinterlace, + pullup (mmx optimized!), framestep, tile</li> + <li>vf layer: slices support (crop, expand, swscale only)</li> + <li>vf scale aspect fixes</li> + <li>swscaler: cleanup & API change, yv12 -> yuy2 in alpha asm, -fPIC compileable</li> + <li>swscaler: brightness/cont/sat. and different YUV matrices support</li> + <li>NUV encoding</li> + <li>SGI image files decoding (-mf)</li> + <li>Theora video (using libtheora/libogg) support</li> + <li>DivX.com 5.0.5 libs support</li> + <li>support for latest XviD en/decoder features</li> + <li>decoder for Hauppauge PVR 250/350 MB-YUV format (fourcc HM12)</li> + <li>support for Vanguard's win32 h264 etc codecs</li> + <li>Video for Linux 1: various bugfixes, video eq support</li> + <li>Video for Linux 2 support</li> + <li>TV support: kick-ass image format handling</li> + <li>mp3lib: moved the assembly sources into gcc inline assembly (c)</li> + <li>mp3lib: sync with mpg123 0.59s-pre</li> + <li>mp3lib: final layer-1 support</li> + <li>mp3lib: skip trashed first mp3 frame, fixes lot of buggy/misdetected files</li> + <li>imported a working FAAD version</li> + <li>8BPS (Planar RGB) support</li> + <li>working DVD (libmpdvdkit) support for Cygwin/MinGW</li> +</ul> + +FFmpeg/libavcodec: +<ul> + <li>libavcodec: static,const,compiler warning cleanup, UINTX -> uintx_t</li> + <li>old HuffYUV v1 support</li> + <li>PAL 4:1:1 SMPTE 314M DV streams support, NTSC DV last MB column fix</li> + <li>fixing padding bug autodetection for some rare files</li> + <li>DspContext.(i)dct_* bitexact cleanup</li> + <li>user settable quantizer bias</li> + <li>MPEG1 slice encoding support</li> + <li>MSMPEG4 2-pass support</li> + <li>H264 video decoding</li> + <li>Indeo 3 video decoding</li> + <li>VP3 video decoder (buggy somtimes)</li> + <li>Sorenson 3 (SVQ3) video decoder (it's actually a h264 variant)</li> + <li>3IV1 (3ivx v1) decoding</li> + <li>ASV1 (ASUS Video v1) and ASV2 (ASUS Video v2) en/decoding</li> + <li>Improved SVQ1 decoding (using FFmpeg VLC functions)</li> + <li>truncated unary binarization, unary k-th order exp golomb binarization :)</li> + <li>FFV1: lossless YUV codec, compresses a lot better than huffyuv, but slower</li> + <li>lossless MJPEG en/decoding, pegasus "pseudo yuv" (=RCT) decoding</li> + <li>ATI VCR1 and VCR2 decoding</li> + <li>full featured SH4 optimizations</li> + <li>ARM optimized simple_idct</li> + <li>MPEG2 encoding</li> + <li>PSX MDEC decoder</li> + <li>user settable quantization matrices</li> +</ul> + +Drivers: +<ul> + <li>x11_common: fix detection of metacity</li> + <li>x11_common: 10l fix in original layer detection code</li> + <li>x11_common: extended fstype config options</li> + <li>x11_common: smooth window moving</li> + <li>tdfx_vid driver (3dfx cards overlay with AGP support)</li> + <li>vo_xover: general x11 overlay driver, currently only tdfx_vid uses it</li> + <li>mga_vid: various fixes, 16MB G400 detection, support for multiple cards</li> + <li>new svgalib vo driver</li> + <li>vo_directfb2: triple buffering support, configuration sys changed, fixes</li> + <li>OpenGL driver cleanups/fixes (both vo_gl and vo_gl2)</li> + <li>vo_fbdev cleanup/partial rewrite, now with real direct rendering</li> + <li>vo_xvmc: new driver featuring XvMC (HW MC/IDCT) acceleration</li> + <li>new TGA output driver</li> + <li>new vo_fbdev2 (written from scratch)</li> +</ul> + +Others: +<ul> + <li>gcc can now detect badly called mp_msg()s</li> + <li>a lot of config/cmdline parsing fixes (some of them were at least 100000l bugs)</li> + <li>configure: enable VIDIX for PPC</li> + <li>configure: full featured PPC optimizations and rewritten architecture handling</li> + <li>spudec.c: Fix "invalid fragment" handling, Improved subtitle queueing</li> + <li>network streaming layer: IPv6 support</li> + <li>FTP support</li> + <li>playtree parsing speedup :)</li> + <li>various URL parsing fixes</li> + <li>crashing on broken config files finally fixed!</li> + <li>GUI: PPC (reverse byteorder) fixes</li> + <li>GUI: revert to 'default' skin if configured skin failed</li> + <li>TOOLS/plotpsnr.pl: PSNR plotting tool using gnuplot </li> + <li>DOCS/tech/mpcf.txt: MPCF/NUT draft/specification</li> + <li>TVout/matroxtv: various improvements</li> + <li>spelling/grammar fixes in numerous files</li> +</ul> +MPlayer 1.0pre1 can be downloaded from the following locations: +<ul> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA2, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Australia, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre1.tar.bz2</a></li> +</ul> +<br> @@ -866,21 +866,21 @@ posted by Alex </div> - <br> - As you already know, we are planning to release MPlayer 1.0pre1. This - won't be a <i>normal release</i>, at least it won't be similar to the - older ones. It's special because it's intended to help the <b>bug - hunting</b> and provide a technology preview, to show what we can do - now.<br> - <br> - Now all of you probably ask what we can do?<br> - <ul> +<br> +As you already know, we are planning to release MPlayer 1.0pre1. This +won't be a <i>normal release</i>, at least it won't be similar to the +older ones. It's special because it's intended to help the <b>bug +hunting</b> and provide a technology preview, to show what we can do +now.<br> +<br> +Now all of you probably ask what we can do?<br> +<ul> <li>Support of all the widespread codecs with <i>libavcodec</i>, - that means, that no binary codecs are needed! (the new codecs are - <b>H264</b>, Indeo3, <b>Sorenson3</b>, VP3, 3ivx, FFv1, ASV1, - VCR1/VCR2)</li> + that means, that no binary codecs are needed! (the new codecs are + <b>H264</b>, Indeo3, <b>Sorenson3</b>, VP3, 3ivx, FFv1, ASV1, + VCR1/VCR2)</li> <li>Only the newer RealMedia files' (and some QuickTime audio codecs') - playback requires binary codecs</li> + playback requires binary codecs</li> <li><b>More stable</b> than ever</li> <li>Cleaner source code (although G2 will be much cleaner)</li> <li>Support for MPEG-TS (Transport Stream), <b>DVB</b> and TIVO</li> @@ -888,35 +888,35 @@ <li>Unique support for <b>Matroska</b></li> <li>Support for <b>Theora</b></li> <li>Almost complete <b>native Windows</b> (<i>MinGW</i>) <b>port</b>, - help and testing is appreciated</li> - </ul> - You can view the current ChangeLog in CVS <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/main/ChangeLog?rev=1.52&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup"> - here</a><br> - <br> - And what about that <b>bug hunting</b> you mentioned?<br> - <br> - We plan switching on all the problematic parts of the source, so we - can find most of the bugs which were hidden so far. For example - the command line / config parsing routines have had some features - switched off because they weren't tested yet.<br> - <br> - Ohh, before I forget, have I mentioned that we are planning to organize - a <b>bug hunting party</b>?<br> - <br> - We await lots of coders, you can join the thread on the mailing list, - <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2003-August/020095.html"> - it starts here</a>.<br> - And I want to ask all of you, dear users, to - send <b>real</b> bug reports to the <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">mplayer-users mailing list</a> - (after reading the documentation and the bug reports section, which you - can find - <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html">here</a>). - Add <i>[BUG]</i> to the subject line, if you want to get your bug - really fixed! This applies to all the bugs that were reported in the - last weeks, which haven't been fixed yet.<br> - <br> - And now, all I can say is: long live MPlayer!<br> - <br> + help and testing is appreciated</li> +</ul> +You can view the current ChangeLog in CVS <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/main/ChangeLog?rev=1.52&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup"> +here</a><br> +<br> +And what about that <b>bug hunting</b> you mentioned?<br> +<br> +We plan switching on all the problematic parts of the source, so we +can find most of the bugs which were hidden so far. For example +the command line / config parsing routines have had some features +switched off because they weren't tested yet.<br> +<br> +Ohh, before I forget, have I mentioned that we are planning to organize +a <b>bug hunting party</b>?<br> +<br> +We await lots of coders, you can join the thread on the mailing list, +<a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2003-August/020095.html"> +it starts here</a>.<br> +And I want to ask all of you, dear users, to +send <b>real</b> bug reports to the <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">mplayer-users mailing list</a> +(after reading the documentation and the bug reports section, which you +can find +<a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html">here</a>). +Add <i>[BUG]</i> to the subject line, if you want to get your bug +really fixed! This applies to all the bugs that were reported in the +last weeks, which haven't been fixed yet.<br> +<br> +And now, all I can say is: long live MPlayer!<br> +<br> @@ -938,79 +938,79 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - This is a surprise release. If you've payed attention to the MPlayer - news, you know that we've been continuously maintaining the 0.90 - codebase, backporting fixes from the <i>'main'</i> branch.<br> - <br> - This is the last release from that branch. We don't have the manpower - to maintain it any longer, nor has it any sense. This release - <i>does not contain recent new features of the <b>'main'</b> branch</i>, - like opensource <b>Sorenson 3</b>, and others!!! Consider this as a - bugfix release for <i>MPlayer v0.90</i>, and be ready for - <i><b>MPlayer v1.0pre1 in just a few days</b></i>!!!<br> - <br> - The ChangeLog:<br> - <br> - DOCS: - <ul> - <li>French, Hungarian, Chinese translation updated</li> - <li>console output translations updated</li> - <li>numerous fixes in HTML documentation</li> - <li>fixes, clarifications in the man page</li> - <li>wishlist updated :)</li> - <li>Polish documentation removed (outdated)</li> - <li>Norwegian, Romanian, and Turkish help files removed (outdated)</li> - </ul> - Fixes: - <ul> - <li>small fix for sp5x video codec</li> - <li>menu pause bug fixed</li> - <li>detc video filter improved</li> - <li>fixes in video output driver zr</li> - <li>fixes in video output driver directx</li> - <li>fixes in video output driver sdl</li> - <li>fixes in video output driver vesa - (multiple init support)</li> - <li>midentify works again</li> - <li>TOOLS/matroxtv enhanced and fixed</li> - <li>now every binary codec is searched in $PREFIX/codecs directory - (--with-codecsdir)</li> - <li>K6/2+ and K6/3+ detection support</li> - <li>Mono PCM streamcopy fixed in MEncoder</li> - <li>bigendian OSD fix</li> - <li>SIGBUS error fixed on HPUX 11.00</li> - <li>default fps fixed in NTSC v4l</li> - <li>definition fix ported from libdvdread main branch</li> - <li>configure option --enable-qtx-codecs renamed to --enable-qtx</li> - <li>a crash fixed in command line parser</li> - <li>fix in MMS streaming</li> - <li>crash with invalid config file fixed</li> - <li>metacity support</li> - </ul> - Porting: - <ul> - <li>QT audio decoder now compiles on MacOSX</li> - <li>compile and crash fixes in MOV demuxer, for Cygwin</li> - <li>some Cygwin compilation fixes</li> - <li>OpenBSD support in RealVideo and RealAudio</li> - </ul> - - MPlayer 0.91 can be downloaded from the following locations: - <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA2, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Australia, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> - </ul> +<br> +This is a surprise release. If you've payed attention to the MPlayer +news, you know that we've been continuously maintaining the 0.90 +codebase, backporting fixes from the <i>'main'</i> branch.<br> +<br> +This is the last release from that branch. We don't have the manpower +to maintain it any longer, nor has it any sense. This release +<i>does not contain recent new features of the <b>'main'</b> branch</i>, +like opensource <b>Sorenson 3</b>, and others!!! Consider this as a +bugfix release for <i>MPlayer v0.90</i>, and be ready for +<i><b>MPlayer v1.0pre1 in just a few days</b></i>!!!<br> +<br> +The ChangeLog:<br> +<br> +DOCS: +<ul> + <li>French, Hungarian, Chinese translation updated</li> + <li>console output translations updated</li> + <li>numerous fixes in HTML documentation</li> + <li>fixes, clarifications in the man page</li> + <li>wishlist updated :)</li> + <li>Polish documentation removed (outdated)</li> + <li>Norwegian, Romanian, and Turkish help files removed (outdated)</li> +</ul> +Fixes: +<ul> + <li>small fix for sp5x video codec</li> + <li>menu pause bug fixed</li> + <li>detc video filter improved</li> + <li>fixes in video output driver zr</li> + <li>fixes in video output driver directx</li> + <li>fixes in video output driver sdl</li> + <li>fixes in video output driver vesa + (multiple init support)</li> + <li>midentify works again</li> + <li>TOOLS/matroxtv enhanced and fixed</li> + <li>now every binary codec is searched in $PREFIX/codecs directory + (--with-codecsdir)</li> + <li>K6/2+ and K6/3+ detection support</li> + <li>Mono PCM streamcopy fixed in MEncoder</li> + <li>bigendian OSD fix</li> + <li>SIGBUS error fixed on HPUX 11.00</li> + <li>default fps fixed in NTSC v4l</li> + <li>definition fix ported from libdvdread main branch</li> + <li>configure option --enable-qtx-codecs renamed to --enable-qtx</li> + <li>a crash fixed in command line parser</li> + <li>fix in MMS streaming</li> + <li>crash with invalid config file fixed</li> + <li>metacity support</li> +</ul> +Porting: +<ul> + <li>QT audio decoder now compiles on MacOSX</li> + <li>compile and crash fixes in MOV demuxer, for Cygwin</li> + <li>some Cygwin compilation fixes</li> + <li>OpenBSD support in RealVideo and RealAudio</li> +</ul> + +MPlayer 0.91 can be downloaded from the following locations: +<ul> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">http://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> +<li>USA2, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">http://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp5.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Australia, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp6.mplayerhq.hu/pub/mplayer/releases/MPlayer-0.91.tar.bz2</a></li> +</ul> - <br> +<br> @@ -1032,37 +1032,37 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - Everyone is obsessed about MPlayer G2. But what about our good old - companion, <b>MPlayer G1</b>? Well, not much. Honestly. If you have - ever listened to what we were saying you know that there are currently - two G1 branches: - <ol> - <li><b>0_90</b> - which is the 0.90 version, plus critical bug - fixes. This is probably our most stable version at the - present, however it is also the most featureless. It doesn't - even include Sorenson 3. A new release from this particular - branch has already been scheduled since months, but it was - always delayed in the end. My opinion is: it doesn't even - worth a release.<br> - <br> - Currently the maintainers and release coordinators for this - branch are me, and Diego Biurrun (yo diego!;). Expect <i>MPlayer - 0.91</i> to born from here.</li> - <li><b>main</b> - the ordinary head development branch. Most - features. Most unstable. Least A'rpi :) Definitely a must-use - branch. So. We don't have even the slightest idea about this - branch. No release timeframe, not even a common agreement on - version numbering.<br> - <br> - Alex is the maintainer of this branch, however he says he's - away all the summer, going out with girlz to the beach, so - mostly Diego and I are helping him in introducing new 10l - bugs all the time. Maybe it will be <i>0.99</i> (but Alex - prefers a lower number). Keep reading this news in the - following days to get informed.</li> - </ol> - <br> +<br> +Everyone is obsessed about MPlayer G2. But what about our good old +companion, <b>MPlayer G1</b>? Well, not much. Honestly. If you have +ever listened to what we were saying you know that there are currently +two G1 branches: +<ol> + <li><b>0_90</b> - which is the 0.90 version, plus critical bug + fixes. This is probably our most stable version at the + present, however it is also the most featureless. It doesn't + even include Sorenson 3. A new release from this particular + branch has already been scheduled since months, but it was + always delayed in the end. My opinion is: it doesn't even + worth a release.<br> + <br> + Currently the maintainers and release coordinators for this + branch are me, and Diego Biurrun (yo diego!;). Expect <i>MPlayer + 0.91</i> to born from here.</li> + <li><b>main</b> - the ordinary head development branch. Most + features. Most unstable. Least A'rpi :) Definitely a must-use + branch. So. We don't have even the slightest idea about this + branch. No release timeframe, not even a common agreement on + version numbering.<br> + <br> + Alex is the maintainer of this branch, however he says he's + away all the summer, going out with girlz to the beach, so + mostly Diego and I are helping him in introducing new 10l + bugs all the time. Maybe it will be <i>0.99</i> (but Alex + prefers a lower number). Keep reading this news in the + following days to get informed.</li> +</ol> +<br> @@ -1084,56 +1084,59 @@ posted by A'rpi </div> - <br> - According to the latest - <a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/31/"> - DWN (Debian Weekly News)</a>, Debian people are again - considering packaging MPlayer. Since they are even more - paranoid than SuSE, they will "of course" cripple it by removing - most of the native codecs (starting with libavcodec) and also most - files with no nice GPL header included, rendering the player unusable.<br> - <br> - <center> - <a href="http://www.suse.de/us/private/products/suse_linux/i386/packages_personal/mplayer.html"> - <img src="../images/susewarning.png" alt="SuSE warning" border=1></a></center><br> - <br> - I think that including an unusable build of an application is even - worse than not packaging it at all. It is not only valueless for the - users (they will have to remove it and compile the source of the - original version), but it gives the application a bad reputation, - i.e. advertising it as a useless player being incapable of even - playing a simple small file, or an unencrypted DVD (with AC3 sound)... - Unfortunately most users won't notice the small comments in - distribution specific files (like README.SuSE, or README.Debian) and - will tell their friends, magazines (which occasionally write - distro reviews) and post on portals/forums that it is a very - bad, broken, unusable application.<br> - <br> - We keep receiving bug reports from users telling us MPlayer on SuSE - is unable to play file XYZ but for example his friend can play the - same file on Red Hat. It's boring to explain to them over and over - again, that SuSE (and soon Debian) comes with a crippled MPlayer, and - they have to completely delete the package, and compile it from the - original source, if they want to play any files...<br> - <br> - Note, that they also patch MPlayer code to hell, resulting in new bugs - and side-effects we are unable to reproduce (with the original source). - They should send the patches to us, so we can review and apply the - correct fixes and tell them about the problems with the rest.<br> - <br> - I (A'rpi) want to ask all of those distributions to consider - dropping MPlayer packages completely instead of shipping unusable - crippled files! Our motto: if you can't do it right, you better - don't do it at all! Users can still download the sources and - compile them at their own responsibilty. We do know the legal issues - well, but since the whole multimedia industry is completely covered by - various patents, it's <i>impossible</i> to create a decent - <i>free</i> multimedia player without breaking most of these - patents. I'm even considering patenting my A-V sync algorithms used - in MPlayer G2, to prevent unwanted crippled distribution of the - next generation code, but I hope they will recognize their fault in - time, and I won't have to do so. - <br> +<br> +According to the latest +<a href="http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/31/"> +DWN (Debian Weekly News)</a>, Debian people are again +considering packaging MPlayer. Since they are even more +paranoid than SuSE, they will "of course" cripple it by removing +most of the native codecs (starting with libavcodec) and also most +files with no nice GPL header included, rendering the player unusable. +<br> +<br> +<center> +<a href="http://www.suse.de/us/private/products/suse_linux/i386/packages_personal/mplayer.html"> +<img src="../images/susewarning.png" alt="SuSE warning" border=1></a> +</center> +<br> +<br> +I think that including an unusable build of an application is even +worse than not packaging it at all. It is not only valueless for the +users (they will have to remove it and compile the source of the +original version), but it gives the application a bad reputation, +i.e. advertising it as a useless player being incapable of even +playing a simple small file, or an unencrypted DVD (with AC3 sound)... +Unfortunately most users won't notice the small comments in +distribution specific files (like README.SuSE, or README.Debian) and +will tell their friends, magazines (which occasionally write +distro reviews) and post on portals/forums that it is a very +bad, broken, unusable application.<br> +<br> +We keep receiving bug reports from users telling us MPlayer on SuSE +is unable to play file XYZ but for example his friend can play the +same file on Red Hat. It's boring to explain to them over and over +again, that SuSE (and soon Debian) comes with a crippled MPlayer, and +they have to completely delete the package, and compile it from the +original source, if they want to play any files...