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changeset 1613:c6547f93f91e
removed - old, unmaintained stuff
| author | arpi |
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| date | Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:40:18 +0000 |
| parents | 1b011d6150c7 |
| children | d0d7fcc5dcd6 |
| files | DOCS/ChangeLog DOCS/ChangeLog.mpeg |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 729 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/ChangeLog Tue Aug 21 21:01:54 2001 +0000 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,497 +0,0 @@ - -ChangeLog: -~~~~~~~~~~ - -v0.18 "BugCounter" : - - all known bugs fixed - - thousands of changes, updates, code cleanups, features etc. - -v0.17a "IdegCounter++" : - - first 0.17 release failed - buggy files outdated docs etc :( - it's (hopefully) fixed now. - -v0.17 "IdegCounter" : - - thousands of changes, updates, code cleanups, features etc. - -* jumped to 0.17 * - -v0.11-pre27-CVS: - - updated libmpeg2 source to libmpeg2-0.2.1-CVS version - - updated OpenDivX encore/decore to 4.0 alpha48 - - cmdline/configfile handler by szabi - - added DirectShow support (now DivX-only) - - bugfix: stream.c/stream_new() uninitialized variables - -v0.11-pre26-CVS: - - updated libmpeg2 source to libmpeg2-0.2.0 version - - small fixes - -v0.11-pre25-CVS: yeah, we moved to SourceForge CVS! - - DOCS updated (email address changed from arpi@* -> maillist) - - LIRC fix, mplayer_lirc changed back to mplayer [Andreas Ackermann] - - stream.c: unsigned int fixes, required for some strange .asf files - - asfheader.c: using w=h=b=1 for audio_concealment_none - - VCD-related stuff moved from stream.c to vcd_read.c - - added DGA driver by Andreas Ackermann - - added debian/ subdir for the debian package makers... see DOCS/DEBIAN - - new Makefile/dependency system - - added check_events() to libvo, x11 stuff moved to x11_common.c - -v0.11-pre24: small fixes again :( - - DOCS/LIRC changed: users *must* enable lirc support manually, it is - not autodetected yet. (./configure --enable-lirc) - - the {prefix} bug fixed by Gabucino - - added manpage by Gabucino - - manpage -vo fixes by A'rpi - -v0.11-pre23: lirc support, text updates, mailinglists - - added "-ni" option to force usage of the non-interleaved AVI parser - - DOCS/* updated by Gabucino - - new homepage by Gabucino - - mplayer users & announce mailing lists by Dariusz Pietrzak (see README) - - LIRC support by Andreas Ackermann (see DOCS/LIRC) - enable with ./configure --enable-lirc - TODO: ./configure should detect LIRC installed and better Makefile handling - - added AVI_NINI parser for broken (no index) non-interleaved files - -v0.11-pre22: last fixes, release is coming soon! - - non-interleaved avi EOF bug fixed [thanks to DC-1 for help] - - "You" strings in Makefile after make dep bug fixed... [thx to DC-1] - - SDL disabled by default. You have to ./configure --enable-sdl to enable. - - homepage updated by Gabucino - - homepage updated by A'rpi - - FAQ updated by A'rpi - -fork() -> 0.12pre1 - -v0.11-pre21: mpeg1 pp, stereo fix - - "Skip chunk xxxx" messages moved from -v to -v -v -v debug level... - [thanks to Christoph H. Lampert] - - divx postprocess filter works for mpeg1 files too! (-divxq 1/3/7/31) - - mpeg layer-2 audio fixed - it's stereo again!!! - - audio select() detection: if detected audio buffer size == 0, then - exit with message "recompile mplayer with #undef HAVE_AUDIO_SELECT"... - - syncfb driver added to the source tree, under drivers/ - (it's very similar to mga_vid, but has syncronization to screen and - de-interlace features) - - draw_slice in syncfb finished for G400 cards (plays mpeg 1/2, opendivx) - (de-interlacing has been disabled, because it's buggy now) - -v0.11-pre20: NI-AVI support, small fixes & patches... - - asf parser: flag 0x40 (explicit packet size) implemented [Marvin] - - new option to select DSP device: -dsp (default: /dev/dsp) [Pontscho] - - option -o changed to -vo - - ./configure: