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4 <sect1 id="history"> | 4 <sect1 id="history"> |
5 <title>History</title> | 5 <title>History</title> |
6 | 6 |
7 <blockquote><para> | 7 <blockquote><para> |
8 This began a year ago... I have tried lots of players under linux | 8 This began a year ago... I have tried lots of players under linux |
9 (mtv, xmps, dvdview, livid/oms, videolan, xine, xanim, avifile, xmmp) but | 9 (<application>mtv</application>, <application>xmps</application>, |
10 they all have some problem. Mostly with special files or with audio/video | 10 <application>dvdview</application>, <application>livid/oms</application>, |
11 sync. Most of them are unable to play both MPEG1, MPEG2 and AVI (DivX) | 11 <application>videolan</application>, <application>xine</application>, |
12 files. Many players have image quality or speed problems too. So I've | 12 <application>xanim</application>, <application>avifile</application>, |
13 decided to write/modify one... | 13 <application>xmmp</application>) but they all have some problem. Mostly with |
14 special files or with audio/video sync. Most of them are unable to play both | |
15 MPEG1, MPEG2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed | |
16 problems too. So I've decided to write/modify one... | |
14 </para></blockquote><para>A'rpi, 2001</para> | 17 </para></blockquote><para>A'rpi, 2001</para> |
15 | 18 |
16 <para> | 19 <para> |
17 <itemizedlist> | 20 <itemizedlist> |
18 <listitem><para> | 21 <listitem><para> |
19 <emphasis role="bold">mpg12play v0.1-v0.3</emphasis>: Sep 22-25, 2000 | 22 <emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.1-v0.3</emphasis>: Sep 22-25, 2000 |
20 </para> | 23 </para> |
21 <para>The first try, hacked together in a half hour! I've used libmpeg3 | 24 <para>The first try, hacked together in a half hour! I've used libmpeg3 |
22 from <ulink url="http://www.heroinewarrior.com"/> up to the version 0.3, but | 25 from <ulink url="http://www.heroinewarrior.com"/> up to the version 0.3, but |
23 there were image quality and speed problems with it. | 26 there were image quality and speed problems with it. |
24 </para></listitem> | 27 </para></listitem> |
25 <listitem><para> | 28 <listitem><para> |
26 <emphasis role="bold">mpg12play v0.5-v0.87</emphasis>: Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000 | 29 <emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.5-v0.87</emphasis>: Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000 |
27 </para><para>Mpeg codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a | 30 </para><para>Mpeg codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a |
28 great stuff, but it was slow and was written in C++ (A'rpi hates C++!!!) | 31 great stuff, but it was slow and was written in C++ (A'rpi hates C++!!!) |
29 </para></listitem> | 32 </para></listitem> |
30 <listitem><para> | 33 <listitem><para> |
31 <emphasis role="bold">mpg12play v0.9-v0.95pre5</emphasis>: Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000 | 34 <emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.9-v0.95pre5</emphasis>: Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000 |
32 </para><para>Mpeg codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman and | 35 </para><para>Mpeg codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman and |
33 Michel Lespinasse. It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect | 36 Michel Lespinasse. It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect |
34 image quality and 100% MPEG standard conformance. | 37 image quality and 100% MPEG standard conformance. |
35 </para></listitem> | 38 </para></listitem> |
36 <listitem><para> | 39 <listitem><para> |
37 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer v0.3-v0.9</emphasis>: Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000 | 40 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.3-v0.9</emphasis>: Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000 |
38 </para><para>It was a pack of two programs: mpg12play v0.95pre6 and my | 41 </para><para>It was a pack of two programs: mpg12play v0.95pre6 and my |
39 new simple AVI player 'avip' based on avifile's Win32 DLL loader. | 42 new simple AVI player 'avip' based on avifile's Win32 DLL loader. |
40 </para></listitem> | 43 </para></listitem> |
41 <listitem><para> | 44 <listitem><para> |
42 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer v0.10</emphasis>: Jan 1, 2001 | 45 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.10</emphasis>: Jan 1, 2001 |
43 </para><para>The MPEG and AVI player in a single binary! | 46 </para><para>The MPEG and AVI player in a single binary! |
44 </para></listitem> | 47 </para></listitem> |
45 <listitem><para> | 48 <listitem><para> |
46 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer v0.11pre series</emphasis>: | 49 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.11pre series</emphasis>: |
47 </para><para>Some new developers joined and since 0.11 the MPlayer project | 50 </para><para>Some new developers joined and since 0.11 the <application>MPlayer</application> |
48 is a team-work! Added ASF file support, and OpenDivX | 51 project is a team-work! Added ASF file support, and OpenDivX |
49 (see <ulink url="http://www.projectmayo.com"/>) en/decoding. | 52 (see <ulink url="http://www.projectmayo.com"/>) en/decoding. |
50 </para></listitem> | 53 </para></listitem> |
51 <listitem><para> | 54 <listitem><para> |
52 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</emphasis> Apr 27, 2001 | 55 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</emphasis> Apr 27, 2001 |
53 </para><para>The release version of the 0.11pre after 4 months of heavy | 56 </para><para>The release version of the 0.11pre after 4 months of heavy |
54 development! Try it, and be amazed! Thousands of new features added... | 57 development! Try it, and be amazed! Thousands of new features added... |
55 and of course old code was improved too, bugs removed etc. | 58 and of course old code was improved too, bugs removed etc. |
56 </para></listitem> | 59 </para></listitem> |
57 <listitem><para> | 60 <listitem><para> |