<br> +<br> +Note, that they also patch MPlayer code to hell, resulting in new bugs +and side-effects we are unable to reproduce (with the original source). +They should send the patches to us, so we can review and apply the +correct fixes and tell them about the problems with the rest.<br> +<br> +I (A'rpi) want to ask all of those distributions to consider +dropping MPlayer packages completely instead of shipping unusable +crippled files! Our motto: if you can't do it right, you better +don't do it at all! Users can still download the sources and +compile them at their own responsibilty. We do know the legal issues +well, but since the whole multimedia industry is completely covered by +various patents, it's <i>impossible</i> to create a decent +<i>free</i> multimedia player without breaking most of these +patents. I'm even considering patenting my A-V sync algorithms used +in MPlayer G2, to prevent unwanted crippled distribution of the +next generation code, but I hope they will recognize their fault in +time, and I won't have to do so. +<br> @@ -1155,22 +1158,22 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - Two updates on the recently released G2 tech preview: - <ol> - <li>Unfortunately it prefers XSHM output before XV, thus it - won't use hardware acceleration, and will be slow.<br> - <b>Solution</b>: use <code>-vo xv</code> command line option - to use XV.</li> - <li>The cool new <code>fbdev</code> video output driver - - which features triple buffering - uses - <code>/dev/fb1</code> framebuffer by default.<br> - <b>Solution</b>: use <code>-vo fbdev=/dev/fb0</code> - command line option.</li> - </ol> - <br> - Have A Nice Experience Of Generation Two! - <br> +<br> +Two updates on the recently released G2 tech preview: +<ol> + <li>Unfortunately it prefers XSHM output before XV, thus it + won't use hardware acceleration, and will be slow.<br> + <b>Solution</b>: use <code>-vo xv</code> command line option + to use XV.</li> + <li>The cool new <code>fbdev</code> video output driver - + which features triple buffering - uses + <code>/dev/fb1</code> framebuffer by default.<br> + <b>Solution</b>: use <code>-vo fbdev=/dev/fb0</code> + command line option.</li> +</ol> +<br> +Have A Nice Experience Of Generation Two! +<br> @@ -1192,52 +1195,52 @@ posted by A'rpi </div> - <br> - <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/~arpi/g2/">MPlayer G2</a> - is the next generation of MPlayer, developed from scratch, - by reusing good parts of the "old" code, but built over a new, clean design. - The old project is not dead, we're just focusing more to the G2 code, which - was almost invisible to users, until now.<br> - <br> - <center> - <a href="../images/g2p39.png"><img src="../images/g2p39s.jpg" alt="G2 screenshot"></a><br> - MPlayer G2 in action - </center> - <br> - Recently there were big changes in G2 code, to get it ready for - the first, brave testers :)<br> - <br> - You can expect:<br> - <ul> - <li>Much better A-V sync, and timing in general, compared to G1</li> - <li>Native OGG and NSV demuxers</li> - <li>Much better MPEG audio/video demuxer</li> - <li>Faster video path, more reliable direct-rendering and slices</li> - <li>New, clean video-out API, with new <b>fbdev</b>, <b>x11</b>, <b>xv</b>, <b>mga</b>/<b>tdfx_vid</b> drivers</li> - <li>Stability, clean source code</li> - </ul> - What you won't get yet: - <ul> - <li>Playback of files <i>other than</i> <b>MPEG</b> (ES/PS/TS/MP3), <b>AVI</b>, <b>ASF/WMA/WMV</b> and <b>OGG/OGM</b>.</li> - <li>Seeking (some limited raw seeking is already there, but it's not finished)</li> - <li><b>GUI</b> (development of a new gtk2-based gui is under discussion)</li> - <li><b>OSD</b> and subtitles (it's under development)</li> - <li>lots of commandline parameters, config file(s), hot-keys</li> - <li>many codecs and video filters (it's easy to port them, but not yet done)</li> - <li>documentation :)</li> - <li>...and all the fancy extras of G1. Hey, this is a tech preview only!</li> - </ul> - If you feel you're brave enough to give it a try (don't worry, it won't - burn your house or eat your cat, at least i hope so :)), get it - <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/~arpi/g2/mplayer-G2-preview39.tar.gz"><b>here!</b></a> - You should <b>NOT</b> report bugs, but if you have file it can't play correctly (and it's - one of the supported formats mentioned above), upload to <a href="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu">ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu</a>, - and mention <b>G2</b> in the attached .txt!<br> - <br> - <b>Download URLs</b>: - <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/~arpi/g2/mplayer-G2-preview39.tar.gz">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/~arpi/g2/mplayer-G2-preview39.tar.gz</a></li> - </ul> +<br> +<a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/~arpi/g2/">MPlayer G2</a> +is the next generation of MPlayer, developed from scratch, +by reusing good parts of the "old" code, but built over a new, clean design. +The old project is not dead, we're just focusing more to the G2 code, which +was almost invisible to users, until now.<br> +<br> +<center> + <a href="../images/g2p39.png"><img src="../images/g2p39s.jpg" alt="G2 screenshot"></a><br> + MPlayer G2 in action +</center> +<br> +Recently there were big changes in G2 code, to get it ready for +the first, brave testers :)<br> +<br> +You can expect:<br> +<ul> + <li>Much better A-V sync, and timing in general, compared to G1</li> + <li>Native OGG and NSV demuxers</li> + <li>Much better MPEG audio/video demuxer</li> + <li>Faster video path, more reliable direct-rendering and slices</li> + <li>New, clean video-out API, with new <b>fbdev</b>, <b>x11</b>, <b>xv</b>, <b>mga</b>/<b>tdfx_vid</b> drivers</li> + <li>Stability, clean source code</li> +</ul> +What you won't get yet: +<ul> + <li>Playback of files <i>other than</i> <b>MPEG</b> (ES/PS/TS/MP3), <b>AVI</b>, <b>ASF/WMA/WMV</b> and <b>OGG/OGM</b>.</li> + <li>Seeking (some limited raw seeking is already there, but it's not finished)</li> + <li><b>GUI</b> (development of a new gtk2-based gui is under discussion)</li> + <li><b>OSD</b> and subtitles (it's under development)</li> + <li>lots of commandline parameters, config file(s), hot-keys</li> + <li>many codecs and video filters (it's easy to port them, but not yet done)</li> + <li>documentation :)</li> + <li>...and all the fancy extras of G1. Hey, this is a tech preview only!</li> +</ul> +If you feel you're brave enough to give it a try (don't worry, it won't +burn your house or eat your cat, at least i hope so :)), get it +<a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/~arpi/g2/mplayer-G2-preview39.tar.gz"><b>here!</b></a> +You should <b>NOT</b> report bugs, but if you have file it can't play correctly (and it's +one of the supported formats mentioned above), upload to <a href="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu">ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu</a>, +and mention <b>G2</b> in the attached .txt!<br> +<br> +<b>Download URLs</b>: +<ul> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/~arpi/g2/mplayer-G2-preview39.tar.gz">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/~arpi/g2/mplayer-G2-preview39.tar.gz</a></li> +</ul> @@ -1255,16 +1258,16 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - The European Union is just about to vote total control over software - patents! If you want to avoid the police harassing you, please read - the summary <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu/2003/debian-events-eu-200306/msg00259.html">here</a>, - then sign two petitions at <a href="http://petition.eurolinux.org">http://petition.eurolinux.org</a> and - <a href="http://petition.ffii.org/eubsa/en">http://petition.ffii.org</a>.<br> - <br> - If you think all these efforts are in vain, then please tell your - nearest EU representative about the matter.<br> - <br> +<br> +The European Union is just about to vote total control over software +patents! If you want to avoid the police harassing you, please read +the summary <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-events-eu/2003/debian-events-eu-200306/msg00259.html">here</a>, +then sign two petitions at <a href="http://petition.eurolinux.org">http://petition.eurolinux.org</a> and +<a href="http://petition.ffii.org/eubsa/en">http://petition.ffii.org</a>.<br> +<br> +If you think all these efforts are in vain, then please tell your +nearest EU representative about the matter.<br> +<br> @@ -1285,11 +1288,11 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - I made some of the older homepage designs available, each is - dynamically generated and contains the same content. I don't - guarantee too much backward compatibility, but I see no reason for - any big breakage. Choose the one for your liking :)<br> +<br> +I made some of the older homepage designs available, each is +dynamically generated and contains the same content. I don't +guarantee too much backward compatibility, but I see no reason for +any big breakage. Choose the one for your liking :)<br> @@ -1310,10 +1313,10 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <br> - <a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1157">Kivilcim Hindistan</a> has written an O'Reilly - article about MPlayer. - <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/04/06/mplayer.html">Click here to read!</a><br> +<br> +<a href="http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1157">Kivilcim Hindistan</a> has written an O'Reilly +article about MPlayer. +<a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2003/04/06/mplayer.html">Click here to read!</a><br> @@ -1334,86 +1337,86 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <ul> - <li><b>MPlayer</b> - first: in case you missed to notice it, - the 0.90 release had a 0.90pre version number internally. - Do not bother about it, we just forgot to increase it :) - Anyway: a new release (0.91) is due in weeks.<br> - <br> - <b>News in the 'main' branch:</b><br> - <br> - The most important announcements: - <ul> +<ul> + <li><b>MPlayer</b> - first: in case you missed to notice it, + the 0.90 release had a 0.90pre version number internally. + Do not bother about it, we just forgot to increase it :) + Anyway: a new release (0.91) is due in weeks.<br> + <br> + <b>News in the 'main' branch:</b><br> + <br> + The most important announcements: + <ul> <li>MPlayer 'main' branch supports playing the - <a href="http://www.matroska.org">Matroska</a> - container format.</li> + <a href="http://www.matroska.org">Matroska</a> + container format.</li> <li>beginning from May 11, MPlayer supports decoding of - the opensource <b>Theora</b> video codec.</li> - </ul> - <br> - In any case, just grab a CVS version of MPlayer for recent - bugfixes, new features, and enhancements!</li> - <li><b>MPlayer G2</b> - A'rpi has finally begun coding his next - generation player: <i>MPlayer G2</i> (generation 2). - According to A'rpi, it is going to be a player core, - separate from any UI (user interface), with totally clean - design.<br> - <br> - Currently it's not available in public CVS because - it's so very alpha. Do not expect it to be released soon.<br> - <br> - So what's new about it? Well currently two features come - to me, first is the totally synchronized MPEG playing - (0.000 A-V sync difference), the other is the new OGG - demuxer, which contains the functionality of the bloated, - slow <i>libogg</i> in only a few kilobytes (yes, actually - OGG is a very simple format, a non-object-oriented coder - can make a much more optimized decoder than the original:)<br> - <br> - This new core - when completed - will open up brand new - possibilities amongst media players. Get psyched! :)</li> - <li><b>SVQ3</b> - an anonymous coder has recently introduced - an opensource Sorenson 3 (SVQ3) decoder into - <a href="http://ffmpeg.sf.net">ffmpeg</a>. The decoder - is currently unoptimized, but it already outperforms the - original binary DLL (which is a shame on Apple, but what - did we expect?).<br> - <br> - The format itself turns out to be an early adaptation of the - H.264 standard, just like M$ adapted MPEG4 into his - MSMPEG4 (v1, v2, v3 = DivX) codecs.<br> - <br> - To use this decoder, you'll need a CVS ffmpeg, and a CVS - MPlayer (the latter from the 'main' branch).<br> - <br> - (Footnote: the SlashDot article - <i>"Xine Gets Native Sorenson3 Decoding"</i> is - misleading, as the decoder is in ffmpeg, so every - project using ffmpeg can add support for it in no time - for - example AFAIK MPlayer already supported it 1 day earlier). - BTW, xine uses its own copy of the ffmpeg tree, because - they don't trust the original.. You can see the - consequences in the next paragraph:<br> - <br> - Anyway lately an intentional (possibly forgot) tidbit was - found in xine's own copy of the ffmpeg tree (why, oh why), - which <b>disabled</b> the usage of - MMX/SSE/Altivec/etc-enabled functionality in ffmpeg codecs - for quite some time :))) Have a nice time using xine! :)<br> - <br> - <b>UPDATE:</b> I stand corrected, the bug above wasn't - present in the public CVS, but only in a developer's own CVS - checkout. Users weren't hindered.</li> - <li><b>VP3</b> - Mike Melanson has recently started to code his - own, opensource VP3 decoder (into ffmpeg of course). - It's currently in very alpha stage, but shows nice progress.</li> - <li><b>Indeo 3.1</b> - this decoder was also created by the - SVQ3 guy. MPlayer supports it - as usual, use CVS version - of ffmpeg and MPlayer ('main' branch).<br> - <br> - NOTE: this decoder is very new, and currently works only on - i386!</li> - </ul> + the opensource <b>Theora</b> video codec.</li> + </ul> + <br> + In any case, just grab a CVS version of MPlayer for recent + bugfixes, new features, and enhancements!</li> + <li><b>MPlayer G2</b> - A'rpi has finally begun coding his next + generation player: <i>MPlayer G2</i> (generation 2). + According to A'rpi, it is going to be a player core, + separate from any UI (user interface), with totally clean + design.<br> + <br> + Currently it's not available in public CVS because + it's so very alpha. Do not expect it to be released soon.<br> + <br> + So what's new about it? Well currently two features come + to me, first is the totally synchronized MPEG playing + (0.000 A-V sync difference), the other is the new OGG + demuxer, which contains the functionality of the bloated, + slow <i>libogg</i> in only a few kilobytes (yes, actually + OGG is a very simple format, a non-object-oriented coder + can make a much more optimized decoder than the original:)<br> + <br> + This new core - when completed - will open up brand new + possibilities amongst media players. Get psyched! :)</li> + <li><b>SVQ3</b> - an anonymous coder has recently introduced + an opensource Sorenson 3 (SVQ3) decoder into + <a href="http://ffmpeg.sf.net">ffmpeg</a>. The decoder + is currently unoptimized, but it already outperforms the + original binary DLL (which is a shame on Apple, but what + did we expect?).<br> + <br> + The format itself turns out to be an early adaptation of the + H.264 standard, just like M$ adapted MPEG4 into his + MSMPEG4 (v1, v2, v3 = DivX) codecs.<br> + <br> + To use this decoder, you'll need a CVS ffmpeg, and a CVS + MPlayer (the latter from the 'main' branch).<br> + <br> + (Footnote: the SlashDot article + <i>"Xine Gets Native Sorenson3 Decoding"</i> is + misleading, as the decoder is in ffmpeg, so every + project using ffmpeg can add support for it in no time - for + example AFAIK MPlayer already supported it 1 day earlier). + BTW, xine uses its own copy of the ffmpeg tree, because + they don't trust the original.. You can see the + consequences in the next paragraph:<br> + <br> + Anyway lately an intentional (possibly forgot) tidbit was + found in xine's own copy of the ffmpeg tree (why, oh why), + which <b>disabled</b> the usage of + MMX/SSE/Altivec/etc-enabled functionality in ffmpeg codecs + for quite some time :))) Have a nice time using xine! :)<br> + <br> + <b>UPDATE:</b> I stand corrected, the bug above wasn't + present in the public CVS, but only in a developer's own CVS + checkout. Users weren't hindered.</li> + <li><b>VP3</b> - Mike Melanson has recently started to code his + own, opensource VP3 decoder (into ffmpeg of course). + It's currently in very alpha stage, but shows nice progress.</li> + <li><b>Indeo 3.1</b> - this decoder was also created by the + SVQ3 guy. MPlayer supports it - as usual, use CVS version + of ffmpeg and MPlayer ('main' branch).<br> + <br> + NOTE: this decoder is very new, and currently works only on + i386!</li> +</ul> @@ -1434,51 +1437,51 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <p><b>459 days</b> have passed since we released our last "stable" - release: <b>MPlayer 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</b>.</p> +<p><b>459 days</b> have passed since we released our last "stable" + release: <b>MPlayer 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</b>.</p> - <p>As usual, I'm sitting in front of my 15" CRT display, trying to - create a news entry that would.. just do it. And the only thing - that comes to me is that I should hit the bed as soon as possible. - Let's make this quick then.</p> - - <p>The most important thing: A'rpi is leaving project maintainership - at the moment 0.90 is released. You can read his - <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2003-January/015032.html">first</a> - and - <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2003-January/015050.html">second</a> - mails on this subject (from the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list).</p> - - <p>It's unclear if there'll be another "leader" for the project, and - if yes, who will it be. I'm sure of one thing: the CVS will - be very unstable in the next weeks/months/eons. Don't worry: - 0.90 is stable for everyday usage (has some known bugs though - - but if we waited for a fix for each of them, we wouldn't have a - release in the next few aeons). If you aren't pleased with 0.90, - please check the 'main' CVS tree if it fits your needs. Send patch, - it might get incorporated into a 0.91, or like.</p> - - <p>One more thing before I fall off my chair unconscious: we have - results on the skin competition.</p> - - <ol> - <li><a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/"><b>Blue</b></a> - Franciszek Wilamowski (Xenomorph)<br> - the new default skin for MPlayer GUI</li> - <li><a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/">Orange</a> - Ognian Vasilev</li> - <li><a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/">krystal</a> - Gary Whitmore, Jr.</li> - </ol> - - MPlayer 0.90 <i>"CounterCounter"</i> can be downloaded from the following - locations: - <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> - </ul> +<p>As usual, I'm sitting in front of my 15" CRT display, trying to + create a news entry that would.. just do it. And the only thing + that comes to me is that I should hit the bed as soon as possible. + Let's make this quick then.</p> + +<p>The most important thing: A'rpi is leaving project maintainership + at the moment 0.90 is released. You can read his + <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2003-January/015032.html">first</a> + and + <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2003-January/015050.html">second</a> + mails on this subject (from the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list).</p> + +<p>It's unclear if there'll be another "leader" for the project, and + if yes, who will it be. I'm sure of one thing: the CVS will + be very unstable in the next weeks/months/eons. Don't worry: + 0.90 is stable for everyday usage (has some known bugs though - + but if we waited for a fix for each of them, we wouldn't have a + release in the next few aeons). If you aren't pleased with 0.90, + please check the 'main' CVS tree if it fits your needs. Send patch, + it might get incorporated into a 0.91, or like.</p> + +<p>One more thing before I fall off my chair unconscious: we have + results on the skin competition.</p> + +<ol> + <li><a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/"><b>Blue</b></a> - Franciszek Wilamowski (Xenomorph)<br> + the new default skin for MPlayer GUI</li> + <li><a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/">Orange</a> - Ognian Vasilev</li> + <li><a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/">krystal</a> - Gary Whitmore, Jr.</li> +</ol> + +MPlayer 0.90 <i>"CounterCounter"</i> can be downloaded from the following +locations: +<ul> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90.tar.bz2</a></li> +</ul> @@ -1505,39 +1508,39 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <p>Oh yes yes, no need to remind be: I promised rc4 would be the last - prerelease. Well A'rpi had other ideas in his mind - as usual. - However dear user, don't be alarmed! 0.90rc5 contains only - important/critical backports from the <i>main</i> CVS branch. - So please test and report bugs, blah-blah.</p> - <p>The ChangeLog for MPlayer <b>v0.90rc5</b> <i>"BackportCounter"</i></p> +<p>Oh yes yes, no need to remind be: I promised rc4 would be the last + prerelease. Well A'rpi had other ideas in his mind - as usual. + However dear user, don't be alarmed! 0.90rc5 contains only + important/critical backports from the <i>main</i> CVS branch. + So please test and report bugs, blah-blah.