applied patches [LGB,Ian Kumlien,Magnus Pfeffer] - - avi chunk_id->ds mapper moved to demux_avi_select_stream() - - added non-interleaved .AVI parser - - added non-interleaved .AVI detection (if a_pos-v_pos distance > 1MB) - -v0.11-pre19: small fixes... - - vo_xmga.c: G200 draw_slice fixed - xmga + mga: common part (draw_frame & draw_slice) moved to mga_common.c - - some independent code (asfinfo.c and GL-test) moved to the new TOOLS subdir - - movinfo.c added to TOOLS (small util to dump .mov file structure) - - AVI & ASF stream id detection changed: now using IDs from the header - (but still can be overriden by -aid or -vid) [Christoph H. Lampert] - - native MS-GSM audio codec ported from avifile source (-afm 6) - [thanks for the testfile to Christoph H. Lampert] - - README updated (input & codec lists) - - implemented .asf audio descrambling [Dirk Vornheder & Einon] - -> that weird_al_yankovic asf is not so weird now :) - - AUTHORS file changed - -v0.11-pre18: patch release :) - - skip broken .asf fragments (for better seeking) - - seeking code cleanup in sources (now it's in a switch(){}) - - opendivx encoding bitrate option changed from -divxq to -br - (for the divx -> divx re-encoding) - - TO DO section moved to file TODO - - applied ./configure and Makefile changes patch from LGB - - libvo function changes by Pontscho: x11 (with -fs), xmga (bugfixed!) - - libvo: driver sources renamed from video_out_*.c -> vo_*.c - - libvo: added uninit() function to drivers - - libvo: fork()'ed X11 eventhandler for x11 and xmga drivers [me & Pontscho] - (gl and xv version is coming soon!) - - libvo: sdl driver now closes SDL at QUIT... - - small english fixes (docs & messages) [Balazs Tibor] - -v0.11-pre17: fixes - - asf "missing video stream" fixed (stream id & 0x7F) [Christoph H. Lampert] - - added GL-test directory, it contains source and compiler script of a - very simple open-gl texture updating (glTexSubImage) test program. - if it runs well, then mplayer -o gl should work too. - it works on G400+Utah-GLX, but segfaults in the G400 driver of X 4.0.2/DRI. - try it with different cards/drivers, and please report me the results. - - benchmarking in gltest.c: calculate fps and process times - - .asf seeking v0.01-pre0.1 :) - -v0.11-pre16: ACM fixed - - Win32/ACM audio codec fixed (most important for asf with divx audio): - There was an output buffer size problem with the Win32/ACM audio codec - at low bitrates (usually used for .asf files with divx audio) - Input and output buffer sizes are now queryed, problem solved :) - - SDL support compiling hint by Michael Durller added to the FAQ - - opendivx support in .asf files [Gérard Lantau] - - ./configure & Makefiles patch by Aaron Hope applied. - (adds --with-win32libdir and fixes --with-x11libdir) - - ./configure fixed, now it defaults to /usr/lib/win32 if detection failed - -v0.11-pre15: asf sync fixed - - asf parser: now supports other than 0x5D segments [Dirk Vornheder] - - new asf PTS reading: sync works now, including fps... - (-fps no longer required!) [thanks again to Eugene Kuznetsov for docs!] - -v0.11-pre14: small fixes, asf sync v0.1 :) - - version number incremented :))) - - libvo / Xv driver swapped Red-Blue fixed - - asf timestamps implemented - now asf A-V should be in sync if you - specify the correct fps at commandline (-fps), +-1 fps allowed... - [i haven't yet found method to get fps out from asf headers :(((] - - some error and consistency checking into demux_asf - if you see many warning! messages playing an .asf file, then contact - me and upload the file (first 1MB is enough if it represents the problem) - Don't forget: there is no public doc about the .asf file format, so - everything we know is suspected and can be wrong... without your help - we never will have working .asf player... - - asf fragment offset checks disabled for grouping... - -v0.11-pre13: libvo changes, mpeg bitrate, vcd fix, asf grouping - - libvo: draw_slice() interface changed, now it has src stride[3] and - destination rect dimension (w,h,x,y) - It's able to blit whole frames, not only 16-pixel slices... - - libmpeg2 and opendivx codec changed to use new draw_slice() - -> opendivx extra 64-pixel width band at right disappeared! - - mpeg bitrate fix: if picture->bitrate==0x3FFFF (means "unspecified" ?) - then using standard VCD bitrate (75*2324 bytes/sec) - -> fixed seeking for those mpegs with "16MBit/s" bitrate... - - drivers/sis_vid: video4linux interface disabled - - broken VCD playing fixed: stream_reset shouldn't seek to 0x0... - [bugreport: Kang Sun] - - asf_parser: grouping implemented! [test file provided by Gabucino :))] - -v0.11-pre12: ./configure fixes, improved odivx-encoding, streaming fixes - - ./configure: using /tmp/main$$.c instead /tmp.main.c, and - remove file after tests [SaPe] - - ./configure: trying the gcc optimize options and fallback to 'pentium' - if fails (useful for people with old gcc and new cpu :)) - - removed -fomit-frame-pointer from OPTFLAGS at config.mak - - version number incremented [Gabucino] - - odivx encoder fix: allow long (longer than xxxx.avi) destination filenames - (sizeof() changed to strlen()...) [Gabucino] - - avi writer - overwrite disabled (exits with error message if destination - file already exists...) [Gabucino] - - use -divxq to set encoding bitrate (in bits (no kbits!) default: 780000) - - no audio decoding if -encode option is used - - audio streaming disabled if -nosound specified (setting audio_id to -2) - - fast Mpeg-ES detection (doesn't read the whole Mpeg-PS file) - - compile-time option to disable using soundcard driver's select() - (requires for some people with buggy/pre-alpha/etc sound driver...) - -v0.11-pre11: streaming fixes, asf support pre, indeo5 fix - - asf/asfinfo.c improved: now it dumps streams to files - need testing! - (it's ready to be converted to asf demuxer and intergated into MPlayer) - - stream.c / stream_reset() fix: now it really seek back to 0 position! - - .asf file format detection added (no .asf reading yet!!!) - - .asf demultiplexer added, changes in demuxer.c to handle fragmented packets - > it plays .asf video well, but still has problems with divx/wma audio. :((( - - indeo 5 playing fixed (removed ICDECOMPRESS_UPDATE from flags) - - xmga resizing problems with some window managers, so default order is - changed xmga,xma... to mga,xmga,... - - found gcc bug: compiling MPlayer with flags - OPTFLAGS=-O -g -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math - cause image sizes negating -> mga_vid kernel driver Oops... :((( - - runaway.bride.sample.avi seeking segfault discovered: AC3 resync fails :( - - improved signal handling: module name is now printed. audio_resync added. - - RGB opendivx encoding implemented, now AVI->opendivx is possible. - -v0.11-pre10: OpenDivX encoding, streaming fixes, avi seek fixes - - new libvo driver: odivx (OpenDivX File Writer) - - AVI file writting support, new option: -encode filename - to encode an mpeg/vob/vcd to opendivx: - mplayer file1.mpg -encode file2.avi -o odivx -nosound - (sound encoding/copy is not yet supported) - - libvo: default driver priority changed to: xmga,mga,syncfb,3dfx,xv,x11,gl - - avi writer: index support - - small fixes in avi writer to be compliant (adjusted chunk/list lengths) - - demuxer.c: stream buffering fixes: - - missing {} in mplayer.c occuring audio reads when has_audio=0 - - reordered packet reader and pack count checks -> no more unwanted EOF - - added 4MB buffer memory usage limit to demuxed streams - - CPU flags in ./configure changed: - k7 -> k6 (current stable gcc doesn't supports k7) - 386,486 -> i386,i486 [Balazs Tibor] - - demux_avi: index check now accepts (raw.len+1)==idx.len [Balazs Tibor] - - FAQ added - - ** Now we are ready with planned features & urgent fixes, ** - ** it's time to final testing and then the 0.11 release!! ** - -v0.11-pre9: OpenDivX fixes,speedup - - solved OpenDivX width problem (stride=width+(Quality?0:64)) - now -divxq 0 works, and 