Author: diego Date: Fri May 28 01:06:30 2010 New Revision: 3509 Log: preliminary release notes draft for 1.0rc3
Modified: trunk/src/news.en Modified: trunk/src/news.en ============================================================================== --- trunk/src/news.en Fri May 28 00:08:39 2010 (r3508) +++ trunk/src/news.en Fri May 28 01:06:30 2010 (r3509) @@ -16,32 +16,53 @@ </h2> <p> -This was a triumph, I'm making a note here. HUGE SUCCESS. OK so its nothing -spectacular, just another MPlayer release. Its been a long time, -we thought we could get away with telling everyone to use SVN versions -instead of making releases. Our cunning plan has failed. +Godot has arrived. After the longest time imaginable and more than a year +after the originally planned date, another MPlayer release is out. </p> <p> -We have switched to the lavf mov demuxer to avoid maintaining the -duplicate mov/mp4 code. This breaks binary audio/video codecs with mov/mp4 -files. Please use -demuxer mov if you still require the binary decoders. +This release is outdated on the day of its release, but since it is designed +to be compatible with the FFmpeg 0.5 branch, it will be useful to distros +and other users still tracking said branch. </p> <p> -NVidia has given MPlayer VDPAU support. It allows for hardware acceleration -with newer NVidia video cards and H.264, VC-1, WMV3, and MPEG 1/2 codecs. -A patch for PureVideo support on Windows would be welcome now. +This release adds support for a ton of new binary codecs and leverages all +the stuff added to FFmpeg. Hardware-accelerated video output over VDPAU is +now possible, as is audio output through PulseAudio. +MPlayer now runs natively on 64bit OS X, the Wii and on OS/2. +</p> + +<p> +We have switched to the libavformat MOV/MP4 demuxer to avoid maintaining the +duplicate MOV/MP4 code. This breaks binary audio/video codecs with MOV/MP4 +files. Please use '-demuxer mov' if you still require the binary decoders. +</p> + +<p> +Our constant efforts to clean up the codebase continue as usual. A ton of +compiler warnings disappeared and there have been refactorings all around. +External library copies have been synchronized with upstream. </p> <p> There is no need to download binary codec packages if you already have an -older version. The codec packs have not been updated. The newly added -binary codecs can be found -<a href="http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/drivers32/new/";>HERE</a>. +older version. The codec packs have not been updated. </p> -<h3>MPlayer (1.0)<i>rc3: "StillAlive" March 1, 2009</i></h3> +<p> +MPlayer 1.0rc3 can be downloaded by +<a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0rc3.tar.bz2";>HTTP</a>, +<a href="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0rc3.tar.bz2";>FTP</a></li> or +<a href="../MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0rc3.tar.bz2.torrent">BitTorrent</a></li> +</p> + +<p> +MD5SUM: <b></b><br> +SHA1SUM: <b></b> +</p> + +<h3>MPlayer 1.0rc3: <i>"BikeshedCounter AKA Godot"</i></h3> <h4>Decoders:</h4> @@ -73,7 +94,7 @@ <li>ZDSoft screen recorder (ZDSV) via binary DLL</li> <li>WebTrain Communication lossless screen recorder (WTVC) via binary DLL</li> <li>xfire video (XFR1) via binary DLL</li> - <li>VFAPI rgb transcode (vifp) via binary DLL</li> + <li>VFAPI RGB transcode (vifp) via binary DLL</li> <li>ETI CamCorder EYECON (NUB0, NUB1, NUB2) via binary DLL</li> <li>fox motion (FMVC) via binary DLL</li> <li>Trident video (TY2C, TY2N, TY0N) via binary DLL</li> @@ -81,6 +102,7 @@ <li>Brooktree YUV 4:1:1 Raw (Y41P) via binary DLL</li> <li>many rare/obscure fourccs for known formats added</li> <li>lower priority for binary Linux rv3040 codecs due to bugs</li> + <li>remove native NuppelVideo decoder, use lavc instead</li> </ul> <h4>Demuxers:</h4> @@ -102,6 +124,7 @@ <li>support seeking in multirate RealMedia files</li> <li>FLAC speedup in lavf demuxer</li> <li>MNG demuxer</li> + <li>remove native NuppelVideo demuxer, use lavf demuxer instead</li> </ul> <h4>Filters:</h4> @@ -111,7 +134,7 @@ <li>change vf_screenshot dependency from libpng to lavc</li> <li>add af_scaletempo which maintains audio pitch when changing playback speed</li> <li>fix multi-channel reordering</li> - <li>af_stats, filter to print information about the audio stream</li> + <li>af_stats filter to print information about the audio stream</li> </ul> <h4>Streaming:</h4> @@ -208,6 +231,7 @@ <li>removed unnecessary code from vo x11, xv, xvmc</li> <li>add OS/2 DART audio driver (-ao dart)</li> <li>add VDPAU video output</li> + <li>add OS/2 KVA video driver (-vo kva)</li> </ul> @@ -235,6 +259,8 @@ <li>libdvdcss updated to 1.2.10, now same as upstream version</li> <li>fix -endchapter support again for -dump* options</li> <li>add startup audio volume option</li> + <li>add option to disable default key binds</li> + <li>change default OSD and subtitle font size to a smaller default</li> </ul> <h4>libass</h4> @@ -251,10 +277,10 @@ <ul> <li>small crash with vo_macosx fixed</li> <li>AC3/DTS passthrough for ao_macosx</li> - <li>fix frozen OSD on Mac OS X</li> + <li>fix frozen OSD on OS X</li> <li>vo_gl now works with -wid and nVidia drivers on Windows (this is a hack)</li> <li>VIDIX on SuperH</li> - <li>workarounds for AltiVec on Apple gcc 3.3 on Mac OS X dropped</li> + <li>workarounds for AltiVec on Apple gcc 3.3 on OS X dropped</li> <li>vo_macosx can now be compiled in 64-bits mode</li> <li>allow multiple MPlayer instances with vo_macosx using buffer_name</li> <li>OpenGL support for unmodified MinGW64</li> _______________________________________________ MPlayer-DOCS mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-docs