</p> +<p>The ChangeLog for MPlayer <b>v0.90rc5</b> <i>"BackportCounter"</i></p> - DOCS: - <ul> +DOCS: +<ul> <li>Chinese docs/help translations update</li> <li>english manpage updates (new filters, fixes)</li> <li>Gui about-box updated</li> - </ul> +</ul> - Features: - <ul> +Features: +<ul> <li>new video filters: detc, down3dright, hqdn3d, telecine, tfields</li> <li>mpcodecs: SGI image decoding (usable with -mf)</li> <li>mpcodecs: NUV _en_coding support (mencoder)</li> <li>mpcodecs: RealAudio Win32 DLL support on linux, 'cook' codec crash fixed</li> <li>DLL loader: truespeech codec support (tsd32.dll)</li> - </ul> +</ul> - Porting: - <ul> +Porting: +<ul> <li>MacOSX support for quicktime en/decoding, MOV demuxing, video timer</li> <li>mpdemux: Dynamic DVD drive selection on Darwin</li> <li>dshow, dmo: cbAlign=1 fix for proper win32 support</li> <li>mpdvdkit2: HPUX, Cygwin fixes</li> - </ul> +</ul> - Fixes: - <ul> +Fixes: +<ul> <li>mpdemux: RealVideo demuxing fixes (better WxH, fps parsing, A-V sync)</li> <li>mpdemux: MOV parser fixes: AAC (mp4a) support, variable fourcc</li> <li>mpdemux: WAV extra header (cbSize>0) parsing fixed</li> @@ -1560,7 +1563,7 @@ <li>TOOLS/matroxtv: improvements, now it looks much better...</li> <li>configure: MacOSX support, better (un)gif, FAAD detection, etc</li> <li>configfile parser: better error messages</li> - </ul> +</ul> @@ -1585,105 +1588,105 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <p> - Lately I've been pursuing some projects which are using ffmpeg and/or - MPlayer, and are only partly or not at all complying with the (L)GPL - license. - </p> - <ul> - <li><p><b><a href="http://linuxvideo.info">QuickView Pro</a></b><br> - Platforms: <i>DOS, Linux</i><br> - Author: <i>Wolfgang Hesseler</i> - </p> - <p>QuickView is a neat little 16-bit DOS program capable of - viewing old AVIs with Cinepak, Indeo video, and the likes. - This version's last release was in 1998, so it can be - considered unmaintained. - </p> - <p>QuickView Pro however, is being worked on even today. This - is a simple 32-bit media player for DOS, using ffmpeg. - On one hand it's nice to play MPEG4 files under DOS, but - the downloadable program is a shareware version, and you have - to pay for the full featured player. Of course this isn't - illegal - well who would pay for a program that's - available for free anyways? But let's take our time to check - on its license: - </p> - <p><i>All files belonging to QuickView contain proprietary - information which are protected by copyright. This includes - reverse engineering, decompiling and disassembling. No part - may be altered or translated without the prior written - consent of the author. Any violation of the copyright will be - prosecuted by the author and by Intel.</i> - </p> - <p><i>EXPORT LAWS: You agree that this Software is not intended - to be shipped either directly or indirectly to country groups - Q,S,W,Y,Z,Afghanistan or the People's Republic of China, - unless a validated export license is obtained from the U.S. - Department of Commerce.</i> - </p> - <p>It's assumed that these claims come from the Indeo codec's - license (the author has licensed the codec from Intel). - However the LGPL license explicitly permits reverse - engineering, while QV's license <b>forbids</b> it.</p> - <p>The solution is either to</p> - <ul> +<p> +Lately I've been pursuing some projects which are using ffmpeg and/or +MPlayer, and are only partly or not at all complying with the (L)GPL +license. +</p> +<ul> + <li><p><b><a href="http://linuxvideo.info">QuickView Pro</a></b><br> + Platforms: <i>DOS, Linux</i><br> + Author: <i>Wolfgang Hesseler</i> + </p> + <p>QuickView is a neat little 16-bit DOS program capable of + viewing old AVIs with Cinepak, Indeo video, and the likes. + This version's last release was in 1998, so it can be + considered unmaintained. + </p> + <p>QuickView Pro however, is being worked on even today. This + is a simple 32-bit media player for DOS, using ffmpeg. + On one hand it's nice to play MPEG4 files under DOS, but + the downloadable program is a shareware version, and you have + to pay for the full featured player. Of course this isn't + illegal - well who would pay for a program that's + available for free anyways? But let's take our time to check + on its license: + </p> + <p><i>All files belonging to QuickView contain proprietary + information which are protected by copyright. This includes + reverse engineering, decompiling and disassembling. No part + may be altered or translated without the prior written + consent of the author. Any violation of the copyright will be + prosecuted by the author and by Intel.</i> + </p> + <p><i>EXPORT LAWS: You agree that this Software is not intended + to be shipped either directly or indirectly to country groups + Q,S,W,Y,Z,Afghanistan or the People's Republic of China, + unless a validated export license is obtained from the U.S. + Department of Commerce.</i> + </p> + <p>It's assumed that these claims come from the Indeo codec's + license (the author has licensed the codec from Intel). + However the LGPL license explicitly permits reverse + engineering, while QV's license <b>forbids</b> it.</p> + <p>The solution is either to</p> + <ul> <li>drop ffmpeg from QV</li> <li>drop Indeo'n'stuff from QV</li> <li>publish that crappy Indeo source at last ;)</li> - </ul> - <p><b>The conclusion</b>: although QV is a small and interesting - project, IMHO it's unacceptable to require payment for an - illegal software. - </p> - </li> - <li><p><b><a href="http://www.broadq.com">BroadQ's Qcast Tuner</a></b><br> - Platforms: <i>Playstation 2</i><br> - </p> - <p>This project uses ffmpeg (LGPL) and madplay (GPL) - projects. They claim to open their sources for download - soon (?!), until then, source can be requested in e-mail. - I did that, now waiting. Their site says:</p> - <p><i>BroadQ's QCast Tuner(TM) system loads different - applications for handling media on the PS2.</i> - </p> - <p>I guess this way it's OK to use GPL and LGPL programs, but - if anyone has other opinion...</p> - <p><b>UPDATE:</b> they've sent their ffmpeg changes, which - are currently merged back into ffmpeg CVS repository. Thanks!</p> - </li> - <li><p><b><a href="http://www.ps2reality.net">PS2 Media Player</a></b><br> - Platforms: <i>Playstation 2</i><br> - </p> - <p>Yes, another PS2 media player using ffmpeg. - They've sent their modified ffmpeg sources to me upon - request. Its inclusion into ffmpeg is currently under - discussion. The URL can be found in the ffmpeg-devel - mailing list archive. - </p> - </li> - <li><p><b><a href="http://www.dms3.com">DMS3 "Dev.olution Memory System"</a></b><br> - Platforms: <i>Playstation 2</i><br> - </p> - <p>This is a modchip, or whatever. Its author sent a message - to the <a href="http://ps2newz.net">http://ps2newz.net</a> - forum, claiming that they are using the PS2 Media Player - (see above) for their chip. - </p> - <p>However, their homepage is full of PR text, nothing - actual information of included software, licenses, source, - etc.. - </p> - <p>Also, I couldn't find a contact e-mail address, and the - dms3.com mailer daemon returned all my mails (info@, - abuse@, root@, postmaster@, etc).</p> - <p><b>Conclusion</b>: legal status unclear, most possibly - <b>stolen</b> ffmpeg</p> - <p><b>UPDATE:</b>: I've learned that they do not supply - any program with their modchip. However their homepage - makes the opposite impression.</p> - </li> - </ul> + </ul> + <p><b>The conclusion</b>: although QV is a small and interesting + project, IMHO it's unacceptable to require payment for an + illegal software. + </p> + </li> + <li><p><b><a href="http://www.broadq.com">BroadQ's Qcast Tuner</a></b><br> + Platforms: <i>Playstation 2</i><br> + </p> + <p>This project uses ffmpeg (LGPL) and madplay (GPL) + projects. They claim to open their sources for download + soon (?!), until then, source can be requested in e-mail. + I did that, now waiting. Their site says:</p> + <p><i>BroadQ's QCast Tuner(TM) system loads different + applications for handling media on the PS2.</i> + </p> + <p>I guess this way it's OK to use GPL and LGPL programs, but + if anyone has other opinion...</p> + <p><b>UPDATE:</b> they've sent their ffmpeg changes, which + are currently merged back into ffmpeg CVS repository. Thanks!</p> + </li> + <li><p><b><a href="http://www.ps2reality.net">PS2 Media Player</a></b><br> + Platforms: <i>Playstation 2</i><br> + </p> + <p>Yes, another PS2 media player using ffmpeg. + They've sent their modified ffmpeg sources to me upon + request. Its inclusion into ffmpeg is currently under + discussion. The URL can be found in the ffmpeg-devel + mailing list archive. + </p> + </li> + <li><p><b><a href="http://www.dms3.com">DMS3 "Dev.olution Memory System"</a></b><br> + Platforms: <i>Playstation 2</i><br> + </p> + <p>This is a modchip, or whatever. Its author sent a message + to the <a href="http://ps2newz.net">http://ps2newz.net</a> + forum, claiming that they are using the PS2 Media Player + (see above) for their chip. + </p> + <p>However, their homepage is full of PR text, nothing + actual information of included software, licenses, source, + etc.. + </p> + <p>Also, I couldn't find a contact e-mail address, and the + dms3.com mailer daemon returned all my mails (info@, + abuse@, root@, postmaster@, etc).</p> + <p><b>Conclusion</b>: legal status unclear, most possibly + <b>stolen</b> ffmpeg</p> + <p><b>UPDATE:</b>: I've learned that they do not supply + any program with their modchip. However their homepage + makes the opposite impression.</p> + </li> +</ul> @@ -1703,15 +1706,15 @@ posted by A'rpi </div> - <br> - Fine tuning MPlayer, the movie player for Linux<br> - [written by Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi), author/ex-maintainer of MPlayer, for <a href="http://freshmeat.net">freshmeat.net</a>] - - <p> - Click <a href="http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/747/">here</a> to - see the article! - </p> - <br> +<br> +Fine tuning MPlayer, the movie player for Linux<br> +[written by Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi), author/ex-maintainer of MPlayer, for <a href="http://freshmeat.net">freshmeat.net</a>] + +<p> +Click <a href="http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/747/">here</a> to +see the article! +</p> +<br> @@ -1731,31 +1734,31 @@ posted by Pontscho </div> - <br> - I'd like to propose a <b>Skin Design Compo</b>. We think the time - passed on the default skin. It's up to you to design a new, default - skin.<br> - <br> - <u>Conditions</u>: - <ul> - <li>we DON'T accept xmms/winamp/etc skin ports</li> - <li>it must be elegant</li> - <li>it has to be extensible in functionality, it must us every features of the skin renderer</li> - <li>the license must be GPL</li> - </ul> - You can read about skins <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/skin.html">here</a>, - and take a look at the default skin for examples. - <br> - Unfortunately we can't give a prize, but the winner can boast that a - program with several hundred thousands of users starts with his/her - skin. And we'll also advertise it. - <br> - Please send inquiries and skins to <b>pontscho at kac.poliod.hu</b> - <br> - Thankfully,<br> - <br> - <b>Pontscho / fresh!mindworkz</b> - <br> +<br> +I'd like to propose a <b>Skin Design Compo</b>. We think the time +passed on the default skin. It's up to you to design a new, default +skin.<br> +<br> +<u>Conditions</u>: +<ul> + <li>we DON'T accept xmms/winamp/etc skin ports</li> + <li>it must be elegant</li> + <li>it has to be extensible in functionality, it must us every features of the skin renderer</li> + <li>the license must be GPL</li> +</ul> +You can read about skins <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/skin.html">here</a>, +and take a look at the default skin for examples. +<br> +Unfortunately we can't give a prize, but the winner can boast that a +program with several hundred thousands of users starts with his/her +skin. And we'll also advertise it. +<br> +Please send inquiries and skins to <b>pontscho at kac.poliod.hu</b> +<br> +Thankfully,<br> +<br> +<b>Pontscho / fresh!mindworkz</b> +<br> @@ -1775,79 +1778,79 @@ posted by Gabucino </div> - <p>So this is going to be the last RC release before the <b>final 0.90</b>. - This one is called MPlayer 0.90rc4 <i>"FlameCounter"</i></p> +<p>So this is going to be the last RC release before the <b>final 0.90</b>. + This one is called MPlayer 0.90rc4 <i>"FlameCounter"</i></p> - DOCS: - <ul> - <li>some clarification and updates in the English DOCS</li> - <li>massive translation and help-file updates</li> - </ul> - - Fixes: - <ul> - <li>-ac hwac3 fixed (was broken in rc3)</li> - <li>vo_svga: 4bpp & 8bpp fixes</li> - <li>various GUI fixes, including some critical bugs</li> - <li>rage128 VIDIX PPC fixes</li> - <li>libmenu: one crash fixed, some cleanup</li> - <li>fixed ./configure --cc="ccache gcc"</li> - <li>-loop fixes, now -loop 2 plays it twice :)</li> - <li>the volume symbol of OSD fixed (|\ -> /|)</li> - <li>32bpp QT-RLE support</li> - <li>Altivec on non-Darwin systems support</li> - <li>QuickTime reference file support fixes</li> - <li>mp3lib: layer-2 decoding fixes</li> - <li>updates to extension->demuxer mapping table</li> - <li>libavcodec: DivX 5.03 decoding fix</li> - <li>ao_oss: limited channels handling fixed</li> - <li>fixed OGM subtitles and iconv</li> - <li>fixed -subcp option with unicode truetype fonts</li> - <li>-mf: type detection (based on extension), better defaults</li> - <li>vo_xv: -fixed-vo support fixed (fullscreen switching)</li> - <li>ogg-in-avi (audio format 0xFFFE) demuxing fixed</li> - <li>vorbis decoding fixed (outer loop cleanup)</li> - <li>swscaler: 4bpp depth 1 pixel/byte format support for -vo svga</li> - <li>missing error message in command line parser for missing parameters</li> - <li>swscaler: YVU9->YV12 fixes</li> - <li>-ao mpegpes + -ac hwac3 fixed</li> - <li>-ao pcm bogus wav header fixed</li> - <li>-vo x11 + -wid fixed</li> - <li>auto-insert the 'palette' filter if needed, support fixed in filters</li> - <li>the sig11 when playing second audio-only file fixed</li> - <li>configure: detection of cdda, nas, i18n, svgalib, faad2, lame fixed</li> - <li>-af/-af-adv support in mencoder fixed</li> - <li>libmpdvdkit2: upgraded to use libdvdcss 1.2.5</li> - </ul> - - Features: - <ul> - <li>raw video support (-rawvideo, similar to -rawaudio)</li> - <li>experimental mpeg4-ES support (enable with -demuxer 27 -fps xxx)</li> - <li>new video filter: field (cheap deinterlacer)</li> - <li>dvd/vobsub improvements: positioning, optional gaussian blur scaler</li> - <li>vf_bmovl: 400% speedup :)</li> - <li>libavcodec: native DV audio decoder</li> - <li>GIF demuxer (for animated GIFs)</li> - <li>new noise removal filter: -vop denoise3d</li> - <li>per-channel gamma and MMX-opt'ed bri/cont/saturation support in -vop eq2</li> - <li>live.com lib support cleanup, support for more stream types</li> - <li>importing the playtree into the Gui instead of gui's own playlist hack</li> - <li>support for the xvid and divx4/5linux libraries at the same time</li> - <li>-fstype option: override priority/layer of the fullscreen switch methods</li> - <li>libavcodec: some B-frames related encoding failures/crashes fixed</li> - </ul> - - Leech from - <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> - </ul> +DOCS: +<ul> + <li>some clarification and updates in the English DOCS</li> + <li>massive translation and help-file updates</li> +</ul> + +Fixes: +<ul> + <li>-ac hwac3 fixed (was broken in rc3)</li> + <li>vo_svga: 4bpp & 8bpp fixes</li> + <li>various GUI fixes, including some critical bugs</li> + <li>rage128 VIDIX PPC fixes</li> + <li>libmenu: one crash fixed, some cleanup</li> + <li>fixed ./configure --cc="ccache gcc"</li> + <li>-loop fixes, now -loop 2 plays it twice :)</li> + <li>the volume symbol of OSD fixed (|\ -> /|)</li> + <li>32bpp QT-RLE support</li> + <li>Altivec on non-Darwin systems support</li> + <li>QuickTime reference file support fixes</li> + <li>mp3lib: layer-2 decoding fixes</li> + <li>updates to extension->demuxer mapping table</li> + <li>libavcodec: DivX 5.03 decoding fix</li> + <li>ao_oss: limited channels handling fixed</li> + <li>fixed OGM subtitles and iconv</li> + <li>fixed -subcp option with unicode truetype fonts</li> + <li>-mf: type detection (based on extension), better defaults</li> + <li>vo_xv: -fixed-vo support fixed (fullscreen switching)</li> + <li>ogg-in-avi (audio format 0xFFFE) demuxing fixed</li> + <li>vorbis decoding fixed (outer loop cleanup)</li> + <li>swscaler: 4bpp depth 1 pixel/byte format support for -vo svga</li> + <li>missing error message in command line parser for missing parameters</li> + <li>swscaler: YVU9->YV12 fixes</li> + <li>-ao mpegpes + -ac hwac3 fixed</li> + <li>-ao pcm bogus wav header fixed</li> + <li>-vo x11 + -wid fixed</li> + <li>auto-insert the 'palette' filter if needed, support fixed in filters</li> + <li>the sig11 when playing second audio-only file fixed</li> + <li>configure: detection of cdda, nas, i18n, svgalib, faad2, lame fixed</li> + <li>-af/-af-adv support in mencoder fixed</li> + <li>libmpdvdkit2: upgraded to use libdvdcss 1.2.5</li> +</ul> + +Features: +<ul> + <li>raw video support (-rawvideo, similar to -rawaudio)</li> + <li>experimental mpeg4-ES support (enable with -demuxer 27 -fps xxx)</li> + <li>new video filter: field (cheap deinterlacer)</li> + <li>dvd/vobsub improvements: positioning, optional gaussian blur scaler</li> + <li>vf_bmovl: 400% speedup :)</li> + <li>libavcodec: native DV audio decoder</li> + <li>GIF demuxer (for animated GIFs)</li> + <li>new noise removal filter: -vop denoise3d</li> + <li>per-channel gamma and MMX-opt'ed bri/cont/saturation support in -vop eq2</li> + <li>live.com lib support cleanup, support for more stream types</li> + <li>importing the playtree into the Gui instead of gui's own playlist hack</li> + <li>support for the xvid and divx4/5linux libraries at the same time</li> + <li>-fstype option: override priority/layer of the fullscreen switch methods</li> + <li>libavcodec: some B-frames related encoding failures/crashes fixed</li> +</ul> + +Leech from +<ul> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc4.tar.bz2</a></li> +</ul> @@ -1868,12 +1871,12 @@ </div> <p>We've started a thread on the - <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel">debian-devel</a> mailing list, - trying to get an answer on why <a href="http://xinehq.de">xine</a> is allowed - to include libavcodec in Debian, and why <b>MPlayer</b> isn't. Also, why - does <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal">debian-legal</a> think - they know what is GPL and what is not better than MPlayer and XAnim - authors.</p> +<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel">debian-devel</a> mailing list, +trying to get an answer on why <a href="http://xinehq.de">xine</a> is allowed +to include libavcodec in Debian, and why <b>MPlayer</b> isn't. Also, why +does <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal">debian-legal</a> think +they know what is GPL and what is not better than MPlayer and XAnim +authors.</p> <p>This discussion (on both lists mentioned above) is a must-read.