0 is the default - - libvo call moved out from my_convert_yuv() so it can be measured (cpu %) - - IDCT code ported from libmpeg2 -> much faster OpenDivX decoding - -v0.11-pre8: SDL fixes, OpenDivX support - - added -I/usr/X11R6/include to libvo CFLAGS - - (removed later: applied libvo SDL driver fixes by Jeffrey Boser) - - OpenDivX support, initial hack, maybe not work for you... - (I need testfiles, I have just only one) - use -divxq option to adjust quality (1..29 works), 1=default - -v0.11-pre7: SDL support - - ported SDL driver from mpeg2dec/libvo (currect CVS) - (it's slower than internal X11 driver, but supports software scaling!) - - fixed SDL driver to support -fs and pass keyboard events - - SDL driver changed to support YV12 and YUY2 formats instead of IYUV - (now works with DivX files too) - - 'q' (Quit) disabled in SDL fullscreen mode (because it's impossible - to restore screen before exiting so it gets unusable state now) - -v0.11-pre6: audio fix - - fixed video_out_xv.c compiling problems [bugreport: Kalle Mellerup] - - modified audio playing: always keep buffer (both internal and card's) - filled using select() -> -alsa audio delays should be fixed. - - updated DOCS/AUTHORS and DOCS/README - -v0.11-pre5: xmmp audio support, applied Pontscho's libvo patch - - xmmp audio driver support by Arthur Kleer - - new video_out driver by Pontscho: xmga (Matrox G200/G400 only!) - It does same under X 3.3.x what Xv extension does under X 4.0.x! - (you will have a moveable/resizeable window but see an YUV video - overlay in it using color keying) - - added keyboard event support in X11 windows [Pontscho] - (using mplayer_[put|get]_key() in codecctrl.c) - -v0.11-pre4: x11 driver fixes, 15/16bpp support - - version in version.h fixed :))) [Pontscho] - - inttypes.h moved to DOCS/ (copy back to the root if you need it) - - depth calculation in vo_init() changed (Pontscho's version couldn't - make difference between 15 and 16bpp) - - x11 driver now uses vo_init() instead of get_depth() - - yuv2mmx: 15bpp not really supported -> removed from list, now - conversion is done (well) by the C code -> MPEG play in 15bpp works! - - avi playing support added in 15bpp (memcpy) - - avi playing support added in 16bpp (C 15->16 converter by me) - - avi playing support added in 16bpp (MMX 15->16 converter by Strepto) - - libvo/x11: yuv2rgb used MMX code on non-MMX CPUs too!!! fixed... - - all x11 modes tested (and mpeg/24bpp byteorder fixed): - MPEG: AVI/VfW: - 15bpp C convert memcpy - 16bpp MMX/C convert MMX/C convert - 24bpp C convert memcpy - 32bpp MMX/C convert memcpy / C conv. - => now all the movie types are viewable using the -o x11 driver! - -v0.11-pre3: mpeg fixes, fullscreen support - - vertical.mpg serious libvo (x11,gl) segfaults fixed: - yuv2rgb_mmx requires one more lines that vertical image size... - fixed (allocating memory for width*(height+1)). [bugreport: Gabucino] - - Pontscho's fullscreen patch applied! - Using option -fs will maximize window size (for all resizeable drivers - including mga!) and disable window decorations (x11,Xv,gl only) - - simple inttypes.h included for libc5 (and glibc2.0 too?) users - - homepage updates (links changed ftp->http) - -v0.11-pre2: better user messages, mp3 codec selection, demuxer changes - - w32codec.zip restored at the FTP site (somehow it damaged...) - - added version.h, and used its content everywhere - - 'premature end-of-file' problem fixed: freeing audio buffers and - setting d_audio->id=-2 if has_audio==0 [bugreport by Dmitri Pogosyan] - - some more messages added if verbose>=1 - - demuxer.c: error message printed if A or V chunk buffer is full - 'mplayer test.avi -aid -2' still not works without option '-nosound' - - adding new config.h option to set default MP3 audio codec (mpg123/l3codeca) - ./configure selects mp3lib only if you have 3Dnow [idea: Gabucino] - - automatic fallback to mp3lib/mpg123 if l3codeca.acm can't be loaded/inited - -v0.11-pre1: AVI sync fixes - - AVI audio