58 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.18 "The BugCounter"</emphasis> Jul 9, 2001 | 61 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.18 "The BugCounter"</emphasis> Jul 9, 2001 |
59 </para><para>2 months since 0.17 and here's a new release.. Completed ASF | 62 </para><para>2 months since 0.17 and here's a new release.. Completed ASF |
60 support, more subtitle formats, introduced libao (similar to libvo but to | 63 support, more subtitle formats, introduced libao (similar to libvo but to |
61 audio), even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST! | 64 audio), even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST! |
62 </para></listitem> | 65 </para></listitem> |
63 <listitem><para> | 66 <listitem><para> |
64 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</emphasis> Oct 8, 2001 | 67 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</emphasis> Oct 8, 2001 |
65 </para><para>Hmm. Release again. Tons of new features, beta GUI version, | 68 </para><para>Hmm. Release again. Tons of new features, beta GUI version, |
66 bugs fixed, new vo and ao drivers, ported to many systems, including | 69 bugs fixed, new vo and ao drivers, ported to many systems, including |
67 opensource DivX codecs and much more. Try it! | 70 opensource DivX codecs and much more. Try it! |
68 </para></listitem> | 71 </para></listitem> |
69 <listitem><para> | 72 <listitem><para> |
70 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</emphasis> Jan 3, 2002 | 73 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</emphasis> Jan 3, 2002 |
71 </para><para>MOV/VIVO/RM/FLI/NUV fileformats support, native CRAM, Cinepak, | 74 </para><para>MOV/VIVO/RM/FLI/NUV fileformats support, native CRAM, Cinepak, |
72 ADPCM codecs, and support for XAnim's binary codecs; DVD subtitles support, | 75 ADPCM codecs, and support for XAnim's binary codecs; DVD subtitles support, |
73 first release of MEncoder, TV grabbing, cache, liba52, countless fixes. | 76 first release of <application>MEncoder</application>, TV grabbing, cache, |
77 liba52, countless fixes. | |
74 </para></listitem> | 78 </para></listitem> |
75 <listitem><para> | 79 <listitem><para> |
76 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.90pre10 "The BirthdayCounter"</emphasis> Nov 11, 2002 | 80 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90pre10 "The BirthdayCounter"</emphasis> Nov 11, 2002 |
77 </para><para> Although this is not a release, I am going to mention it because it | 81 </para><para> Although this is not a release, I am going to mention it because it |
78 came out 2 years after MPlayer v0.01. Happy birthday, MPlayer! | 82 came out 2 years after <application>MPlayer</application> v0.01. |
83 Happy birthday, <application>MPlayer</application>! | |
79 </para></listitem> | 84 </para></listitem> |
80 <listitem><para> | 85 <listitem><para> |
81 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.90rc1 "The CodecCounter"</emphasis> Dec 7, 2002 | 86 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90rc1 "The CodecCounter"</emphasis> Dec 7, 2002 |
82 </para><para>Again not a release, but after adding Sorenson 3 (QuickTime) | 87 </para><para>Again not a release, but after adding Sorenson 3 (QuickTime) |
83 and Windows Media 9 support, MPlayer is the world's first movie player with | 88 and Windows Media 9 support, <application>MPlayer</application> is the |
84 support for all known video formats! | 89 world's first movie player with support for all known video formats! |
85 </para></listitem> | 90 </para></listitem> |
86 <listitem><para> | 91 <listitem><para> |
87 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.90 "The CounterCounter"</emphasis> Apr 6, 2003 | 92 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90 "The CounterCounter"</emphasis> Apr 6, 2003 |
88 </para><para>After more than 1 year, we finally concluded that the code was indeed | 93 </para><para>After more than 1 year, we finally concluded that the code was indeed |
89 stable again, and ready to be published as a release. Unfortunately we | 94 stable again, and ready to be published as a release. Unfortunately we |
90 forgot even to increase the version number, and other annoying bugs went | 95 forgot even to increase the version number, and other annoying bugs went |
91 in, so get ready for... | 96 in, so get ready for... |
92 </para></listitem> | 97 </para></listitem> |
93 <listitem><para> | 98 <listitem><para> |
94 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 0.91</emphasis> Aug 13, 2003 | 99 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.91</emphasis> Aug 13, 2003 |
95 </para><para>The above mentioned and lot of other bugs have been fixed. | 100 </para><para>The above mentioned and lot of other bugs have been fixed. |
96 This is the latest stable version. | 101 This is the latest stable version. |
97 </para></listitem> | 102 </para></listitem> |
98 <listitem><para> | 103 <listitem><para> |
99 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 1.0pre1 "Development on the beach"</emphasis> Sep 1, 2003 | 104 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 1.0pre1 "Development on the beach"</emphasis> Sep 1, 2003 |
100 </para><para>Although this is not a stable release, I am going to mention | 105 </para><para>Although this is not a stable release, I am going to mention |
101 it because it is the first pre version of the 1.0 series of MPlayer and | 106 it because it is the first pre version of the 1.0 series of <application>MPlayer</application> |
102 it is intended to help the <emphasis>big bug hunting party</emphasis>. | 107 and it is intended to help the <emphasis>big bug hunting party</emphasis>. |
103 This is a huge step forward! | 108 This is a huge step forward! |
104 </para></listitem> | 109 </para></listitem> |
105 <listitem><para> | 110 <listitem><para> |
106 <emphasis role="bold">MPlayer 1.0</emphasis> date yet unknown | 111 <emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 1.0</emphasis> date yet unknown |
107 </para></listitem> | 112 </para></listitem> |
108 </itemizedlist> | 113 </itemizedlist> |
109 </para> | 114 </para> |
110 </sect1> | 115 </sect1> |