</p> @@ -1905,108 +1908,108 @@ DOCS: <ul> - <li>english man page & HTML docs updates - <li>audio filter documentation - <li>help_diff.sh doesn't depend on BASH any more - <li>Hungarian, French, Italian, German, Polish(?) docs synced + <li>english man page & HTML docs updates + <li>audio filter documentation + <li>help_diff.sh doesn't depend on BASH any more + <li>Hungarian, French, Italian, German, Polish(?) docs synced </ul> Important fixes: <ul> - <li>X11 fullscreen switching (yes, again...) rewritten, some x11 code cleanup - <li>Voxware and Quicktime DLLs finally work (was broken in some contexts) - <li>VIDIX Radeon support cleanup, should really solve the pink screen bugs - <li>Cygwin: -vo directx crashes and garbled picture with some files fixed - <li>OGM/Ogg seeking (broken frames) fixed, subtitle fixes, XCD support - <li>libaf: big (audio filter layer) updates, floating point support, speedup - <li>ffwma2 fixed (better error resilience) - <li>SPU queueing - fixes missing or early disappearing DVD subtitles - <li>the mysterious DVD audio delay (150-300ms) fixed - <li>extension-based fileformat detection fixed the .mp3 vs. mpeg-ps conflict - <li>cache2 keeps buffer for non-seekable media, fixes quicktime streaming + <li>X11 fullscreen switching (yes, again...) rewritten, some x11 code cleanup + <li>Voxware and Quicktime DLLs finally work (was broken in some contexts) + <li>VIDIX Radeon support cleanup, should really solve the pink screen bugs + <li>Cygwin: -vo directx crashes and garbled picture with some files fixed + <li>OGM/Ogg seeking (broken frames) fixed, subtitle fixes, XCD support + <li>libaf: big (audio filter layer) updates, floating point support, speedup + <li>ffwma2 fixed (better error resilience) + <li>SPU queueing - fixes missing or early disappearing DVD subtitles + <li>the mysterious DVD audio delay (150-300ms) fixed + <li>extension-based fileformat detection fixed the .mp3 vs. mpeg-ps conflict + <li>cache2 keeps buffer for non-seekable media, fixes quicktime streaming </ul> Fixes: <ul> - <li>mp3lib CPU detection part cleanup, 'decwin' linker problem fixed - <li>various cddb:// fixes, support of netbsd-1.6 - <li>libmpdvdkit2: Fix DVD authentication on Solaris 9 - <li>libmpdvdkit2: libdvdcss upgraded to 1.2.4 (keeping the key cache patch) - <li>libmpdvdkit2: fixed decryption from multiple VOB files (hdd or darwin) - <li>-ao arts, -ao oss: Fix 8-bit sound support - <li>-vop expand + ffmpeg codecs conflicts solved, some other -vop bugs fixed - <li>-ac ffmp2 with MPEG files (sig11) fixed - <li>QT Qclp audio codec initialization fixed - <li>mplayer exit codes cleanup (0 for quit/eof, 1 for error) - <li>-ao win32 sync problems solved, -autosync 100 is still recommended - <li>-vo gif89a uninit sig11 fixed - <li>the usual compiler warning fixes :) - <li>use -pphelp instead of -vop pp=help - <li>various bigendian fixes - <li>16bpp packed yuv fixes in crop, mirror, rotate filters - <li>some -fixed-vo and vo_preinit fixes, -vo sdl,xmga,mga should work... - <li>various Solaris compatibility fixes (should work out of the box) - <li>mms:// port fixes, tries 1755 if 80 failed - <li>libavcodec: various ME fixes, B frames fixes, WMV2 slice decoding fixes - <li>-ao alsa9 audio-file playback high cpu usage fixed - <li>libaf updates, 2-pass initialization to get better filter path - <li>better detection of playlists, support for [Reference]-style format - <li>handle quicktime reference media files as playlist - <li>cddb:// & cdda:// cdrom device name fixes on linux and *BSD + <li>mp3lib CPU detection part cleanup, 'decwin' linker problem fixed + <li>various cddb:// fixes, support of netbsd-1.6 + <li>libmpdvdkit2: Fix DVD authentication on Solaris 9 + <li>libmpdvdkit2: libdvdcss upgraded to 1.2.4 (keeping the key cache patch) + <li>libmpdvdkit2: fixed decryption from multiple VOB files (hdd or darwin) + <li>-ao arts, -ao oss: Fix 8-bit sound support + <li>-vop expand + ffmpeg codecs conflicts solved, some other -vop bugs fixed + <li>-ac ffmp2 with MPEG files (sig11) fixed + <li>QT Qclp audio codec initialization fixed + <li>mplayer exit codes cleanup (0 for quit/eof, 1 for error) + <li>-ao win32 sync problems solved, -autosync 100 is still recommended + <li>-vo gif89a uninit sig11 fixed + <li>the usual compiler warning fixes :) + <li>use -pphelp instead of -vop pp=help + <li>various bigendian fixes + <li>16bpp packed yuv fixes in crop, mirror, rotate filters + <li>some -fixed-vo and vo_preinit fixes, -vo sdl,xmga,mga should work... + <li>various Solaris compatibility fixes (should work out of the box) + <li>mms:// port fixes, tries 1755 if 80 failed + <li>libavcodec: various ME fixes, B frames fixes, WMV2 slice decoding fixes + <li>-ao alsa9 audio-file playback high cpu usage fixed + <li>libaf updates, 2-pass initialization to get better filter path + <li>better detection of playlists, support for [Reference]-style format + <li>handle quicktime reference media files as playlist + <li>cddb:// & cdda:// cdrom device name fixes on linux and *BSD </ul> Features: <ul> - <li>-ao esd: new EsounD audio driver - <li>-vo dxr3: new NORM option - <li>XAnim & RealPlayer binary Codecs working on PPC - <li>Radeon 9000 support in VIDIX, colorkey restoring for all Radeons - <li>Initial PPC (Big-Endian) support in VIDIX Rage128 driver - <li>PNM:// streaming support (ported from xine) - <li>Muxer layer: mencoder can now write MPEG-PS format, too (EXPERIMENTAL!) - <li>libavcodec: wmv2 decoder (buggy/untested) - <li>DVB "HEAD" (aka. NEWSTRUCT) drivers support - <li>Subtitles background bounding-box support (optional grey-level & opacity) - <li>libaf: 3 new filters: panning, compressor/limiter and a noise gate - <li>per-mediafile config file support (for file-specific options) - <li>iconv (codepage conversion) support for OGM (Ogg) subtitles - <li>v4l: user friendly channel tuning - <li>Freetype & old-style RAW font support usable (compilable) at the same time - <li>vo_directfb2, vo_dfbmga: DirectFB 0.9.16 support - <li>libavcodec: motion estimation pre pass, qpel encoding, trellis quantization - <li>libavcodec, liba52, mp3lib: Altivec optimizations - <li>keep window's aspect ratio at resizing (x11, xv), requires WM support - <li>-geometry option, also accepts X11 syntax - <li>real .bin+.cue (S)VCD images support (-vcd 2 -cuefile xxx.cue) - <li>postprocess: YUV 411/422/444 support, stride fixes - <li>jumping of overlapping subs fixed, sorting is automatical, iconv fixes - <li>mpeg2 telecine detection and automatic inverse telecine (mplayer only) + <li>-ao esd: new EsounD audio driver + <li>-vo dxr3: new NORM option + <li>XAnim & RealPlayer binary Codecs working on PPC + <li>Radeon 9000 support in VIDIX, colorkey restoring for all Radeons + <li>Initial PPC (Big-Endian) support in VIDIX Rage128 driver + <li>PNM:// streaming support (ported from xine) + <li>Muxer layer: mencoder can now write MPEG-PS format, too (EXPERIMENTAL!) + <li>libavcodec: wmv2 decoder (buggy/untested) + <li>DVB "HEAD" (aka. NEWSTRUCT) drivers support + <li>Subtitles background bounding-box support (optional grey-level & opacity) + <li>libaf: 3 new filters: panning, compressor/limiter and a noise gate + <li>per-mediafile config file support (for file-specific options) + <li>iconv (codepage conversion) support for OGM (Ogg) subtitles + <li>v4l: user friendly channel tuning + <li>Freetype & old-style RAW font support usable (compilable) at the same time + <li>vo_directfb2, vo_dfbmga: DirectFB 0.9.16 support + <li>libavcodec: motion estimation pre pass, qpel encoding, trellis quantization + <li>libavcodec, liba52, mp3lib: Altivec optimizations + <li>keep window's aspect ratio at resizing (x11, xv), requires WM support + <li>-geometry option, also accepts X11 syntax + <li>real .bin+.cue (S)VCD images support (-vcd 2 -cuefile xxx.cue) + <li>postprocess: YUV 411/422/444 support, stride fixes + <li>jumping of overlapping subs fixed, sorting is automatical, iconv fixes + <li>mpeg2 telecine detection and automatic inverse telecine (mplayer only) </ul> Gui: <ul> - <li>correct GTK widget destroy event handler - <li>fullscreen switching fixed (sync with x11_common) - <li>fix gtk submenu - <li>new font render engine - <li>added persistant history patch - <li>SDL Audio configure window - <li>add overlapping to preferences - <li>add play bar for subwindow - <li>add vertical potmeter for skin - <li>fixed 'single pixel bug' - <li>fixed some possible crashes + <li>correct GTK widget destroy event handler + <li>fullscreen switching fixed (sync with x11_common) + <li>fix gtk submenu + <li>new font render engine + <li>added persistant history patch + <li>SDL Audio configure window + <li>add overlapping to preferences + <li>add play bar for subwindow + <li>add vertical potmeter for skin + <li>fixed 'single pixel bug' + <li>fixed some possible crashes </ul> Leech from <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc3.tar.bz2</a></li> </ul> @@ -2057,53 +2060,53 @@ General: <ul> - <li>DOCS/tech/encoding-tips.txt and tech/directfb.txt</li> - <li>Some DOCS corrections/updates/sync/html fixes</li> - <li>GUI: fixed three submenu bugs and several other problems</li> - <li>more compiler warning fixes</li> - <li>NetBSD: cpu sse/sse2 detection & VCD reading fixes</li> - <li>fixed possible v4l capturing crash</li> - <li>Merged the EDL 0.5 patch - using & creating Edit-Lists (runtime cut&skip)</li> - <li>Subtitle lines alignment changeable: top/bottom/middle (key 'i')</li> - <li>-slang support for VobSub files</li> + <li>DOCS/tech/encoding-tips.txt and tech/directfb.txt</li> + <li>Some DOCS corrections/updates/sync/html fixes</li> + <li>GUI: fixed three submenu bugs and several other problems</li> + <li>more compiler warning fixes</li> + <li>NetBSD: cpu sse/sse2 detection & VCD reading fixes</li> + <li>fixed possible v4l capturing crash</li> + <li>Merged the EDL 0.5 patch - using & creating Edit-Lists (runtime cut&skip)</li> + <li>Subtitle lines alignment changeable: top/bottom/middle (key 'i')</li> + <li>-slang support for VobSub files</li> </ul> VO: <ul> - <li>X11 fullscreen switching code changed again (esp. for gnome2/kde3.1)</li> - <li>VIDIX: svgalib kernelhelper support (as libdha alternative)</li> - <li>VIDIX driver for trident cyberblade card</li> - <li>VIDIX: 8 pixel shift & pink window bugs fixed in the RADEON driver</li> - <li>New, rewritten version of vo_svga (vidix support etc) and vo_gif89</li> - <li>yuv4mpeg vs. framedrop/frameskip fixed</li> + <li>X11 fullscreen switching code changed again (esp. for gnome2/kde3.1)</li> + <li>VIDIX: svgalib kernelhelper support (as libdha alternative)</li> + <li>VIDIX driver for trident cyberblade card</li> + <li>VIDIX: 8 pixel shift & pink window bugs fixed in the RADEON driver</li> + <li>New, rewritten version of vo_svga (vidix support etc) and vo_gif89</li> + <li>yuv4mpeg vs. framedrop/frameskip fixed</li> </ul> Codecs: <ul> - <li>libavcodec: fixed possible 20% speedloss bug</li> - <li>support for the experimental (and buggy) dev-api-3 XViD CVS branch</li> - <li>fallback to built-in codecs.conf if no compatible external file found</li> - <li>experimental Sorenson 1/3 encoding (using quicktime DLLs) - (only to AVI, and these files can only be played with MPlayer! - It's needless to mail us about when will be MOV encoding too, as neither - we know:)</li> - <li>More accurate video bitrate calculation for AVI files</li> - <li>Presets support for libmp3lame encoding</li> - <li>CDDA seeking fixed</li> - <li>Win32/RealPlayer codecs DLL & 64bit Alpha Linux RealPlayer codecs support</li> - <li>XMMS Input plugins (demuxer & codec) support</li> + <li>libavcodec: fixed possible 20% speedloss bug</li> + <li>support for the experimental (and buggy) dev-api-3 XViD CVS branch</li> + <li>fallback to built-in codecs.conf if no compatible external file found</li> + <li>experimental Sorenson 1/3 encoding (using quicktime DLLs) + (only to AVI, and these files can only be played with MPlayer! + It's needless to mail us about when will be MOV encoding too, as neither + we know:)</li> + <li>More accurate video bitrate calculation for AVI files</li> + <li>Presets support for libmp3lame encoding</li> + <li>CDDA seeking fixed</li> + <li>Win32/RealPlayer codecs DLL & 64bit Alpha Linux RealPlayer codecs support</li> + <li>XMMS Input plugins (demuxer & codec) support</li> </ul> Leech from <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc2.tar.bz2</a></li> </ul> @@ -2124,74 +2127,74 @@ </div> <p>We've began preparations for the <i>real</i> release: this pre-release is - the RC1. There are quite some features about it which make it the player - supporting <b><i>all modern codecs</i></b> of the world today. <b>No other - player can boast with support for all of RealAudio/Video 9, Windows Media - Audio/Video 9, Quicktime Sorenson 3, QDesign Music Audio.</b> This is a peak improvement, and - I'm not talking PR now. I'm watching TV with MPlayer even now. I could - do so even on my EGA or Hercules display. Quite touching isn't it.</p> +the RC1. There are quite some features about it which make it the player +supporting <b><i>all modern codecs</i></b> of the world today. <b>No other +player can boast with support for all of RealAudio/Video 9, Windows Media +Audio/Video 9, Quicktime Sorenson 3, QDesign Music Audio.</b> This is a peak improvement, and +I'm not talking PR now. I'm watching TV with MPlayer even now. I could +do so even on my EGA or Hercules display. Quite touching isn't it.</p> <p><b>al3x</b> has started a weekly "forum" for MPlayer: the - <i>MPlayer Weekly News</i>. Its issues can be downloaded from - <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/mwn">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/mwn</a>.</p> +<i>MPlayer Weekly News</i>. Its issues can be downloaded from +<a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/mwn">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/mwn</a>.</p> <p>Let's quote the ChangeLog.</p> -<p><b>MPlayer v0.90rc1: "CodecCounter"</b></p> +<p><b>MPlayer v0.90rc1: "CodecCounter"</b></p> Docs: <ul> - <li>new French translation</li> - <li>Irix section</li> - <li>various updates (both English & Hungarian)</li> + <li>new French translation</li> + <li>Irix section</li> + <li>various updates (both English & Hungarian)</li> </ul> Codecs: <ul> - <li>New codec pack download page (there are several packs for various IFs)</li> - <li>Win32/Quicktime codec plugin DLL support -> SVQ3 + QDMC/QDM2/Qclp !!!</li> - <li>Win32/DMO codec DLL interface support -> Windows Media Audio/Video 9 !!!</li> - <li>MJPEG 2000 support (using Morgan & Imagepower VfW DLLs)</li> - <li>libavcodec: optimized HuffYUV en/decoder, with experimental YV12 support</li> - <li>libavcodec: mjpeg-b support (need more samples)</li> - <li>more xvidencopts</li> - <li>VorbisGain tag support, tremor (fast vorbis decoder lib) support</li> - <li>BIG libavcodec messups & codmetics & cleanups & API changes & fixes</li> - <li>dynamic plugin support for libmpcodecs (for future binary codec releases)</li> + <li>New codec pack download page (there are several packs for various IFs)</li> + <li>Win32/Quicktime codec plugin DLL support -> SVQ3 + QDMC/QDM2/Qclp !!!</li> + <li>Win32/DMO codec DLL interface support -> Windows Media Audio/Video 9 !!!</li> + <li>MJPEG 2000 support (using Morgan & Imagepower VfW DLLs)</li> + <li>libavcodec: optimized HuffYUV en/decoder, with experimental YV12 support</li> + <li>libavcodec: mjpeg-b support (need more samples)</li> + <li>more xvidencopts</li> + <li>VorbisGain tag support, tremor (fast vorbis decoder lib) support</li> + <li>BIG libavcodec messups & codmetics & cleanups & API changes & fixes</li> + <li>dynamic plugin support for libmpcodecs (for future binary codec releases)</li> </ul> GUI: <ul> - <li>general code cleanup, more robust gtk code</li> - <li>preferences: Screensaver, Autosync settings</li> - <li>cache=4 fixed (caused jerky/lagging/slow playback with gmplayer)</li> + <li>general code cleanup, more robust gtk code</li> + <li>preferences: Screensaver, Autosync settings</li> + <li>cache=4 fixed (caused jerky/lagging/slow playback with gmplayer)</li> </ul> Others: <ul> - <li>new config/cmdline parser code (optional)</li> - <li>OSD menu system (preferences, shell, file selector etc)</li> - <li>libaf: runtime cpudetection, volume, equalizer, better format conversion</li> - <li>subtitle overlapping can be disabled, added subtitle sorting</li> - <li>subtitle dump to JACOsub and SAMI formats</li> - <li>displays URLs from 'Reference Media' type .mov files, dump generic data</li> - <li>get position/length function in demuxers - for slavemode & -indentify</li> - <li>-ao alsa9 surround fixes, 8-bit PCM fixed</li> - <li>-vo dfbmga: -dr support, fixed OSD flickering</li> - <li>-stop-xscreensaver fixed, support for KDE screensaver too</li> - <li>More compiler warning fixes</li> - <li>Altivec (G4) support</li> + <li>new config/cmdline parser code (optional)</li> + <li>OSD menu system (preferences, shell, file selector etc)</li> + <li>libaf: runtime cpudetection, volume, equalizer, better format conversion</li> + <li>subtitle overlapping can be disabled, added subtitle sorting</li> + <li>subtitle dump to JACOsub and SAMI formats</li> + <li>displays URLs from 'Reference Media' type .mov files, dump generic data</li> + <li>get position/length function in demuxers - for slavemode & -indentify</li> + <li>-ao alsa9 surround fixes, 8-bit PCM fixed</li> + <li>-vo dfbmga: -dr support, fixed OSD flickering</li> + <li>-stop-xscreensaver fixed, support for KDE screensaver too</li> + <li>More compiler warning fixes</li> + <li>Altivec (G4) support</li> </ul> Leech from <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90rc1.tar.bz2</a></li> </ul> @@ -2234,15 +2237,15 @@ </div> <p>A'rpi and Al3x marvelously hacked the built-in Win32 loader to load - the QuickTime codecs (Sorenson 3, QDesign Music Audio). You don't need the - libwine hack, mentioned in the previous news entry. Just follow the - <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/codecs/qt-howto.txt">New QT Howto</a>, - download the codecs and start MPlayer.</p> +the QuickTime codecs (Sorenson 3, QDesign Music Audio). You don't need the +libwine hack, mentioned in the previous news entry. Just follow the +<a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/codecs/qt-howto.txt">New QT Howto</a>, +download the codecs and start MPlayer.</p> <p>Now the only remaining important codecs are WMV9 and WMA9. Guess what, - the avifile project already got them working :) If you didn't know: - those codecs use Micro$oft's new API: DMO (its predecessor was DirectShow). - The funny thing is that these codecs are still "Release Candidate" according - to Micro$oft :))</p> +the avifile project already got them working :) If you didn't know: +those codecs use Micro$oft's new API: DMO (its predecessor was DirectShow). +The funny thing is that these codecs are still "Release Candidate" according +to Micro$oft :))</p> <p>Please be patient until we finish porting the DMO interface from avifile.</p> @@ -2266,19 +2269,19 @@ </div> <p>A'rpi whipped up a small text which describes how to use closed-source - QuickTime codecs (Sorenson, QDesign Audio, etc) in MPlayer. The process - is a bit difficult, but currently the only solution. Be patient, we are - working on a better implementation.</p> +QuickTime codecs (Sorenson, QDesign Audio, etc) in MPlayer. The process +is a bit difficult, but currently the only solution. Be patient, we are +working on a better implementation.</p> <p>It is important to emphasize the fact that although this method includes - usage of the windows emulator <b>Wine</b>, this is NOT just like using - the QuickTime Player. Wine is only used for the decoder, thus from MPlayer's - viewpoint it looks just like any other codec: you can use xmga, aalib, vidix, - whatever to display the movie. And, you can even encode it with for example - DivX, with MEncoder.</p> +usage of the windows emulator <b>Wine</b>, this is NOT just like using +the QuickTime Player. Wine is only used for the decoder, thus from MPlayer's +viewpoint it looks just like any other codec: you can use xmga, aalib, vidix, +whatever to display the movie. And, you can even encode it with for example +DivX, with MEncoder.</p> <p>The instructions can be found in <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/qt-libwine-howto.txt">DOCS/tech/qt-libwine-howto.txt</a>. - Good luck!</p> +Good luck!</p> @@ -2298,15 +2301,15 @@ </div> <p><b>Alban Bedel</b> has commited his first complete OSD Menu support. It - is just awesome :) You can adjust most of the playing options runtime, with - your selected font, displayed right on the used video output. There is a - file browser, help text displayer, preferences, but the most - unbelievable feature is the Console: basically it's like a terminal emulator, - running in MPlayer :) Check the following screenshot, I executed - some Unix commands :)</p> +is just awesome :) You can adjust most of the playing options runtime, with +your selected font, displayed right on the used video output. There is a +file browser, help text displayer, preferences, but the most +unbelievable feature is the Console: basically it's like a terminal emulator, +running in MPlayer :) Check the following screenshot, I executed +some Unix commands :)</p> <p><a href="../images/shot25.jpg"><img src="../images/shot25s.jpg" alt="OSD menu"></a><br> - Click on the picture to zoom</p> +Click on the picture to zoom</p> @@ -2329,19 +2332,19 @@ <p>Oops... We did it again :) So you can play your favourite brand-new - quicktime movie trailers with mplayer! Oops... you cannot yet... at least the - code is working, and was uploaded to CVS, but it needs some hacking to get it - work... (not so bad, you need some DLLs from QT5 player and sdk, and libwine - from wine-20020310 and some config.h editing) - okay, we'll work on getting - this more user-friendly... :) so be patient, it'll be available in next - (pre)release for sure!</p> +quicktime movie trailers with mplayer! Oops... you cannot yet... at least the +code is working, and was uploaded to CVS, but it needs some hacking to get it +work... (not so bad, you need some DLLs from QT5 player and sdk, and libwine +from wine-20020310 and some config.h editing) - okay, we'll work on getting +this more user-friendly... :) so be patient, it'll be available in next +(pre)release for sure!</p> <p><a href="../design4/images/svq3_shot2.jpg"><img src="../design4/images/svq3_shot2s.jpg" alt="SVQ3"><br> - Click on the image for a larger version!</a></p> +Click on the image for a larger version!</a></p> <p>Until then here is a screenshot, playing 2 well-known qt videos, the - original sorenson 3 codec demo file and the 'Ellen Feiss about Windows' - MOVs.</p> +original sorenson 3 codec demo file and the 'Ellen Feiss about Windows' +MOVs.</p> @@ -2358,90 +2361,90 @@ </div> <p> - MPlayer is 2 years old today! It's worth to check - <a href="http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/MPlayer/OLD_stuff/releases/MPlayer-0.01.tar.gz">MPlayer v0.01</a>, - it has evolved a lot since then :) - Anyway, this prerelease has both major bugfixes and new features, just like - pre9 had... +MPlayer is 2 years old today! It's worth to check +<a href="http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/MPlayer/OLD_stuff/releases/MPlayer-0.01.tar.gz">MPlayer v0.01</a>, +it has evolved a lot since then :) +Anyway, this prerelease has both major bugfixes and new features, just like +pre9 had... </p> <p> - The long CHANGELOG: +The long CHANGELOG: </p> Docs: <ul> - <li>dvd auth, vcd sections extended (DOCS/cd-dvd.html)</li> - <li>unified *BSD sections, extended cygwin</li> + <li>dvd auth, vcd sections extended (DOCS/cd-dvd.html)</li> + <li>unified *BSD sections, extended cygwin</li> </ul> Fixes: <ul> - <li>LIRC error message (Error while reading cmd fd X : Success) fixed</li> - <li>playback of some (streamed?) divx files fixed, starting with non-I frames.</li> - <li>-vo png fixed (removed builtin YV12 support, removed OSD)</li> - <li>some .mp3 playback/seek segfaults fixed</li> - <li>vidix mach64 colorkey on PPC fixed</li> - <li>-ao sdl now handles "featureless" soundcards</li> - <li>-vo zr fixes</li> - <li>fixed sig11 if vo init failed</li> - <li>various dxr2 and dxr3 fixes</li> - <li>v4l buffering fixed</li> - <li>fixed multiple reads caused by byteswapping macro (mjpeg.c, mach64_vid.c)</li> - <li>cleanup of postprocessing code - now it's threadsafe and can be shared</li> - <li>ported to GNU/Hurd</li> - <li>cleanup of AVI pts (timestamp) handling - no more BPS hack in mplayer.c</li> - <li>small cleanup of A-V sync code - using relative timers instead of absolute</li> - <li>GUI code cleanup, obsolete files/dirs removed</li> - <li>various small bugfixes, endianess fixes</li> - <li>mencoder: -pass option removed, use -divx4opts pass=N / -lavcopts vpass=N</li> - <li>mencoder: "ff_rate_estimate_qscale: Assertion `q>0.0' failed" fixed!