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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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2 <!-- $Revision$ -->
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3 <!-- FIXME: history really should be in the appendix -->
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4 <sect1 id="history">
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5 <title>History</title>
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7 <blockquote><para>
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8 This began a year ago... I have tried lots of players under Linux
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9 (<application>mtv</application>, <application>xmps</application>,
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10 <application>dvdview</application>, <application>livid/oms</application>,
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11 <application>videolan</application>, <application>xine</application>,
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12 <application>xanim</application>, <application>avifile</application>,
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13 <application>xmmp</application>) but they all have some problem. Mostly with
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14 special files or with audio/video sync. Most of them are unable to play both
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15 MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed
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16 problems too. So I've decided to write/modify one...
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17 </para></blockquote><para>A'rpi, 2001</para>
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19 <para>
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20 <itemizedlist>
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21 <listitem><para>
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22 <emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.1-v0.3</emphasis>: Sep 22-25, 2000
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23 </para>
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24 <para>The first try, hacked together in a half hour! I've used libmpeg3
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25 from <ulink url="http://www.heroinewarrior.com"/> up to the version 0.3, but
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26 there were image quality and speed problems with it.
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27 </para></listitem>
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28 <listitem><para>
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29 <emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.5-v0.87</emphasis>: Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000
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30 </para><para>MPEG codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a
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31 great stuff, but it was slow and was written in C++ (A'rpi hates C++!!!)
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32 </para></listitem>
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33 <listitem><para>
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34 <emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.9-v0.95pre5</emphasis>: Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000
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35 </para><para>MPEG codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman and
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36 Michel Lespinasse. It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect
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37 image quality and 100% MPEG standard conformance.
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38 </para></listitem>
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39 <listitem><para>
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40 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.3-v0.9</emphasis>: Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000
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41 </para><para>It was a pack of two programs: mpg12play v0.95pre6 and my
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42 new simple AVI player 'avip' based on avifile's Win32 DLL loader.
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43 </para></listitem>
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44 <listitem><para>
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45 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.10</emphasis>: Jan 1, 2001
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46 </para><para>The MPEG and AVI player in a single binary!
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47 </para></listitem>
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48 <listitem><para>
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49 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.11pre series</emphasis>:
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50 </para><para>Some new developers joined and since 0.11 the <application>MPlayer</application>
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51 project is a team-work! Added ASF file support, and OpenDivX
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52 (see <ulink url="http://www.projectmayo.com"/>) en/decoding.
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53 </para></listitem>
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54 <listitem><para>
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55 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</emphasis> Apr 27, 2001
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56 </para><para>The release version of the 0.11pre after 4 months of heavy
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57 development! Try it, and be amazed! Thousands of new features added...
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58 and of course old code was improved too, bugs removed etc.
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59 </para></listitem>
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60 <listitem><para>
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61 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.18 "The BugCounter"</emphasis> Jul 9, 2001
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62 </para><para>2 months since 0.17 and here's a new release.. Completed ASF
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63 support, more subtitle formats, introduced libao (similar to libvo but to
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64 audio), even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST!
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65 </para></listitem>
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66 <listitem><para>
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67 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</emphasis> Oct 8, 2001
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68 </para><para>Hmm. Release again. Tons of new features, beta GUI version,
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69 bugs fixed, new vo and ao drivers, ported to many systems, including
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70 opensource DivX codecs and much more. Try it!
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71 </para></listitem>
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72 <listitem><para>
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73 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</emphasis> Jan 3, 2002
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74 </para><para>MOV/VIVO/RM/FLI/NUV fileformats support, native CRAM, Cinepak,
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75 ADPCM codecs, and support for XAnim's binary codecs; DVD subtitles support,
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76 first release of <application>MEncoder</application>, TV grabbing, cache,
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77 liba52, countless fixes.
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78 </para></listitem>
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79 <listitem><para>
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80 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90pre10 "The BirthdayCounter"</emphasis> Nov 11, 2002
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81 </para><para> Although this is not a release, I am going to mention it because it
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82 came out 2 years after <application>MPlayer</application> v0.01.
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83 Happy birthday, <application>MPlayer</application>!
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84 </para></listitem>
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85 <listitem><para>
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86 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90rc1 "The CodecCounter"</emphasis> Dec 7, 2002
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87 </para><para>Again not a release, but after adding Sorenson 3 (QuickTime)
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88 and Windows Media 9 support, <application>MPlayer</application> is the
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89 world's first movie player with support for all known video formats!
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90 </para></listitem>
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91 <listitem><para>
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92 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90 "The CounterCounter"</emphasis> Apr 6, 2003
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93 </para><para>After more than 1 year, we finally concluded that the code was indeed
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94 stable again, and ready to be published as a release. Unfortunately we
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95 forgot even to increase the version number, and other annoying bugs went
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96 in, so get ready for...
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97 </para></listitem>
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98 <listitem><para>
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99 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.91</emphasis> Aug 13, 2003
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100 </para><para>The above mentioned and lot of other bugs have been fixed.
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101 This is the latest stable version.
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102 </para></listitem>
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103 <listitem><para>
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104 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 1.0pre1 "Development on the beach"</emphasis> Sep 1, 2003
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105 </para><para>Although this is not a stable release, I am going to mention
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106 it because it is the first pre version of the 1.0 series of <application>MPlayer</application>
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107 and it is intended to help the <emphasis>big bug hunting party</emphasis>.
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108 This is a huge step forward!
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109 </para></listitem>
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110 <listitem><para>
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111 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 1.0</emphasis> date yet unknown
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112 </para></listitem>
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113 </itemizedlist>
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114 </para>
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115 </sect1>