[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg 0.6 status update

[Benjamin Larsson]

On 15/06/10 22:49, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 14:09:45 (CET), Benjamin Larsson wrote:
> 
>> Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>> [... Lots of text ...]
>>>
>>> We're looking forward to the next release -- FFmpeg "Works with
>>> HTML5" 0.6 !
> 
> Okay, that release is now ready, and linked from 
> http://ffmpeg.org/download.html
> 
>> I have a suggestion regarding the release. To help so called "news"
>> sites and other media I suggest we write a formal press release and
>> translations of it. This to reduce the "fud" often spread in badly
>> written articles. I also volunteer to write English and Swedish version.
> 
> What's the status of that?
> 
> I propose these lines as news entry on the front page, essentially taken
> from the release notes:
> 
> ,----
> | * 0.6 "Works with HTML5" June 15, 2010
> |
> | This release features a lot of improvements that are relevant for HTML5 video.
> | The H.264 and Theora decoders are now significantly faster, the vorbis decoder
> | has seen important updates and this release supports Google's newly released
> | libvpx library for the VP8 codec and WEBM container.
> | 
> | Other important changes are additions of decoders including, but not limited to,
> | Intel Indeo 5, WMA Pro, WMA Voice and HE-AAC.


Someone suggested to add Bink also.

> | 
> | Please note that our policy on bug reports has not changed. We still only accept
> | bug reports against HEAD of the FFmpeg trunk repository. If you are experiencing
> | any issues with any formally released version of FFmpeg, please try a current
> | version of the development code to check if the issue still exists. If it does,
> | make your report against the development code following the usual bug reporting
> | guidelines.
> `----
> 
> Would that work as basis for being translated, or did you have something
> else in mind? Moreover, how do we want to publish the translations
> technically? As plain text files at
> e.g. http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.6.release.se
> ?
> 

Plain text is fine. I'll start on the se translation work.

MvH
Benjamin Larsson