</li> - <li>mencoder: -ovc xvid fixes, cleanup, enhancements</li> - <li>screensaver/dpms re-enabling fixed</li> - <li>realvideo demuxer fixes - asf-style stream detection method</li> + <li>LIRC error message (Error while reading cmd fd X : Success) fixed</li> + <li>playback of some (streamed?) divx files fixed, starting with non-I frames.</li> + <li>-vo png fixed (removed builtin YV12 support, removed OSD)</li> + <li>some .mp3 playback/seek segfaults fixed</li> + <li>vidix mach64 colorkey on PPC fixed</li> + <li>-ao sdl now handles "featureless" soundcards</li> + <li>-vo zr fixes</li> + <li>fixed sig11 if vo init failed</li> + <li>various dxr2 and dxr3 fixes</li> + <li>v4l buffering fixed</li> + <li>fixed multiple reads caused by byteswapping macro (mjpeg.c, mach64_vid.c)</li> + <li>cleanup of postprocessing code - now it's threadsafe and can be shared</li> + <li>ported to GNU/Hurd</li> + <li>cleanup of AVI pts (timestamp) handling - no more BPS hack in mplayer.c</li> + <li>small cleanup of A-V sync code - using relative timers instead of absolute</li> + <li>GUI code cleanup, obsolete files/dirs removed</li> + <li>various small bugfixes, endianess fixes</li> + <li>mencoder: -pass option removed, use -divx4opts pass=N / -lavcopts vpass=N</li> + <li>mencoder: "ff_rate_estimate_qscale: Assertion `q>0.0' failed" fixed!</li> + <li>mencoder: -ovc xvid fixes, cleanup, enhancements</li> + <li>screensaver/dpms re-enabling fixed</li> + <li>realvideo demuxer fixes - asf-style stream detection method</li> </ul> Features: <ul> - <li>-ao win32 (for windows port)</li> - <li>libavcodec: native WMA v1/v2 (aka. DivX audio) decoder</li> - <li>hw-accelerated video eq for -vo x11 and gl2, using DirectColor colormap</li> - <li>overlapping subtitles support, jacosub (*.js) format support</li> - <li>-vo dxr3 got a new syncengine, ':sync', also added native overlay support, - activate with ':overlay', read the manual for more info on how to set up</li> - <li>QDMC/QDM2/MACE audio codec support, using quicktime 5 win32 DLLs (libwine!)</li> - <li>libavcodec: various MJPEG decoding fixes - now it decodes all sample files!</li> - <li>mencvcd updates, sox/toolame support etc</li> - <li>-vo dfbmga - play video on Matrox G400's second head using directfb 0.9.14</li> - <li>RealAudio ATRC (sony atrac3) audio support (using binary plugin)</li> + <li>-ao win32 (for windows port)</li> + <li>libavcodec: native WMA v1/v2 (aka. DivX audio) decoder</li> + <li>hw-accelerated video eq for -vo x11 and gl2, using DirectColor colormap</li> + <li>overlapping subtitles support, jacosub (*.js) format support</li> + <li>-vo dxr3 got a new syncengine, ':sync', also added native overlay support, + activate with ':overlay', read the manual for more info on how to set up</li> + <li>QDMC/QDM2/MACE audio codec support, using quicktime 5 win32 DLLs (libwine!)</li> + <li>libavcodec: various MJPEG decoding fixes - now it decodes all sample files!</li> + <li>mencvcd updates, sox/toolame support etc</li> + <li>-vo dfbmga - play video on Matrox G400's second head using directfb 0.9.14</li> + <li>RealAudio ATRC (sony atrac3) audio support (using binary plugin)</li> </ul> Filters: <ul> - <li>-af/-af-adv options cleanup</li> - <li>now auto-inserting -vop lavc for mpeg-only vo's</li> - <li>video filter API documented :)</li> - <li>better deblocking filter (-vop pp), pp/npp syntax changed!</li> - <li>-vop 2xsai - 2x scaler for drawn images (low color cartoon anims)</li> - <li>-vop unsharp - an sharp/blur filter, nice, but very slow</li> - <li>-vop il - (de)interleave fields</li> - <li>-vop swapuv - guess what :)</li> - <li>-vop boxblur - box blur...</li> - <li>-vop perspective</li> - <li>-vop sab</li> - <li>-vop smartblur</li> + <li>-af/-af-adv options cleanup</li> + <li>now auto-inserting -vop lavc for mpeg-only vo's</li> + <li>video filter API documented :)</li> + <li>better deblocking filter (-vop pp), pp/npp syntax changed!</li> + <li>-vop 2xsai - 2x scaler for drawn images (low color cartoon anims)</li> + <li>-vop unsharp - an sharp/blur filter, nice, but very slow</li> + <li>-vop il - (de)interleave fields</li> + <li>-vop swapuv - guess what :)</li> + <li>-vop boxblur - box blur...</li> + <li>-vop perspective</li> + <li>-vop sab</li> + <li>-vop smartblur</li> </ul> Leech from <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Switzerland, HTTP -> <a href="http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2">http://www4.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre10.tar.bz2</a></li> </ul> now! :) @@ -2461,14 +2464,14 @@ </div> <p>The well-known <a href="http://ffmpeg.sf.net">ffmpeg</a> project - has made its new WMA decoder available. WMA is an audio codec from Micro$oft, - which tries to compete MP3 (however, just try to encode the sound of the - rain:). Just to remind you: ffmpeg already can decode the WMV7 - video codec from M$ (amongst <b>all</b> other MPEG4 variants).</p> +has made its new WMA decoder available. WMA is an audio codec from Micro$oft, +which tries to compete MP3 (however, just try to encode the sound of the +rain:). Just to remind you: ffmpeg already can decode the WMV7 +video codec from M$ (amongst <b>all</b> other MPEG4 variants).</p> <p>This new decoder's speed is the same as of M$'s decoder, but it's yet to be - optimized.</p> +optimized.</p> <p>This decoder finally enables you to decode these audio streams on non-x86 - platforms.</p> +platforms.</p> <p><b>MPlayer</b> is the first player to support this feature.</p> @@ -2489,20 +2492,20 @@ </div> <p>After some mails (the thread could be followed on the <i>mplayer-users</i> - mailing list), XBPlayer developers opened their Media Player's source: - it is available by CVS on <a href="http://xbplayer.sf.net">http://xbplayer.sf.net</a>.</p> +mailing list), XBPlayer developers opened their Media Player's source: +it is available by CVS on <a href="http://xbplayer.sf.net">http://xbplayer.sf.net</a>.</p> <p>Their reasoning: the Win32 version that is/was available for download at - <a href="http://xboxmediaplayer.com">http://xboxmediaplayer.com</a> was an - older version which didn't contain ffmpeg or xvid, and has non-GPL license, - equipped with a DivX3 decoder which was 20-30% faster (!) than ffmpeg. Well - that's what they say. Unfortunately, the source of that version was lost - (??!!).</p> +<a href="http://xboxmediaplayer.com">http://xboxmediaplayer.com</a> was an +older version which didn't contain ffmpeg or xvid, and has non-GPL license, +equipped with a DivX3 decoder which was 20-30% faster (!) than ffmpeg. Well +that's what they say. Unfortunately, the source of that version was lost +(??!!).</p> <p>They also insist on us providing an apology. For what? They nuked any - topic on their forum which was discussing GPL. The homepage did not - contain enough information about licenses - only the success story of - porting ffmpeg and xvid..</p> +topic on their forum which was discussing GPL. The homepage did not +contain enough information about licenses - only the success story of +porting ffmpeg and xvid..</p> <p>And the "losing" of the old source.. Either way, let's hope they are - more tolerant to (L)GPL licenses now.</p> +more tolerant to (L)GPL licenses now.</p> @@ -2525,106 +2528,106 @@ </div> <p> - Hey. Here is pre9 and we're still not "stable" enough... - This prerelease has both major bugfixes and new features :) +Hey. Here is pre9 and we're still not "stable" enough... +This prerelease has both major bugfixes and new features :) </p> <p> - The (longest ever) CHANGELOG: +The (longest ever) CHANGELOG: </p> Docs: <ul> - <li>man page rewritten again :)))</li> - <li>man page updated to latest options, including lavc options</li> - <li>Chinese docs translation added</li> - <li>Hungarian translation is (was? :)) up-to-date again</li> + <li>man page rewritten again :)))</li> + <li>man page updated to latest options, including lavc options</li> + <li>Chinese docs translation added</li> + <li>Hungarian translation is (was? :)) up-to-date again</li> </ul> Cleanup: <ul> - <li>divx4_vbr.c is now really GPL - with the permission of the DivX.com guys!</li> - <li>cyuv decoder restructuring, now supports planar YUV formats, too</li> - <li>removed obsolete variables, like has_audio, has_video, allow_dshow, fifo</li> - <li>help_mp-XX.h files moved to help/ subdirectory, removed obsolete entries</li> - <li>the obsolete 0x1ff eof hack removed from mpeg-es demuxer and decoders</li> - <li>stheaders.h cleanup, removed unneeded wine includes from mplayer core</li> - <li>tons of compiler warning fixes, including some 10l ones</li> - <li>mga/xmga vo shared code, vesa and svga drivers cleanup</li> - <li>major vo drivers are now -fixed-vo compliant: x11, xv, xvidix, xmga, gl2</li> - <li>cleanup of libmpdemux option handling - now it's mplayer-independent again</li> - <li>removed fork() from LIRC input module</li> - <li>libfame removed from main tree/release - libavcodec is faster, better etc.</li> + <li>divx4_vbr.c is now really GPL - with the permission of the DivX.com guys!</li> + <li>cyuv decoder restructuring, now supports planar YUV formats, too</li> + <li>removed obsolete variables, like has_audio, has_video, allow_dshow, fifo</li> + <li>help_mp-XX.h files moved to help/ subdirectory, removed obsolete entries</li> + <li>the obsolete 0x1ff eof hack removed from mpeg-es demuxer and decoders</li> + <li>stheaders.h cleanup, removed unneeded wine includes from mplayer core</li> + <li>tons of compiler warning fixes, including some 10l ones</li> + <li>mga/xmga vo shared code, vesa and svga drivers cleanup</li> + <li>major vo drivers are now -fixed-vo compliant: x11, xv, xvidix, xmga, gl2</li> + <li>cleanup of libmpdemux option handling - now it's mplayer-independent again</li> + <li>removed fork() from LIRC input module</li> + <li>libfame removed from main tree/release - libavcodec is faster, better etc.</li> </ul> Fixes: <ul> - <li>Some fullscreen switching fixes, including Metacity vs KDE 3.1</li> - <li>Many GUI bug fixes</li> - <li>-vo DGA fixes, cleanup</li> - <li>-dvdkey sig11 fixed</li> - <li>k6-3's 3dnowex vs mmxext sigill fixed in mp3lib</li> - <li>-vo gif89, jpeg U-V swapping fixed</li> - <li>RTC setup fixes, more verbose messages, hints</li> - <li>mencoder: demuxer/codec uninit order fixed (solves some sig11)</li> - <li>various v4l and ALSA capturing fixes</li> - <li>demux_mov: fixed crash with MPEG4 on SPARC, decoding on big endian</li> - <li>various NAS ao fixes</li> - <li>libvo: optional stride support for packed YUV / RGB formats</li> - <li>mencoder: set keyframe flag on audio packets, fixes Windows seeking problems</li> - <li>loader: fixed 2 10l bugs, ATI VCR2 DLL now working. using new style CS code.</li> - <li>demux_avi: always use block counter, even if dwSampleSize!=0, fixes some files</li> - <li>SPU decoder (DVD/VOB subs): fixed 2 major bugs causing lost subtitles</li> - <li>various memory leak fixes (valgrind rulez :)</li> - <li>fixed RealAudio SIPR(O) codec (the wrapper didn't find the dspr.so.6)</li> - <li>mms:// audio (radio) streaming fixed</li> - <li>DVB: -vop lavc=bitrate is working again</li> - <li>various big endian fixes</li> + <li>Some fullscreen switching fixes, including Metacity vs KDE 3.1</li> + <li>Many GUI bug fixes</li> + <li>-vo DGA fixes, cleanup</li> + <li>-dvdkey sig11 fixed</li> + <li>k6-3's 3dnowex vs mmxext sigill fixed in mp3lib</li> + <li>-vo gif89, jpeg U-V swapping fixed</li> + <li>RTC setup fixes, more verbose messages, hints</li> + <li>mencoder: demuxer/codec uninit order fixed (solves some sig11)</li> + <li>various v4l and ALSA capturing fixes</li> + <li>demux_mov: fixed crash with MPEG4 on SPARC, decoding on big endian</li> + <li>various NAS ao fixes</li> + <li>libvo: optional stride support for packed YUV / RGB formats</li> + <li>mencoder: set keyframe flag on audio packets, fixes Windows seeking problems</li> + <li>loader: fixed 2 10l bugs, ATI VCR2 DLL now working. using new style CS code.</li> + <li>demux_avi: always use block counter, even if dwSampleSize!=0, fixes some files</li> + <li>SPU decoder (DVD/VOB subs): fixed 2 major bugs causing lost subtitles</li> + <li>various memory leak fixes (valgrind rulez :)</li> + <li>fixed RealAudio SIPR(O) codec (the wrapper didn't find the dspr.so.6)</li> + <li>mms:// audio (radio) streaming fixed</li> + <li>DVB: -vop lavc=bitrate is working again</li> + <li>various big endian fixes</li> </ul> Features: <ul> - <li>new audio filter layer (libaf) - automatic samplerate conversion</li> - <li>experimental -vo directx driver for cygwin build</li> - <li>unrarlib included for rar'ed vobsubs</li> - <li>native xvid encoding (-ovc xvid) interface for mencoder</li> - <li>new softeq filter with gamma support: -vop eq2</li> - <li>-ao/-vo accepts list of drivers and can fall back to one, just like -ac/-vc</li> - <li>audio/video codec selection (-ac/-afm) rewritten, now uses codec/fm list</li> - <li>get_delay() smoothing (-autosync) - should help buggy sound drivers</li> - <li>smb:// URL support (disabled by default, ./configure part not yet done!)</li> - <li>support for 1/4/8bpp raw video (requires -vop palette / -vop 1bpp)</li> - <li>support for quicktime alaw/agsm audio codecs, 3IV2, 3VID video codecs</li> - <li>swscale can now output to YUY2 format, upscaled (default) or unscaled (-sws 0)</li> - <li>Vidix with LinuxPPC support (mach64 is confirmed to work)</li> - <li>GUI: cache, autoq settings, start in fullscreen, toggle button in menu</li> - <li>New video filter to overlay images over video: -vop bmovl</li> + <li>new audio filter layer (libaf) - automatic samplerate conversion</li> + <li>experimental -vo directx driver for cygwin build</li> + <li>unrarlib included for rar'ed vobsubs</li> + <li>native xvid encoding (-ovc xvid) interface for mencoder</li> + <li>new softeq filter with gamma support: -vop eq2</li> + <li>-ao/-vo accepts list of drivers and can fall back to one, just like -ac/-vc</li> + <li>audio/video codec selection (-ac/-afm) rewritten, now uses codec/fm list</li> + <li>get_delay() smoothing (-autosync) - should help buggy sound drivers</li> + <li>smb:// URL support (disabled by default, ./configure part not yet done!)</li> + <li>support for 1/4/8bpp raw video (requires -vop palette / -vop 1bpp)</li> + <li>support for quicktime alaw/agsm audio codecs, 3IV2, 3VID video codecs</li> + <li>swscale can now output to YUY2 format, upscaled (default) or unscaled (-sws 0)</li> + <li>Vidix with LinuxPPC support (mach64 is confirmed to work)</li> + <li>GUI: cache, autoq settings, start in fullscreen, toggle button in menu</li> + <li>New video filter to overlay images over video: -vop bmovl</li> </ul> Libavcodec: <ul> - <li>RV10 codec cleanup (2nd level demuxer moved to demuxer layer)</li> - <li>MPEG4 interlaced DCT _en_coding support</li> - <li>luma masking support (encoding)</li> - <li>runtime selectable IDCT algo</li> - <li>faster MPEG1/2 decoder</li> - <li>DV decoding (both PAL and NTSC)</li> - <li>MPEG1 2-pass encoding support</li> - <li>better/cleaner error resilience (done in a 2nd pass after decoding)</li> - <li>h263/MPEG4 out of order slice decoding</li> - <li>-lavdopts bug= reworked, now uses flags, autodetects most of them</li> - <li>complete MPEG4 GMC decoding support</li> + <li>RV10 codec cleanup (2nd level demuxer moved to demuxer layer)</li> + <li>MPEG4 interlaced DCT _en_coding support</li> + <li>luma masking support (encoding)</li> + <li>runtime selectable IDCT algo</li> + <li>faster MPEG1/2 decoder</li> + <li>DV decoding (both PAL and NTSC)</li> + <li>MPEG1 2-pass encoding support</li> + <li>better/cleaner error resilience (done in a 2nd pass after decoding)</li> + <li>h263/MPEG4 out of order slice decoding</li> + <li>-lavdopts bug= reworked, now uses flags, autodetects most of them</li> + <li>complete MPEG4 GMC decoding support</li> </ul> Leech from <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre9.tar.bz2</a></li> </ul> now! :) <br> @@ -2645,13 +2648,13 @@ </div> <p>The XBMP developers issued an article telling they didn't make - official releases, therefore they are not obliged to release source code. - So I guess they can say: "Oh, you have an XBMP binary? It must have been - leaked, we are soo sorry."</p> +official releases, therefore they are not obliged to release source code. +So I guess they can say: "Oh, you have an XBMP binary? It must have been +leaked, we are soo sorry."</p> <p>That's a lie. Seeing <a href="http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/newweb/download_files.htm">http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/newweb/download_files.htm</a>, - there is a Win32 binary (amongst many else), obviously with GPL license. - Please send the source to gabucino at mplayerhq.hu, which you are obliged - to do.</p> +there is a Win32 binary (amongst many else), obviously with GPL license. +Please send the source to gabucino at mplayerhq.hu, which you are obliged +to do.</p> @@ -2668,22 +2671,22 @@ <p>Some win32 guys made a <a href="http://xboxmediaplayer.de">media player</a> - for Micro$oft's well-known "console", the X-box. Unfortunately they used - FFMPEG and XVID sources in their closed-source product, and failed to make - their sources - and changes to the used GPL codebase - available either in - public, or by request - as the GPL license forces them to do so. They can't - be contacted because they don't publish their E-Mail addresses due to an - expectable threat from M$, or whatever their reasons are.</p> +for Micro$oft's well-known "console", the X-box. Unfortunately they used +FFMPEG and XVID sources in their closed-source product, and failed to make +their sources - and changes to the used GPL codebase - available either in +public, or by request - as the GPL license forces them to do so. They can't +be contacted because they don't publish their E-Mail addresses due to an +expectable threat from M$, or whatever their reasons are.</p> <p>This violates GPL.</p> <p>As we currently cannot move against them (not that we want to do so, in the - first place), we can only warn the open-source community to</p> +first place), we can only warn the open-source community to</p> <center><b>STAY AWAY FROM THIS PIECE OF PIRATED SOFTWARE!</b></center> <p>It's a pity that so much people don't give a shit about the tireless - work of FFMPEG/XVID creators.</p> +work of FFMPEG/XVID creators.</p> @@ -2703,65 +2706,65 @@ </div> <p> - Hmm. It seems that pre7 was the most buggier pre-release ever... - So time to release a bugfix/hotfix one now.</p> +Hmm. It seems that pre7 was the most buggier pre-release ever... +So time to release a bugfix/hotfix one now.</p> <p> - CHANGELOG: +CHANGELOG: </p> Docs: <ul> - <li>manpage has been rewritten, now has better indenting, and convertable to - html</li> - <li>AUTHORS, MAINTAINERS converted back to separate text files, and updated.</li> - <li>ChangeLog file is included again (was removed after 0.18)</li> - <li>some new tech docs on libmpcodecs, updates/fixes in others, manpage-howto</li> - <li>more updates in translation files (help_mp-XX.h)</li> - <li>removed obsolete/unused entries from help_mp-en.h</li> + <li>manpage has been rewritten, now has better indenting, and convertable to + html</li> + <li>AUTHORS, MAINTAINERS converted back to separate text files, and updated.</li> + <li>ChangeLog file is included again (was removed after 0.18)</li> + <li>some new tech docs on libmpcodecs, updates/fixes in others, manpage-howto</li> + <li>more updates in translation files (help_mp-XX.h)</li> + <li>removed obsolete/unused entries from help_mp-en.h</li> </ul> Cleanup: <ul> - <li>XAnim interface merged & fixed, now uses mpi and supports direct - rendering</li> - <li>cleanup of libmpdemux stream layer, especially of TV and MF parts</li> - <li>some more unused files removed: vo_fsdga, vo_odivx, vd_rle, timer.c, - ttf_load</li> + <li>XAnim interface merged & fixed, now uses mpi and supports direct + rendering</li> + <li>cleanup of libmpdemux stream layer, especially of TV and MF parts</li> + <li>some more unused files removed: vo_fsdga, vo_odivx, vd_rle, timer.c, + ttf_load</li> </ul> Fixes: <ul> - <li>the http:// infinite memleak bug has been fixed, some WMS9 mms:// fixes</li> - <li>various sparc/sun, hpux and netbsd/openbsd portability fixes</li> - <li>-vop palette fixes, CRAM and QPEG colors are OK now</li> - <li>demuxer fixed for >2GB nuppelvideo files</li> - <li>mencoder: -ss fixed for 3-pass encoding</li> - <li>gui.conf locale bug fixed (again... hope this time it's ok)</li> - <li>X11 fullscreen switching fixed, when d_width == screenwidth</li> - <li>MOV files edit-list handling fixed - solved 'short read' issue</li> + <li>the http:// infinite memleak bug has been fixed, some WMS9 mms:// fixes</li> + <li>various sparc/sun, hpux and netbsd/openbsd portability fixes</li> + <li>-vop palette fixes, CRAM and QPEG colors are OK now</li> + <li>demuxer fixed for >2GB nuppelvideo files</li> + <li>mencoder: -ss fixed for 3-pass encoding</li> + <li>gui.conf locale bug fixed (again... hope this time it's ok)</li> + <li>X11 fullscreen switching fixed, when d_width == screenwidth</li> + <li>MOV files edit-list handling fixed - solved 'short read' issue</li> </ul> Features: <ul> - <li>new demuxer for .PVA files (fileformat of TV/DVB apps on win32)</li> - <li>-mf now supports TGA (24/32bpp uncomp/rle) images</li> - <li>libavcodec: support for interlaced mpeg-4 _de_coding</li> - <li>libavcodec: aspect ratio encoding support (mpeg4, mjpeg, h263?)