Hi, in short: critical and noncritical bugfixes, massive docs updates, some new features: rc4: "FlameCounter" DOCS: * some clarification and updates in the English DOCS * massive translation and help-file updates Fixes: * -ac hwac3 fixed (was broken in rc3) * vo_svga: 4bp & 8bpp fixes * various GUI fixes, including some critical bugs * rage128 VIDIX PPC fixes * libmenu: one crash fixed, some cleanup * fixed ./configure --cc="ccache gcc" * -loop fixes, now -loop 2 plays it twice :) * the volume symbol of OSD fixed (|\ -> /|) * 32bpp QT-RLE support * Altivec on non-Darwin systems support * QuickTime reference file support fixes * mp3lib: layer-2 decoding fixes * updates to extension->demuxer mapping table * libavcodec: DivX 5.03 decoding fix * ao_oss: limited channels handling fixed * fixed OGM subtitles and iconv * fixed -subcp option with unicode truetype fonts * -mf: type detection (based on extension), better defaults * vo_xv: -fixed-vo support fixed (fullscreen switching) * ogg-in-avi (audio format 0xFFFE) demuxing fixed * vorbis decoding fixed (outer loop cleanup) * swscaler: 4bpp depth 1 pixel/byte format support for -vo svga * missing error message in command line parser for missing parameters * swscaler: YVU9->YV12 fixes * -ao mpegpes + -ac hwac3 fixed * -ao pcm bogus wav header fixed * -vo x11 + -wid fixed * auto-insert the 'palette' filter if needed, support fixed in filters * the sig11 when playing second audio-only file fixed * configure: detection of cdda, nas, i18n, svgalib, faad2, lame fixed * -af/-af-adv support in mencoder fixed * libmpdvdkit2: upgraded to use libdvdcss 1.2.5 Features: * raw video support (-rawvideo, similar to -rawaudio) * experimental mpeg4-ES support (enable with -demuxer 27 -fps xxx) * new video filter: field (cheap deinterlacer) * dvd/vobsub improvements: positioning, optional gaussian blur scaler * vf_bmovl: 400% speedup :) * libavcodec: native DV audio decoder * GIF demuxer (for animated GIFs) * new noise removal filter: -vop denoise3d * per-channel gamma and MMX-opt'ed bri/cont/saturation support in -vop eq2 * live.com lib support cleanup, support for more stream types * importing the playtree into the Gui instead of gui's own playlist hack * support for the xvid and divx4/5linux libraries at the same time * -fstype option: override priority/layer of the fullscreen switch methods * libavcodec: some B-frames related encoding failures/crashes fixed A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team -- Developer of MPlayer, the Movie Player for Linux - http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu "However, many people beg for its inclusion in Debian. Why?" - Gabucino "Because having new software in Debian is good." - Josselin Mouette "Because having good software in Debian is new." - Gabucino