</li> - <li>win32 DLL loader merged/synced with avifile CVS</li> + <li>new demuxer for .PVA files (fileformat of TV/DVB apps on win32)</li> + <li>-mf now supports TGA (24/32bpp uncomp/rle) images</li> + <li>libavcodec: support for interlaced mpeg-4 _de_coding</li> + <li>libavcodec: aspect ratio encoding support (mpeg4, mjpeg, h263?)</li> + <li>win32 DLL loader merged/synced with avifile CVS</li> </ul> Leech from <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2</a></li> </ul> now! :) <br> @@ -2785,47 +2788,49 @@ </div> <p> - Hmm. Yet another month and we're at pre7... instead of the 0.90 stable... - People just cannot insist commiting fixes and features :)</p> +Hmm. Yet another month and we're at pre7... instead of the 0.90 stable... +People just cannot insist commiting fixes and features :)</p> cleanup: <ul> - <li>libvo2, old input code & sis_vid removed, other code cleanups</li> - <li>tons of compiler warning fixes, some configure/makefile improvements</li> - <li>more messages are translated, many translations updated</li> - <li>docs review continued, html cleanups</li> - <li>option -vfm/-afm now uses names instead of numbers, driver IDs removed</li> + <li>libvo2, old input code & sis_vid removed, other code cleanups</li> + <li>tons of compiler warning fixes, some configure/makefile improvements</li> + <li>more messages are translated, many translations updated</li> + <li>docs review continued, html cleanups</li> + <li>option -vfm/-afm now uses names instead of numbers, driver IDs removed</li> </ul> + code: <ul> - <li>vfw/vfwex cleanup, support for runtime csp queries, 8bpp support</li> - <li>new native mszh/zlib codec</li> - <li>libavcodec: 2-pass control code rewritten, now everything customizable</li> - <li>libavcodec: mpeg4/xvid en/decoding support improved, rv10 decoding fixes</li> - <li>various realvideo demuxer and video codec fixes, sipr audio support</li> - <li>new video filters: soft eq (brightness), halfpack (deinterlacer), film noise</li> - <li>.ogm subtitles support</li> - <li>optional freetype 2.1+ support for runtime-scalable .ttf font rendering</li> - <li>various networking and mms:// fixes, live.com support improved</li> - <li>various v4l video capturing and audio capturing fixes, audio input layer</li> - <li>libmpdvdkit2 - based on libdvdcss 1.2.2 + libdvdread 0.9.3 + key cache</li> - <li>alsa: iec958-init completely rewritten - better SP/DIF AC3 support</li> + <li>vfw/vfwex cleanup, support for runtime csp queries, 8bpp support</li> + <li>new native mszh/zlib codec</li> + <li>libavcodec: 2-pass control code rewritten, now everything customizable</li> + <li>libavcodec: mpeg4/xvid en/decoding support improved, rv10 decoding fixes</li> + <li>various realvideo demuxer and video codec fixes, sipr audio support</li> + <li>new video filters: soft eq (brightness), halfpack (deinterlacer), film noise</li> + <li>.ogm subtitles support</li> + <li>optional freetype 2.1+ support for runtime-scalable .ttf font rendering</li> + <li>various networking and mms:// fixes, live.com support improved</li> + <li>various v4l video capturing and audio capturing fixes, audio input layer</li> + <li>libmpdvdkit2 - based on libdvdcss 1.2.2 + libdvdread 0.9.3 + key cache</li> + <li>alsa: iec958-init completely rewritten - better SP/DIF AC3 support</li> </ul> + gui: <ul> - <li>gui.conf locale bug fixed (hopefully)</li> - <li>gui preferences menu extended, runtime subtitle loading support</li> - <li>gui: drag'n'drop support</li> + <li>gui.conf locale bug fixed (hopefully)</li> + <li>gui preferences menu extended, runtime subtitle loading support</li> + <li>gui: drag'n'drop support</li> </ul> Leech from <ul> - <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, HTTP -> <a href="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 1, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary 2, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre7.tar.bz2</a></li> </ul> now! :) <br> @@ -2845,39 +2850,39 @@ </div> <p><b>XVID</b> is a leading open source MPEG-4 video codec, covered by - the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). At the beginning of July 2002, - XVID learned that their codec was entirely stolen by <b>Sigma Designs</b> - (the manufacturer of DXR3/H+ hardware MPEG2 decoder cards), and is - distributed with the name <i>REALmagic MPEG-4 Video Codec</i>, under - Sigma Designs' own license (not GPL).</p> +the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). At the beginning of July 2002, +XVID learned that their codec was entirely stolen by <b>Sigma Designs</b> +(the manufacturer of DXR3/H+ hardware MPEG2 decoder cards), and is +distributed with the name <i>REALmagic MPEG-4 Video Codec</i>, under +Sigma Designs' own license (not GPL).</p> <p>The XVID people immediately contacted Sigma Designs, who confirmed the - violation, and promised to remove all violating code. On August 9th, - Sigma released version 1.1 of "their" codec, which turned out to be - still containing XVID, but it was disguised by programming and - compiling tricks. As Sigma didn't show any sign of cooperation since, - the XVID project leaders decided to close the project, until the - matter is settled. Or forever...</p> +violation, and promised to remove all violating code. On August 9th, +Sigma released version 1.1 of "their" codec, which turned out to be +still containing XVID, but it was disguised by programming and +compiling tricks. As Sigma didn't show any sign of cooperation since, +the XVID project leaders decided to close the project, until the +matter is settled. Or forever...</p> <p>This is a brief snippet of the story available at <a href="http://xvid.org"> - xvid.org</a>. Please take the time and read it!</p> +xvid.org</a>. Please take the time and read it!</p> <p>I think the Sigma guys are lamers, they didn't notice that icc (Intel's C - compiler) inserts the source's filenames and the used compiler options - into the binary, thus it was easy to spot.</p> +compiler) inserts the source's filenames and the used compiler options +into the binary, thus it was easy to spot.</p> The reasons we support XVID in this peril: <ul> - <li>MPlayer team and XVID have always been loosely cooperating.</li> - <li>MPlayer also has been stolen and renamed some time ago, with no - credits given to us (WarpVision for OS/2...)</li> - <li>we want XVID to live and evolve: it is one of the two open source - MPEG-4 video codecs, not some toy for a firm.</li> - <li>we are curious of the outcome. If XVID wins, the GPL license - has bright future. If it fails despite the simplicity of the - situation, it's destinied to die.. - Let's see if RMS can do useful things after hammering Linux and - BitKeeper relationship.</li> + <li>MPlayer team and XVID have always been loosely cooperating.</li> + <li>MPlayer also has been stolen and renamed some time ago, with no + credits given to us (WarpVision for OS/2...)</li> + <li>we want XVID to live and evolve: it is one of the two open source + MPEG-4 video codecs, not some toy for a firm.</li> + <li>we are curious of the outcome. If XVID wins, the GPL license + has bright future. If it fails despite the simplicity of the + situation, it's destinied to die.. + Let's see if RMS can do useful things after hammering Linux and + BitKeeper relationship.</li> </ul> @@ -2895,15 +2900,15 @@ <table> <tr> - <td><a href="../design4/images/flag2k2.jpg"><img src="../design4/images/flag2k2-small.jpg" alt="Flag 2002 party"></a></td> - <td> - The great <a href="http://flag2002.demoscene.hu">Flag 2002 party</a> was - held in Budapest, Hungary on July 12-14th with some MPlayer team members - present, including A'rpi, Pontscho and me (Gabucino). Don't be alarmed, I - won't write a party report, but only put a note about a 256 byte compo - entry that A'rpi coded just for fun: - <a href="mply2002.zip">MPlayer256</a>. It does OSD and noise filter in - only 256 bytes :) Unfortunately it didn't get a single vote :)</td> +<td><a href="../design4/images/flag2k2.jpg"><img src="../design4/images/flag2k2-small.jpg" alt="Flag 2002 party"></a></td> +<td> + The great <a href="http://flag2002.demoscene.hu">Flag 2002 party</a> was + held in Budapest, Hungary on July 12-14th with some MPlayer team members + present, including A'rpi, Pontscho and me (Gabucino). Don't be alarmed, I + won't write a party report, but only put a note about a 256 byte compo + entry that A'rpi coded just for fun: + <a href="mply2002.zip">MPlayer256</a>. It does OSD and noise filter in + only 256 bytes :) Unfortunately it didn't get a single vote :)</td> </tr> </table> <p>Also, big thanx to the organizers for a great party!</p> @@ -2926,38 +2931,38 @@ </div> <p> - Hmm. After about 2 months of "testing" pre6 is out... It should be named v1.00 - rather than v0.90-pre6, due to the many new features and major bugfixes - but it's pre6 now.<br> - The <i>crippled</i> list of changes:</p> - -<ul> - <li>WMV1, Sorenson v1 (SVQ1) and RealPlayer 8.0 (RV20/30, Cook) codecs support</li> - <li>libavcodec M1 direct rendering, IPB support with Xv</li> - <li>libavcodec improvements, bugfixes - both the encoder & decoder sides</li> - <li>Raw DV demuxer, libdv-based DV audio/video decoder</li> - <li>Various MOV/MP4, RM and ASF/WMV demuxer bugfixes, improvements</li> - <li>Detection of AVI files which needs <code>-ni</code> option, workaround for some Nandub bugs</li> - <li>Support for live.com RTP/RTSP streaming libraries</li> - <li>Support to rip DVD subs in VobSub format, bugfixes of mpsub/srt converter</li> - <li>Closed Captioning (ascii subs on RC1 DVDs) support</li> - <li>Massive directfb updates</li> - <li>Vidix fixes/updates, including fixes of all known radeon bugs</li> - <li>dithered 1/4/8 bpp support with -vo svga (EGA rulez:))</li> - <li>AO: alsa9 fixes/improvements, native ARTS driver</li> - <li>various endianess and 64-bit fixes, including mencoder and -ao pcm</li> - <li>tons of small compatibility/portability fixes, better cygwin, darwin support</li> - <li>GUI fixes, new features - playlist, audio/video equalizer, preferences</li> - <li>Skins: fixed many small glitches, few new skins</li> - <li>'mencvcd' script - helps creating VCD/SVCD with mencoder</li> - <li>html DOCS updates, manpage & README restructured (again :))</li> +Hmm. After about 2 months of "testing" pre6 is out... It should be named v1.00 +rather than v0.90-pre6, due to the many new features and major bugfixes - but it's pre6 now.<br> +The <i>crippled</i> list of changes:</p> + +<ul> + <li>WMV1, Sorenson v1 (SVQ1) and RealPlayer 8.0 (RV20/30, Cook) codecs support</li> + <li>libavcodec M1 direct rendering, IPB support with Xv</li> + <li>libavcodec improvements, bugfixes - both the encoder & decoder sides</li> + <li>Raw DV demuxer, libdv-based DV audio/video decoder</li> + <li>Various MOV/MP4, RM and ASF/WMV demuxer bugfixes, improvements</li> + <li>Detection of AVI files which needs <code>-ni</code> option, workaround for some Nandub bugs</li> + <li>Support for live.com RTP/RTSP streaming libraries</li> + <li>Support to rip DVD subs in VobSub format, bugfixes of mpsub/srt converter</li> + <li>Closed Captioning (ascii subs on RC1 DVDs) support</li> + <li>Massive directfb updates</li> + <li>Vidix fixes/updates, including fixes of all known radeon bugs</li> + <li>dithered 1/4/8 bpp support with -vo svga (EGA rulez:))</li> + <li>AO: alsa9 fixes/improvements, native ARTS driver</li> + <li>various endianess and 64-bit fixes, including mencoder and -ao pcm</li> + <li>tons of small compatibility/portability fixes, better cygwin, darwin support</li> + <li>GUI fixes, new features - playlist, audio/video equalizer, preferences</li> + <li>Skins: fixed many small glitches, few new skins</li> + <li>'mencvcd' script - helps creating VCD/SVCD with mencoder</li> + <li>html DOCS updates, manpage & README restructured (again :))</li> </ul> Leech from <ul> - <li>Hungary, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre6.tar.bz2</a></li> </ul> now! :) <br> @@ -2977,46 +2982,46 @@ </div> <ul> - <li><b>Sorenson v1 (SVQ1) support</b> - based on - <a href="http://xine.sf.net">Xine</a>'s Sorenson v1 (SVQ1) decoder, we - implemented it in <b>MPlayer</b>. - It uses libavcodec's MMX/3DNow!/etc optimized functions, while Xine's version is plain C. - So ours should be faster.<br> - <b>NOTE: Sorenson v3 (SVQ3) still can't be decoded, either with MPlayer or - Xine! Same for QDM audio :(</b> - </li> - <li><b>EGA support</b> - EGA (Enhanced Graphics Adapter) is an old graphics - card, the predecessor of VGA. It does 16 colors in maximum 640x350 - resolution, and became very popular many years ago - many old games support - only EGA, not VGA.<br> - Recently <b>Michael Niedermayer</b> added 4bpp (16 colors) converter - in <b>MPlayer</b>, enabling us to use SVGAlib's EGA driver. - <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#svgalib">See the - documentation for more information!</a><br> - <br> - <center><a href="../design4/images/EGA-01.jpg"><img src="../design4/images/EGA-01s.jpg" alt="EGA"></a><br> - <b>Matrox G400 on TV</b> versus <b>EGA card 320x200x16 on CGA monitor</b><br> - (<a href="../design4/images/EGA-02.jpg">click here for darker version (better - colours</a>)<br> - </center> - </li> - <li><b>RealPlayer codecs loading support</b> - i.e.: now RealVideo G2/8.0/RealOne - (RV20, RV30) and RealAudio (Cook, Sipro) is playable with - <b>MPlayer</b>! Credits go to <b>Florian Schneider</b>. I guess this - is the first time someone found out how to use RealPlayer's binary codec plugins. - <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#real">See the - documentation for more information!</a> - </li> + <li><b>Sorenson v1 (SVQ1) support</b> - based on + <a href="http://xine.sf.net">Xine</a>'s Sorenson v1 (SVQ1) decoder, we + implemented it in <b>MPlayer</b>. + It uses libavcodec's MMX/3DNow!/etc optimized functions, while Xine's version is plain C. + So ours should be faster.<br> + <b>NOTE: Sorenson v3 (SVQ3) still can't be decoded, either with MPlayer or + Xine! Same for QDM audio :(</b> + </li> + <li><b>EGA support</b> - EGA (Enhanced Graphics Adapter) is an old graphics + card, the predecessor of VGA. It does 16 colors in maximum 640x350 + resolution, and became very popular many years ago - many old games support + only EGA, not VGA.<br> + Recently <b>Michael Niedermayer</b> added 4bpp (16 colors) converter + in <b>MPlayer</b>, enabling us to use SVGAlib's EGA driver. + <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#svgalib">See the + documentation for more information!</a><br> + <br> + <center><a href="../design4/images/EGA-01.jpg"><img src="../design4/images/EGA-01s.jpg" alt="EGA"></a><br> + <b>Matrox G400 on TV</b> versus <b>EGA card 320x200x16 on CGA monitor</b><br> + (<a href="../design4/images/EGA-02.jpg">click here for darker version (better + colours</a>)<br> + </center> + </li> + <li><b>RealPlayer codecs loading support</b> - i.e.: now RealVideo G2/8.0/RealOne + (RV20, RV30) and RealAudio (Cook, Sipro) is playable with + <b>MPlayer</b>! Credits go to <b>Florian Schneider</b>. I guess this + is the first time someone found out how to use RealPlayer's binary codec plugins. + <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#real">See the + documentation for more information!</a> + </li> </ul> You will have to use the CVS version! <b>Current snapshot can be - downloaded from these locations:</b> - <ul> - <li>Hungary, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2</a></li> - </ul> +downloaded from these locations:</b> +<ul> + <li>Hungary, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2</a></li> +</ul> @@ -3035,11 +3040,11 @@ </div> <p>I've put a donations page up, in case someone would need only this - to start donating... Click here -> - <a href="donations.html">DONATIONS PAGE</a></p> +to start donating... Click here -> +<a href="donations.html">DONATIONS PAGE</a></p> <p>Please think about donating. MPlayer is a non-profit program, and we - don't ask for too expensive things.</p> +don't ask for too expensive things.</p> @@ -3064,63 +3069,63 @@ </div> <p>Here comes a brand new pre-release of <b>MPlayer 0.90</b>: pre5. - Below you can find a short list of changes, compared to the pre4 - version.</p> +Below you can find a short list of changes, compared to the pre4 +version.</p> <p> <b>Documentation changes:</b></p> <ul> - <li>lot of fixes, updates, cleanups</li> - <li>new README containing quick install guide</li> - <li>tech level docs on libavcodec encoding options</li> - <li>HTML doc is now IE 6.0.2600 compatible! :)))</li> + <li>lot of fixes, updates, cleanups</li> + <li>new README containing quick install guide</li> + <li>tech level docs on libavcodec encoding options</li> + <li>HTML doc is now IE 6.0.2600 compatible! :)))</li> </ul> <p><b>Code changes:</b></p> <ul> - <li>subreader (ASCII subtitle file parser) fixes</li> - <li>spudec (VOBsub) cleanup/fixes, a new (faster, better) scaler, bbox - support</li> - <li>mmst:// streaming support</li> - <li>.ogm (OGG) audio/video stream selection</li> - <li>native Micro$oft MPEG4v1 (MPG4) codec, error concealement for all - MPEG4s</li> - <li>various libavcodec encoding improvements</li> - <li>MPEG1 && -vo x11 crash fixed when movie's height%16!=0</li> - <li>raw (uncompressed) video fixed (avi & mov)</li> - <li>flickering/blocking fixed for old vfw codecs (indeo3, cinepak etc)</li> - <li>introduced codecs.conf versioning to avoid problems caused by too old - conf</li> + <li>subreader (ASCII subtitle file parser) fixes</li> + <li>spudec (VOBsub) cleanup/fixes, a new (faster, better) scaler, bbox + support</li> + <li>mmst:// streaming support</li> + <li>.ogm (OGG) audio/video stream selection</li> + <li>native Micro$oft MPEG4v1 (MPG4) codec, error concealement for all + MPEG4s</li> + <li>various libavcodec encoding improvements</li> + <li>MPEG1 && -vo x11 crash fixed when movie's height%16!=0</li> + <li>raw (uncompressed) video fixed (avi & mov)</li> + <li>flickering/blocking fixed for old vfw codecs (indeo3, cinepak etc)</li> + <li>introduced codecs.conf versioning to avoid problems caused by too old + conf</li> </ul> <p><b>Display:</b></p> <ul> - <li>some more X11 cleanup, icewm fullscreen fixes, <code>-vo gl/gl2</code> - fixed</li> - <li>xscreensaver disabling support (optional, disabled by default)</li> - <li><b>pan&scan</b> support in <i>xv, xmga, xvidix</i></li> - <li>Xv YV12 stride problems fixed when width%8!=0</li> - <li>vidix r128/radeon driver synced with <b>mplayerxp</b>, various xvidix - fixes</li> - <li>DVB A/V sync fixes, <b>libfame</b> updated to 0.9.0</li> - <li><b>native <code>-ao arts</code> driver</b>, AC3 passthrough support for - <code>-ao alsa9</code>, <code>-ao nas</code> fixed</li> + <li>some more X11 cleanup, icewm fullscreen fixes, <code>-vo gl/gl2</code> + fixed</li> + <li>xscreensaver disabling support (optional, disabled by default)</li> + <li><b>pan&scan</b> support in <i>xv, xmga, xvidix</i></li> + <li>Xv YV12 stride problems fixed when width%8!=0</li> + <li>vidix r128/radeon driver synced with <b>mplayerxp</b>, various xvidix + fixes</li> + <li>DVB A/V sync fixes, <b>libfame</b> updated to 0.9.0</li> + <li><b>native <code>-ao arts</code> driver</b>, AC3 passthrough support for + <code>-ao alsa9</code>, <code>-ao nas</code> fixed</li> </ul> <p><b>Miscellaneous fixes:</b></p> <ul> - <li>GUI: VCD and URL support, some bugs fixed</li> - <li>some cleanup of messages (less debug stuff) printed by MPlayer</li> - <li>gcc 3.1 support</li> - <li>various portability fixes (cygwin, darwin, 64bit sparc/alpha)</li> + <li>GUI: VCD and URL support, some bugs fixed</li> + <li>some cleanup of messages (less debug stuff) printed by MPlayer</li> + <li>gcc 3.1 support</li> + <li>various portability fixes (cygwin, darwin, 64bit sparc/alpha)</li> </ul> <p><b>Download:</b></p> <ul> - <li>Hungary, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, HTTP -> <a href="http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2">http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>USA, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre5.tar.bz2</a></li> </ul> @@ -3142,10 +3147,10 @@ <p>The well-known video card maker <a href="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox</a> - has released its new card continuing the <i>Gxx</i> series: <b>Parhelia</b>. - Unfortunately <code>mga_vid</code> won't support it, unless someone - sends us some of this baby. We mailed Matrox some weeks ago, but - sadly - - haven't received any answer.</p> +has released its new card continuing the <i>Gxx</i> series: <b>Parhelia</b>. +Unfortunately <code>mga_vid</code> won't support it, unless someone +sends us some of this baby. We mailed Matrox some weeks ago, but - sadly - +haven't received any answer.</p> <p>Donations are welcome.</p> @@ -3170,20 +3175,20 @@ <p>I can't think of any introduction text. So: the new pre-release 0.90-pre4 of the <a href="http://freshmeat.net/stats/#popularity">most popular</a> movie player is out. List of - main changes:<br> - - X11 fullscreen toggle fixes with various windowmanagers, multifile playback<br> - - DXR2 support<br> - - Output into animated GIF<br> - - "cropdetect" video filter to autodetect needed size to crop<br> - - libavcodec marked as default encoder for MEncoder<br> - - manpage rewrite<br> - - lot of other fixes<br> +main changes:<br> +- X11 fullscreen toggle fixes with various windowmanagers, multifile playback<br> +- DXR2 support<br> +- Output into animated GIF<br> +- "cropdetect" video filter to autodetect needed size to crop<br> +- libavcodec marked as default encoder for MEncoder<br> +- manpage rewrite<br> +- lot of other fixes<br> </p> <p>Download:</p> <ul> - <li>Hungary, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre4.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre4.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre4.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre4.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre4.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre4.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre4.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre4.tar.bz2</a></li> </ul> @@ -3228,14 +3233,14 @@ </p> You can download it from the following places: <ul> - <li>Hungary, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre3.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> - <li>Hungary, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary, HTTP -> <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre3.tar.bz2">http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> + <li>Hungary, FTP -> <a href="ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre3.tar.bz2">ftp://ftp2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre3.tar.bz2</a></li> </ul> <p>And please check the - <a href="http://freshmeat.net/stats">Freshmeat popularity statistics</a>, - it has Linux kernel on <b>100%</b>, second place is <b>MPlayer</b> with - <b>94.61%</b> and increasing. The third is cdrecord with <b>47.41%</b> :)</p> +<a href="http://freshmeat.net/stats">Freshmeat popularity statistics</a>, +it has Linux kernel on <b>100%</b>, second place is <b>MPlayer</b> with +<b>94.61%</b> and increasing. The third is cdrecord with <b>47.41%</b> :)</p> @@ -3260,11 +3265,11 @@ <p>Known problems, with top priority on our TODO (scheduled for pre3):</p> <ul> - <li>keeping/altering width/height and aspect by filters</li> - <li>check uploaded files (ftp incoming) and fix bugs if needed</li> - <li>cleanup warning/debug messages printed by mplayer</li> - <li>fix mencoder windows compatibility (ac3 and cbr mp3 sound)</li> - <li>make DOCS up-to-date</li> + <li>keeping/altering width/height and aspect by filters</li> + <li>check uploaded files (ftp incoming) and fix bugs if needed</li> + <li>cleanup warning/debug messages printed by mplayer</li> + <li>fix mencoder windows compatibility (ac3 and cbr mp3 sound)</li> + <li>make DOCS up-to-date</li> </ul> <p>List of changes, without being complete :</p> @@ -3291,8 +3296,8 @@ </pre> <p>Everyone is welcome to test, and don't forget to REPORT BUGS! You can - download <b>MPlayer 0.90pre2</b> - <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre2.tar.bz2">here</a>.</p> +download <b>MPlayer 0.90pre2</b> +<a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre2.tar.bz2">here</a>.</p> @@ -3316,30 +3321,30 @@ <p>List of enhancements, without being complete:</p> <ul> - <li><b>100% GPL</b> - yeah, so what?</li> - <li><b>runtime CPU detection code</b> - any x86 MPlayer binary can run on - "any" other x86 CPU</li> - <li><b>video filter layer</b> - with numerous plugins (crop, expand, etc, - see the documentation)</li> - <li><b>ability to view or encode DVD/vobsub and/or text subtitles into the output - AVI</b></li> - <li><b>prelimenary dvdnav support (experimental)</b></li> - <li><b>Direct Rendering</b> - can't be used with libavcodec yet, sorry</li> - <li><b>ability to display subtitles under the image, on black bands</b></li> - <li><b>FFmpeg (included) now supports decoding MPEG4v2 (MP42) and DivX 5.0 files too</b></li> - <li><b>greatly enhanced MPEG4 encoder</b> - in libavcodec. It's - not always as good as DivX4, but is twice as fast - so it's very - useful on realtime encoding. And generally also.</li> - <li><b>audio-only (wav/mp3/wma/ogg) file playback (console only)</b></li> - <li><b>playing/encoding audio from separate wav/mp3 file</b></li> - <li><b>support for more fileformats, including the new and very popular .ogg</b></li> - <li><b>multiple files playback from console, including various playlist formats</b></li> - <li><b>and of course, faster than ever... :)</b></li> + <li><b>100% GPL</b> - yeah, so what?</li> + <li><b>runtime CPU detection code</b> - any x86 MPlayer binary can run on + "any" other x86 CPU</li> + <li><b>video filter layer</b> - with numerous plugins (crop, expand, etc, + see the documentation)</li> + <li><b>ability to view or encode DVD/vobsub and/or text subtitles into the output + AVI</b></li> + <li><b>prelimenary dvdnav support (experimental)</b></li> + <li><b>Direct Rendering</b> - can't be used with libavcodec yet, sorry</li> + <li><b>ability to display subtitles under the image, on black bands</b></li> + <li><b>FFmpeg (included) now supports decoding MPEG4v2 (MP42) and DivX 5.0 files too</b></li> + <li><b>greatly enhanced MPEG4 encoder</b> - in libavcodec. It's + not always as good as DivX4, but is twice as fast - so it's very + useful on realtime encoding. And generally also.</li> + <li><b>audio-only (wav/mp3/wma/ogg) file playback (console only)</b></li> + <li><b>playing/encoding audio from separate wav/mp3 file</b></li> + <li><b>support for more fileformats, including the new and very popular .ogg</b></li> + <li><b>multiple files playback from console, including various playlist formats</b></li> + <li><b>and of course, faster than ever... :)</b></li> </ul> <p>Everyone is welcome to test, and don't forget to REPORT BUGS! You can - download <b>MPlayer 0.90pre1</b> - <a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre1.tar.bz2">here</a>.</p> +download <b>MPlayer 0.90pre1</b> +<a href="http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre1.tar.bz2">here</a>.</p> @@ -3406,15 +3411,14 @@ <p>Whoops, left out the most important:</p> <ul> - <li><b>DivX5</b> - <b>MPlayer</b> supports it in two ways: by using - the official libdivxdecore.so binary library available at - <a href="http://avifile.sf.net">avifile.sf.net</a>, or by using the - well-known <b>libavcodec</b>. The latter is the recommended for its - speed, simplicity and stability ! Neither of them supports encoding - currently.</li> - <li><b>XViD</b> - supported. See the - <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html#xvid">documentation</a>. - </li> + <li><b>DivX5</b> - <b>MPlayer</b> supports it in two ways: by using + the official libdivxdecore.so binary library available at + <a href="http://avifile.sf.net">avifile.sf.net</a>, or by using the + well-known <b>libavcodec</b>. The latter is the recommended for its + speed, simplicity and stability ! Neither of them supports encoding + currently.</li> + <li><b>XViD</b> - supported. See the + <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html#xvid">documentation</a>.</li> </ul> @@ -3440,33 +3444,33 @@ features : </p> <ul> - <li><b>beta DIRECT RENDERING</b> - it's a process where the codec decodes - directly into the video memory, and only transfering changed sections of - the image, resulting in great performance gain. Unfortunately the codec - has to support this method, and libavcodec currently does not. Other codecs - like DivX4, DivX DirectShow do support this method, but libavcodec is still - faster than they are. So :<br> - <u>Codecs with support</u> : DivX4, and most of the Windows codecs<br> - <u>Video outputs with support</u> : xv, mga, xmga, vidix, directfb<br></li> - <li><b>playing or encoding audio from separate file</b> - use the - <code>-audiofile</code> option. See the manpage of course.</li> - <li><b>new audio plugins</b> - such as extrastereo, volume normalizer, - software mixer, etc. - <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#audio-dev">Documentation</a>.</li> - <li><b>mach64_vid</b> - new Vidix driver for cards with Mach64 chipset - (Rage XL/Mobility, Xpert98).</li> - <li><b>TV audio encoding support on BSD</b> - but still not on Linux :(</li> - <li><b>subtitle placement under movie</b> - ONLY on SDL video output</li> - <li><b>audio files support</b> - yes, <b>MPlayer</b> can play MP3, WMA, etc - files. This implies playing audio-only ASF's from the net. Note that this - feature is not prioritized too high, which in this case means that - sometimes MP3 files will get detected as MPG, and won't be played - correctly. This is because <b>MPlayer</b> is still a movie, and not a media - player, and it's not easy to distinguish between an MP3 and an MPG.</li> - <li><b>(M)JPEG decoding with libjpeg</b></li> - <li><b>enhanced DXR3 and DVB support with <code>libfame</code></b> - libfame is - a very fast MPEG1 encoder, perfectly fit to the task of encoding DivXes - runtime to MPEG1.</li> + <li><b>beta DIRECT RENDERING</b> - it's a process where the codec decodes + directly into the video memory, and only transfering changed sections of + the image, resulting in great performance gain. Unfortunately the codec + has to support this method, and libavcodec currently does not. Other codecs + like DivX4, DivX DirectShow do support this method, but libavcodec is still + faster than they are. So :<br> + <u>Codecs with support</u> : DivX4, and most of the Windows codecs<br> + <u>Video outputs with support</u> : xv, mga, xmga, vidix, directfb<br></li> + <li><b>playing or encoding audio from separate file</b> - use the + <code>-audiofile</code> option. See the manpage of course.</li> + <li><b>new audio plugins</b> - such as extrastereo, volume normalizer, + software mixer, etc. + <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#audio-dev">Documentation</a>.</li> + <li><b>mach64_vid</b> - new Vidix driver for cards with Mach64 chipset + (Rage XL/Mobility, Xpert98).</li> + <li><b>TV audio encoding support on BSD</b> - but still not on Linux :(</li> + <li><b>subtitle placement under movie</b> - ONLY on SDL video output</li> + <li><b>audio files support</b> - yes, <b>MPlayer</b> can play MP3, WMA, etc + files. This implies playing audio-only ASF's from the net. Note that this + feature is not prioritized too high, which in this case means that + sometimes MP3 files will get detected as MPG, and won't be played + correctly. This is because <b>MPlayer</b> is still a movie, and not a media + player, and it's not easy to distinguish between an MP3 and an MPG.</li> + <li><b>(M)JPEG decoding with libjpeg</b></li> + <li><b>enhanced DXR3 and DVB support with <code>libfame</code></b> - libfame is + a very fast MPEG1 encoder, perfectly fit to the task of encoding DivXes + runtime to MPEG1.</li> </ul> @@ -3484,49 +3488,49 @@ <p>Here comes a little review of latest works in CVS:</p> <ul> - <li><b>Hardware equalizing</b> - we could scratch the this most-wanted - feature from out TODO list, as it is available now. Using the - <code>xv</code> video output driver now you are able to set - contrast/brightness/saturation from hardware. Previously you could do it - only in software, and only with the DirectShow DivX codec. The usage is - the same, use 1-8 keys - they are explained in the manpage.</li> - <li><b>New input system</b> - this system is able to bind every - <b>MPlayer</b> function to a given key/mouse/joystick, easily configurable - from a config file. See the <code>input.conf</code> example file in the - <code>main/etc</code> directory.</li> - <li><b>Playtree</b> - <b>MPlayer</b>'s command line interface changed a - little bit, now when playing multiple files the order of options DOES - matter. The first options you specify are considered to be default, unless - options written AFTER filenames override them. You can find an explanation - of this method in the + <li><b>Hardware equalizing</b> - we could scratch the this most-wanted + feature from out TODO list, as it is available now. Using the + <code>xv</code> video output driver now you are able to set + contrast/brightness/saturation from hardware. Previously you could do it + only in software, and only with the DirectShow DivX codec. The usage is + the same, use 1-8 keys - they are explained in the manpage.</li> + <li><b>New input system</b> - this system is able to bind every + <b>MPlayer</b> function to a given key/mouse/joystick, easily configurable + from a config file. See the <code>input.conf</code> example file in the + <code>main/etc</code> directory.</li> + <li><b>Playtree</b> - <b>MPlayer</b>'s command line interface changed a + little bit, now when playing multiple files the order of options DOES + matter. The first options you specify are considered to be default, unless + options written AFTER filenames override them. You can find an explanation + of this method in the <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/usage.html">documentation</a>.</li> - <li><b>New fileformats</b> - <b>MPlayer</b> now has demuxers for + <li><b>New fileformats</b> - <b>MPlayer</b> now has demuxers for <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#film">FILM</a> (used on - Sega Saturn CD games), + Sega Saturn CD games), <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#roq">RoQ</a> (used in ID - Software games like Quake3 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein) file formats. - Work has begun on Playstation video files.</li> - <li><b>Enhanced software scaler</b> - software scaler is used in - <b>MEncoder</b> when resizing, and in <b>MPlayer</b> when the videocard - doesn't have XVideo support. Until now it could work only with codecs - capable of YV12 output (libmpeg2, libavcodec). Now it can use others too - (Windows DLLs).</li> + Software games like Quake3 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein) file formats. + Work has begun on Playstation video files.</li> + <li><b>Enhanced software scaler</b> - software scaler is used in + <b>MEncoder</b> when resizing, and in <b>MPlayer</b> when the videocard + doesn't have XVideo support. Until now it could work only with codecs + capable of YV12 output (libmpeg2, libavcodec). Now it can use others too + (Windows DLLs).</li> </ul> <p> And let's see some <b>MEncoder</b>-specific enhancements :<br><br> - <b>o Multiple input files encoding support</b> - no, this is not about - audio from separate file. This is for creating DivX4/MJPEG/etc files from a - series of JPEG or PNG files. Note that <b>MEncoder</b> is also capable of - creating MPNG files! :) (and <b>MPlayer</b> is capable of playing them) - See the <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/mencoder.html#image_files">new section</a> - in <b>MEncoder</b> documentation.<br><br> - <b>o Encoding only given time interval</b> - it sez it all. See the - <b>MEncoder</b> manpage for the options.<br><br> - <b>o XViD encoding support</b> - XViD is an enhanced opensource version of - the old OpenDivX codec, a DivX4-beater wannabe, developed at - <a href="http://www.videocoding.de">http://www.videocoding.de</a>. Currently it's not - intended for users.<br> +<b>o Multiple input files encoding support</b> - no, this is not about +audio from separate file. This is for creating DivX4/MJPEG/etc files from a +series of JPEG or PNG files. Note that <b>MEncoder</b> is also capable of +creating MPNG files! :) (and <b>MPlayer</b> is capable of playing them) +See the <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/mencoder.html#image_files">new section</a> +in <b>MEncoder</b> documentation.<br><br> +<b>o Encoding only given time interval</b> - it sez it all. See the +<b>MEncoder</b> manpage for the options.<br><br> +<b>o XViD encoding support</b> - XViD is an enhanced opensource version of +the old OpenDivX codec, a DivX4-beater wannabe, developed at +<a href="http://www.videocoding.de">http://www.videocoding.de</a>. Currently it's not +intended for users.<br> </p> <p>There will be some other new features announced here shortly..</p> @@ -3567,7 +3571,7 @@ a standard ./configure script's output looks like :</p> <p> - <code>  checking whether the C compiler works... yes</code> +<code>  checking whether the C compiler works... yes</code> </p> <p>I'm impressed by the "level of detail". BTW, that script runs for @@ -3663,40 +3667,40 @@ <p> - <b>VIDIX</b> is an interface for the sole purpose of <b>direct access to - videocards' framebuffers, DGA and BES</b>. +<b>VIDIX</b> is an interface for the sole purpose of <b>direct access to +videocards' framebuffers, DGA and BES</b>. </p> <p> - I don't have to introduce <b>mga_vid</b> to Matrox users, they already - know the mighty speed and quality increase compared to the standard - Xv driver in X11, not to mention the hardware accelerated TV out. +I don't have to introduce <b>mga_vid</b> to Matrox users, they already +know the mighty speed and quality increase compared to the standard +Xv driver in X11, not to mention the hardware accelerated TV out. </p> <p> - I also don't have to talk about <b>radeon_vid</b> which was first to - produce TV output on Linux for ATI Radeons, and at the same time having - the speed of mga_vid. +I also don't have to talk about <b>radeon_vid</b> which was first to +produce TV output on Linux for ATI Radeons, and at the same time having +the speed of mga_vid. </p> <p> - But I <b>DO</b> have to talk about the fact that VIDIX provides an interface - for all these drivers. I mentioned that it also provides direct hardware - access. And what does a standard interface for hardware access mean? - It means that now it's very easy to write <b>*_vid</b> drivers for - virtually <b>EVERY</b> videocard.<br> - <br> - For those which don't have XVideo support in X11.<br> - <br> - For NVidia users who have to mess with buggy drivers and - incompatibilities. We already started writing <b>nvidia_vid</b> ! +But I <b>DO</b> have to talk about the fact that VIDIX provides an interface +for all these drivers. I mentioned that it also provides direct hardware +access. And what does a standard interface for hardware access mean? +It means that now it's very easy to write <b>*_vid</b> drivers for +virtually <b>EVERY</b> videocard.<br> +<br> +For those which don't have XVideo support in X11.<br> +<br> +For NVidia users who have to mess with buggy drivers and +incompatibilities. We already started writing <b>nvidia_vid</b> ! </p> <p> - And this is absolutely not the whole story. I think you may be - interested for VIDIX and its drivers (mga_vid, radeon_vid, nvidia_vid) are - <b>PLATFORM AND OS INDEPENDENT !</b><br> - Ability to use for example mga_vid on <b>BSD</b>. On <b>Windows</b>. On...... +And this is absolutely not the whole story. I think you may be +interested for VIDIX and its drivers (mga_vid, radeon_vid, nvidia_vid) are +<b>PLATFORM AND OS INDEPENDENT !</b><br> +Ability to use for example mga_vid on <b>BSD</b>. On <b>Windows</b>. On...... </p> <p> - <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#vidix">Read about - it.</a> +<a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#vidix">Read about +it.</a> </p> @@ -3767,41 +3771,41 @@ out the "short" <i>What's New</i> list:</p> <ul> -<li>brand new kick-penguin-ass homepage design by chass (this is his opinion:)</li> -<li>new fileformats : - <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#mov">Quicktime MOV</a></b>, - <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#vivo">VIVO v1/v2</a></b> - <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#fli">Autodesk FLI/FLC</a></b>, - <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#real">RealMedia</a></b>, - <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#nuppelvideo">NuppelVideo</a></b> - <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#yuv4mpeg">yuv4mpeg</a></b>, - <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#yuv4mpeg">yuv4mpeg2</a></b>.</li> -<li>NEW native codecs : - <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html#ms_video1">CRAM (MS Video 1)</a></b>, - <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html#cinepak">cvid (Cinepak)</a></b>, - <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#fli">FLI</a></b>, - <b>generic ADPCM (and IMA) decoder</b>, - <b>g723</b>, - <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html#xanim">XAnim codecs support</a></b>.</li> -<li>build fixes</li> -<li><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/dvd.html"><b>DVD</b> subtitles support</a></li> -<li>new DVD options for subtitle/audio language selection : -alang, -slang</li> -<li>playing in root window : -rootwin option</li> -<li>postprocessing options syntax changes : -pp -npp</li> -<li>make install now copies codecs.conf (delete the old one in your home dir)</li> -<li><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/tv-input.html">grabbing from TV</a> through v4l</li> -<li><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/mencoder.html">mencoder</a> - program for encoding video+audio (divx+mp3 and many others!)</li> -<li>new configure script - better autodetect, cleaner messages.</li> -<li>partial support for hardware MPEG decoders (<a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#dxr3">DXR3</a> and Siemens <a href="/DOCS/DVB">DVB</a>)</li> -<li>input cache - to make network/DVD playback smoother</li> -<li>software YV12 scaling, aspect ratio fixes</li> -<li><b>GUI</b> fixes (it's still experimental :) and <a href="dload.html">new skins</a></li> -<li>lots of <b>MMX/SSE/3DNow!</b> optimizations over the whole code!</li> -<li>audio filter plugins (<a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#surround_decoding">surround</a>, <a href="/DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html#swac3">5.1</a>, <a href="/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#resample">up/downsample</a>, etc)</li> -<li>C++ DirectShow code converted to C - no C++ compiler is required anymore</li> -<li>new, nicer postprocess code - deinterlace filter too</li> -<li>AC3 decoding is now handled with <b>liba52</b> - Surround, 5.1, etc..</li> -<li>... and <b><i>countless</i></b> other new features, fixes, changes !</li> + <li>brand new kick-penguin-ass homepage design by chass (this is his opinion:)</li> + <li>new fileformats : + <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#mov">Quicktime MOV</a></b>, + <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#vivo">VIVO v1/v2</a></b> + <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#fli">Autodesk FLI/FLC</a></b>, + <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#real">RealMedia</a></b>, + <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#nuppelvideo">NuppelVideo</a></b> + <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#yuv4mpeg">yuv4mpeg</a></b>, + <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#yuv4mpeg">yuv4mpeg2</a></b>.</li> + <li>NEW native codecs : + <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html#ms_video1">CRAM (MS Video 1)</a></b>, + <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html#cinepak">cvid (Cinepak)</a></b>, + <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/formats.html#fli">FLI</a></b>, + <b>generic ADPCM (and IMA) decoder</b>, + <b>g723</b>, + <b><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html#xanim">XAnim codecs support</a></b>.</li> + <li>build fixes</li> + <li><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/dvd.html"><b>DVD</b> subtitles support</a></li> + <li>new DVD options for subtitle/audio language selection : -alang, -slang</li> + <li>playing in root window : -rootwin option</li> + <li>postprocessing options syntax changes : -pp -npp</li> + <li>make install now copies codecs.conf (delete the old one in your home dir)</li> + <li><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/tv-input.html">grabbing from TV</a> through v4l</li> + <li><a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/mencoder.html">mencoder</a> - program for encoding video+audio (divx+mp3 and many others!)</li> + <li>new configure script - better autodetect, cleaner messages.</li> + <li>partial support for hardware MPEG decoders (<a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#dxr3">DXR3</a> and Siemens <a href="/DOCS/DVB">DVB</a>)</li> + <li>input cache - to make network/DVD playback smoother</li> + <li>software YV12 scaling, aspect ratio fixes</li> + <li><b>GUI</b> fixes (it's still experimental :) and <a href="dload.html">new skins</a></li> + <li>lots of <b>MMX/SSE/3DNow!</b> optimizations over the whole code!</li> + <li>audio filter plugins (<a href="../../DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#surround_decoding">surround</a>, <a href="/DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html#swac3">5.1</a>, <a href="/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#resample">up/downsample</a>, etc)</li> + <li>C++ DirectShow code converted to C - no C++ compiler is required anymore</li> + <li>new, nicer postprocess code - deinterlace filter too</li> + <li>AC3 decoding is now handled with <b>liba52</b> - Surround, 5.1, etc..</li> + <li>... and <b><i>countless</i></b> other new features, fixes, changes !</li> </ul> @@ -3843,11 +3847,11 @@ really do it. It means</p> <ul> - <li><b>direct rendering</b> (resulting in much faster image display, thus even smaller CPU requirement)</li> - <li>free (and MMX/3DNow accelerated) conversion between RGB and YUV colorspaces (so you can use ANY codecs with ANY video output drivers)</li> - <li>100% complete support of <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#dvb">DVB</a> - and <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#dxr3">DXR3</a> cards</li> - <li>support of DVD and VOBSUB subtitles</li> + <li><b>direct rendering</b> (resulting in much faster image display, thus even smaller CPU requirement)</li> + <li>free (and MMX/3DNow accelerated) conversion between RGB and YUV colorspaces (so you can use ANY codecs with ANY video output drivers)</li> + <li>100% complete support of <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#dvb">DVB</a> + and <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#dxr3">DXR3</a> cards</li> + <li>support of DVD and VOBSUB subtitles</li> </ul> <p>and many many other interesting stuff.</p> @@ -3855,17 +3859,17 @@ <p>And now, something not-so-completely different : new features in current <b>CVS</b>.</p> <ul> - <li>grabbing from V4L-compatible TV tuner cards - viewing and even encoding, - of course! This is relatively new code, and has no audio support yet.</li> - <li>Autodesk FLI/FLC Animation support - hmhm, very serious :)</li> - <li>native <b>Microsoft Video1</b> decoder - it's a very old format, but - it was easy to add a decoder, so one less Win32 codec to be used.</li> - <li>YV12 scaling with <b>MEncoder</b> - you can up/downscale the encoded - movie's size, if the source movie can be decoded in YV12 format (MPEG1/2, - DivX, but not with Win32 codecs!)</li> - <li>new <code>configure</code> script - nicer, better structured, featureful, - more informative.</li> - <li>probably a lot of other things I can't remember now. Gonna take a nap.</li> + <li>grabbing from V4L-compatible TV tuner cards - viewing and even encoding, + of course! This is relatively new code, and has no audio support yet.</li> + <li>Autodesk FLI/FLC Animation support - hmhm, very serious :)</li> + <li>native <b>Microsoft Video1</b> decoder - it's a very old format, but + it was easy to add a decoder, so one less Win32 codec to be used.</li> + <li>YV12 scaling with <b>MEncoder</b> - you can up/downscale the encoded + movie's size, if the source movie can be decoded in YV12 format (MPEG1/2, + DivX, but not with Win32 codecs!)</li> + <li>new <code>configure</code> script - nicer, better structured, featureful, + more informative.</li> + <li>probably a lot of other things I can't remember now. Gonna take a nap.</li> </ul> <p>If you feel the urge to try these, hurry and <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/cvs/MPlayer-current.tar.bz2">download</a> ! @@ -4023,25 +4027,25 @@ So, let's see the improvements: </p> <ul> - <li><b>VIVO parser</b> - have you EVER thought this would happen? Well it did - now. As of writing this news entry, audio isn't played, but I bet it will - tomorrow. Well, no seeking yet, but what about the day after tomorrow? :) - Keep checking the documentation for new stuff!</li> - <li><b>DXR3 support</b> - shortly after DVB cards' support, DXR3 has - arrived too! DVB and DXR3 are hardware MPEG decoder cards, and with - <b>MPlayer</b> you can watch MPEG1/2/4 on them! Check the documentation about - <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#dvb">DVB</a> and - <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#dxr3">DXR3</a> cards !</li> - <li><b>Cache layer</b> - cache in <b>MPlayer</b> ! This separate - process caches the input data (useful for example for network, slow - CD drives, etc), then feeds it to the main process. Add the proper - line (see the manpage) to your config file TODAY!</li> - <li><b>ENCODING!</b> - Yeah. Feeling horny now, don't you? :) You will. - Just try it. No, you don't need avifile or other bulky utils. Just - type <code>make mencoder</code> and (as usually) read the - <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/mencoder.html">documentation</a>. - <b>Convert</b> your DVD/AVI/VOB/ASF/WMV/VIV/MOV to DivX4+VBR MP3 . - You still have doubts? Throw them away.</li> + <li><b>VIVO parser</b> - have you EVER thought this would happen? Well it did + now. As of writing this news entry, audio isn't played, but I bet it will + tomorrow. Well, no seeking yet, but what about the day after tomorrow? :) + Keep checking the documentation for new stuff!</li> + <li><b>DXR3 support</b> - shortly after DVB cards' support, DXR3 has + arrived too! DVB and DXR3 are hardware MPEG decoder cards, and with + <b>MPlayer</b> you can watch MPEG1/2/4 on them! Check the documentation about + <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#dvb">DVB</a> and + <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/devices.html#dxr3">DXR3</a> cards !</li> + <li><b>Cache layer</b> - cache in <b>MPlayer</b> ! This separate + process caches the input data (useful for example for network, slow + CD drives, etc), then feeds it to the main process. Add the proper + line (see the manpage) to your config file TODAY!</li> + <li><b>ENCODING!</b> - Yeah. Feeling horny now, don't you? :) You will. + Just try it. No, you don't need avifile or other bulky utils. Just + type <code>make mencoder</code> and (as usually) read the + <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/mencoder.html">documentation</a>. + <b>Convert</b> your DVD/AVI/VOB/ASF/WMV/VIV/MOV to DivX4+VBR MP3 . + You still have doubts? Throw them away.</li> </ul> @@ -4112,9 +4116,9 @@ Just a few changes, hot-fixes: </p> <ul> -<li>gcc 3.0/3.0.1 compilation fixes (should work on redhat/mdk too)</li> -<li>win32 DLL loader code synced/updated with avifile CVS</li> -<li><a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/divx.dll">divx4windows DLL</a> + <li>gcc 3.0/3.0.1 compilation fixes (should work on redhat/mdk too)</li> + <li>win32 DLL loader code synced/updated with avifile CVS</li> + <li><a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/divx.dll">divx4windows DLL</a> support on x86 systems (with postprocessing!)</li> </ul> @@ -4128,12 +4132,12 @@ <p>Just a few changes, hot-fixes:</p> <ul> -<li>compilation fixes (gcc 3, etc)</li> -<li>GUI fixes (mainly fullscreen fix for mwm and such stuff)</li> -<li>aspect ratio stuff (try -aspect x or -aspect x:y to override autodetected -aspect ratio. examples: -aspect 2.24 or -aspect 16:9)</li> -<li>more translated help/messages files (cz de dk en hu nl no pl)</li> -<li>some warnings fixed and some cleanup around dec_* - win32 interface</li> + <li>compilation fixes (gcc 3, etc)</li> + <li>GUI fixes (mainly fullscreen fix for mwm and such stuff)</li> + <li>aspect ratio stuff (try -aspect x or -aspect x:y to override autodetected + aspect ratio. examples: -aspect 2.24 or -aspect 16:9)</li> + <li>more translated help/messages files (cz de dk en hu nl no pl)</li> + <li>some warnings fixed and some cleanup around dec_* - win32 interface</li> </ul> @@ -4290,17 +4294,17 @@ features: </p> <ul> -<li>some pre-beta nationalization support -<li>HTMLized documentation, splitted to sections -<li>lot of bugfixing -<li><b>(NEW) AAlib driver</b> : it's now independent of SDL, and has some nice -features like SUB/OSD support. -<li><b>DivX</b> DirectShow codecs's brightness, contrast, etc settings can be set -<b>easily</b> runtime, and not with sucky sliders, but on the keyboard! -<li><i>dynamic</i> setting of DivX postprocessing quality, depending on -available CPU time ! (-autoq option) -<li><b>GUI</b> integration is only a matter of days.. -<li>updated FAQ section on the homepage + <li>some pre-beta nationalization support + <li>HTMLized documentation, splitted to sections + <li>lot of bugfixing + <li><b>(NEW) AAlib driver</b> : it's now independent of SDL, and has some nice + features like SUB/OSD support. + <li><b>DivX</b> DirectShow codecs's brightness, contrast, etc settings can be set + <b>easily</b> runtime, and not with sucky sliders, but on the keyboard! + <li><i>dynamic</i> setting of DivX postprocessing quality, depending on + available CPU time ! (-autoq option) + <li><b>GUI</b> integration is only a matter of days.. + <li>updated FAQ section on the homepage </ul> <p> @@ -4335,22 +4339,22 @@ three) methods to play <b>DivX</b> movies. You can choose between:<br> </p> <ul> -<li><b>compatibility</b> - the ordinary method, use Win32 DLLs. Soon nobody - will need these antiques, because ffmpeg's (see next) compatibility problems - are 99% resolved!</li> -<li><b>portability</b> - the <b>opensource</b> DivX codec from <a href="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</a>. - Now included, and working real great! Developing & optimizing with an astonishing speed! - <b>MPlayer</b> now compiles and plays <b>DivX</b>es on non-x86 platforms like - <i>Sparc Solaris, iPaq/StrongARM</i>!!</li> -<li><b>speed</b> - <a href="http://www.projectmayo.com">ProjectMayo</a>'s new DivX4 codec. - It doesn't only contains <b>OpenDivX</b>, but <b>DivX</b> - itself! Since it's an older project than ffmpeg, it has already reached a - bit higher level of optimization.. Don't throw that 386 out yet. ;) - It has only one disadvantage: it's <b>NOT</b> opensource!! Yet. Also, - <b>MPlayer</b> uses a feature that doesn't exist in other players using - this codec (neither Linux nor Windoze) : the support for YV12 pixel format - enables the usage of <b>MUCH</b> less bus/memory bandwith, leading to - <b>HUGE</b> speed boost! See the short benchmark below:</li> + <li><b>compatibility</b> - the ordinary method, use Win32 DLLs. Soon nobody + will need these antiques, because ffmpeg's (see next) compatibility problems + are 99% resolved!</li> + <li><b>portability</b> - the <b>opensource</b> DivX codec from <a href="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</a>. + Now included, and working real great! Developing & optimizing with an astonishing speed! + <b>MPlayer</b> now compiles and plays <b>DivX</b>es on non-x86 platforms like + <i>Sparc Solaris, iPaq/StrongARM</i>!!</li> + <li><b>speed</b> - <a href="http://www.projectmayo.com">ProjectMayo</a>'s new DivX4 codec. + It doesn't only contains <b>OpenDivX</b>, but <b>DivX</b> + itself! Since it's an older project than ffmpeg, it has already reached a + bit higher level of optimization.. Don't throw that 386 out yet. ;) + It has only one disadvantage: it's <b>NOT</b> opensource!! Yet. Also, + <b>MPlayer</b> uses a feature that doesn't exist in other players using + this codec (neither Linux nor Windoze) : the support for YV12 pixel format + enables the usage of <b>MUCH</b> less bus/memory bandwith, leading to + <b>HUGE</b> speed boost! See the short benchmark below:</li> </ul> <p> For a big (resolution 528x368), and high bitrate (262 kbyte/s) DivX,<br> @@ -4384,22 +4388,22 @@ the <a href="dload.html">download</a> section. Let's see some new features: </p> <ul> -<li><b>mp3lib</b> even more optimized to <b>3DNow!/MMX</b> - about 20% growth of -performance on CPUs that support either of these instructions. According to -<a href="mailto:nickols_k@mail.ru">Nick Kurshev</a> now we outperform <a href="http://www.mpg123.de">mpg123</a> -in speed. Not bad, eh?<br> -<li><b><a href="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</a></b> has a <b>DivX en/decoder</b> -in C ! I don't know too much about it, but seems it's time for non-x86 users to cheer up, since <b>MPlayer</b> will -incorporate this feature (libavcodec) ! I don't think this will make it into -the 0.18 release, though. -<li>Support for MPEG-TS (transport streams) - this is not ready yet, but <b>A'rpi</b> -is working on it -<li>The <a href="http://www.ggi-project.org">GGI</a> driver is in. It has -never worked for me, anyways :) -<li>MPlayer got an ICCCM patch.. This is some standard for communication -between programs and window managers (or so). Unfortunately some windowmanager -is always broken :(( First it was <b>icewm</b>, then <b>WindowMaker</b>, and now it's <b>KDE</b>. -I (we) don't like KDE so I'm pleased :) + <li><b>mp3lib</b> even more optimized to <b>3DNow!/MMX</b> - about 20% growth of + performance on CPUs that support either of these instructions. According to + <a href="mailto:nickols_k@mail.ru">Nick Kurshev</a> now we outperform <a href="http://www.mpg123.de">mpg123</a> + in speed. Not bad, eh?<br> + <li><b><a href="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</a></b> has a <b>DivX en/decoder</b> + in C ! I don't know too much about it, but seems it's time for non-x86 users to cheer up, since <b>MPlayer</b> will + incorporate this feature (libavcodec) ! I don't think this will make it into + the 0.18 release, though. + <li>Support for MPEG-TS (transport streams) - this is not ready yet, but <b>A'rpi</b> + is working on it + <li>The <a href="http://www.ggi-project.org">GGI</a> driver is in. It has + never worked for me, anyways :) + <li>MPlayer got an ICCCM patch.. This is some standard for communication + between programs and window managers (or so). Unfortunately some windowmanager + is always broken :(( First it was <b>icewm</b>, then <b>WindowMaker</b>, and now it's <b>KDE</b>. + I (we) don't like KDE so I'm pleased :) </ul> @@ -4472,35 +4476,35 @@ <p> <ul> -<li><b>Introduced libao2</b> - audio output system<br> -it's very similar to libvo, but it's for audio. -you can select audio out driver with the -ao switch, and -list available drivers with -ao help -currently available: -null - not working, don't use (use -nosound)<br> -oss - OSS ioctl-based code ("new audio code") it should solve AUDIO_RESET problems too.<br> -alsa - ALSA 0.5 (maybe 0.9 too?) native driver<br> -sdl - SDL audio (use -sdla switch to select SDL driver)<br> -<i>NOTE</i>: SDL supports esd and arts, so you with esd problems -should try it (maybe SDL upgrade & recompile requires) -</li> - -<li><b>ASF seeking fixed</b><br> -Find keyframe and A-V is ok after seek too. -</li> - -<li><b>New option</b> to force audio playback samplerate: <i>-srate</i><br> -You can play videos at double speed using -srate 96000 :) -</li> + <li><b>Introduced libao2</b> - audio output system<br> + it's very similar to libvo, but it's for audio. + you can select audio out driver with the -ao switch, and + list available drivers with -ao help + currently available: + null - not working, don't use (use -nosound)<br> + oss - OSS ioctl-based code ("new audio code") it should solve AUDIO_RESET problems too.<br> + alsa - ALSA 0.5 (maybe 0.9 too?) native driver<br> + sdl - SDL audio (use -sdla switch to select SDL driver)<br> + <i>NOTE</i>: SDL supports esd and arts, so you with esd problems + should try it (maybe SDL upgrade & recompile requires) + </li> + + <li><b>ASF seeking fixed</b><br> + Find keyframe and A-V is ok after seek too. + </li> + + <li><b>New option</b> to force audio playback samplerate: <i>-srate</i><br> + You can play videos at double speed using -srate 96000 :) + </li> -<li><b>Framedropping</b> implemented for MPEG files as well. -</li> + <li><b>Framedropping</b> implemented for MPEG files as well. + </li> -<li><b>X11 driver</b> works on remote display (without SHM) -</li> + <li><b>X11 driver</b> works on remote display (without SHM) + </li> -<li><b>A-V sync for AVI</b> files has been fixed (both -bps and -nobps) -</li> + <li><b>A-V sync for AVI</b> files has been fixed (both -bps and -nobps) + </li> </ul> Any much much more! Check out from <a href="dload.html">CVS</a> ! @@ -4568,14 +4572,14 @@ The project has been started...<br> <br> 1. I've removed all win32/avi stuff from mpg12play (MPlayer-0.09 version) - and imported to the CVS with module name <b>mpg12play</b>. - It still has some x86 code, but most places it's disabled. remaining code - must be #ifdefed (do not remove!) to get it compile on non-x86 arch.<br> -<br> -2. Created a mailing list called <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-mpg12play">mplayer-mpg12play</a> (yes, silly name, - but SF doesn't allow other than mplayer-*) - Please subscribe to the list, if you are interested, and aren't - already subscribed by me! +and imported to the CVS with module name <b>mpg12play</b>. +It still has some x86 code, but most places it's disabled. remaining code +must be #ifdefed (do not remove!) to get it compile on non-x86 arch.<br> +<br> +2. Created a mailing list called <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-mpg12play">mplayer-mpg12play</a> (yes, silly name, +but SF doesn't allow other than mplayer-*) +Please subscribe to the list, if you are interested, and aren't +already subscribed by me! </p> @@ -4620,18 +4624,18 @@ </p> <ul> -<li>DVD support -<li>VCD support -<li>OSD (On Screen Display) support -<li>Subtitles support -<li><b><i>DivX</i></b>/AVI/ASF/MPEG1/MPEG2 support -<li>Around 15 video outputs supported -<li>Remote control support + <li>DVD support + <li>VCD support + <li>OSD (On Screen Display) support + <li>Subtitles support + <li><b><i>DivX</i></b>/AVI/ASF/MPEG1/MPEG2 support + <li>Around 15 video outputs supported + <li>Remote control support </ul> <p> And <b>lots lots lots lots lots</b> of <a href="info.html">more</a>! - Head to the <a href="dload.html">download</a> +Head to the <a href="dload.html">download</a> section!!! </p> @@ -4654,25 +4658,25 @@ This is a summary of some new stuff in <b>MPlayer</b>: </p> <ul> -<li><b>new stream selection code</b> - many people had problems with (mostly -ASF) files which contained more than 1-1 audio/video streams, and had to -specify them manually. Especially files downloaded with <b>asfrecorder</b> -were problematic. These problems are now fixed, <b>MPlayer</b> auto-detects -streams. -</li> -<li><b>pre-devel-alpha DVD code</b> - now it's possible to play encrypted -DVDs, thanx to <b>LGB</b>. <b>MPlayer</b> now uses <i>libcss</i> to decrypt -those DVDs. See documentation for usage. -</li> -<li><b>subtitle code 100%</b> - it's ready, and mostly bugfree. Works in every -possible bpp, driver. Now it has a perfected timing code! -</li> -<li><b>new output drivers</b> - they are <i>SVGAlib</i>, and <i>FBdev</i>. -They've been tested, and proven very good! -</li> -<li><b>faster memcpy() routine</b> - displaying became faster, because the -code got <i>MMX/3DNow!/SSE</i> optimized! -</li> + <li><b>new stream selection code</b> - many people had problems with (mostly + ASF) files which contained more than 1-1 audio/video streams, and had to + specify them manually. Especially files downloaded with <b>asfrecorder</b> + were problematic. These problems are now fixed, <b>MPlayer</b> auto-detects + streams. + </li> + <li><b>pre-devel-alpha DVD code</b> - now it's possible to play encrypted + DVDs, thanx to <b>LGB</b>. <b>MPlayer</b> now uses <i>libcss</i> to decrypt + those DVDs. See documentation for usage. + </li> + <li><b>subtitle code 100%</b> - it's ready, and mostly bugfree. Works in every + possible bpp, driver. Now it has a perfected timing code! + </li> + <li><b>new output drivers</b> - they are <i>SVGAlib</i>, and <i>FBdev</i>. + They've been tested, and proven very good! + </li> + <li><b>faster memcpy() routine</b> - displaying became faster, because the + code got <i>MMX/3DNow!/SSE</i> optimized! + </li> </ul> <p> <b>The Time of Release is coming in a few days... This is gonna be a