seeking improvements: now using nBlockAlign value to seek - inside the chunk, so divx audio works without big delays!!! - - AVI PTS calculation modified: counting video PTS when skip_video_frames>0 - so new audio PTS values will be correct. Solved many sync probs! - - A-V sync with AVI files fixed! - Now only the Desperado-trailer has 1.0 sec delay after seeking. - - fixed AVI sync in -bps mode too! :) (perfect except that Desperado avi) - -v0.10: The new year release! - - testing - - docs changed - - it's time to release and remove the old buggy 0.09 version... - - release!!! - -v0.10-pre8: libvo/x11 changes - - libvo: x11/xv driver separated to x11 and xv drivers - - libvo: DUMMY_VO_FUNC removed from driver sources - - libvo: default driver order changed, because some users with software-only - opengl though that this 'slow' player can only play at 1-3fps :) - -v0.10-pre7: libmpeg2 interface changes, display size/area changes, AVI fixes - - libmpeg2/decode.c modified: - - removed unused OMS and mpeg2dec stuff - - decode_data rewritten, now works like parse_es.c - => doesn't copy any data -> faster and less memory usage - - mplayer.c sends code 0x1FF after every frame, so libmpeg2 knows - when has to display it - - mplayer.c: in_frame flag fixes, didn't work well with mpeg2 streams - (because there is a 0x1B2 chunk between 0x100 and 0x101) - - 'picture' changed from static to shmem-allocated - -> better picture after codec restart (tested with JapAd.mpg) - -> keep information of the header changes (after init) - - mpeg image size changed, now only the real part of frame is displayed - (no more green strip at the bottom) - - picture struct: new fields: display_picture_width/height - - image buffer allocation (shmem) is done by decode.c instead of libvo - - new option: -xy <value> (resize both x/y direction) - if value<=8 -> x_scale = y_scale = value - else -> x_size=value y_size=aspectratio*x_size - - mplayer.c: video output moved out from avi/mpg init sections and - now it's common code (added movie_size_x/y variables and out_fmt global) - - new keys: - ESC => quit - + and - => adjust audio delay +- 0.1 second - k => kill/restart the mpeg codec process (for testing) - - codec control interface changed: wait for syncword after (re)start - to avoid receiving old frames => it's stable again! - - removed (now unused) allocate/free image buffer code from libvo - - mplayer: new internal variable for video format: has_video - 0 = none (unused yet) - 1 = mpeg 1/2 video - 2 = win32/VfW video codec - - config.h has defaults for bps-based AVI sync and ALSA timer code options: - #undef AVI_SYNC_BPS => now it's disabled by default!!! use -bps to enable - #define ALSA_TIMER => now it's enabled by default!!! use -noalsa to dis. - - help updated - - prints max compressed framesize at exit (both avi & mpeg) - - AVI audio seeking fixed: some ACM codecs (divx audio and ms-adpcm) - can't seek inside a chunk, they are only able to play whole chunks. - Current audio seeking has changed to seek inside the chunk only if the - codec supports it (only internal codecs and ACM/mp3 allows it). - - AVI: audio delay correction if can't seek inside the chunk - -v0.10-pre6: mpeg signal & EOF fixes - - ./configure: k6_mtrr (2.4.test11+) added [Pontscho] - - `term destroys if mplayer (mpg) called from mc.ext` bug fixed: - added sighandler to the 3rd process (mpeg codec) to avoid sig. recursion - - better output at exit (handled now by exit_player()) - - mpeg EOF problem (codec restart) fixed: added EOF detection to parse_es.c - - internal flag 'current_module' added to get more info at segfaults - (contains module number where the segfault occured) - - audio detection changed: using afm=4 (Win32/ACM) for MP3 audio (AVI files) - (you MUST have l3codeca.acm at /usr/lib/win32, or you have to use '-afm 1') - -v0.10-pre5: flipping fixed - - AVI image flipping reworked: - - new flag: avi_header.flipped, TRUE if upside-down - - image flipping code removed/disabled from libvo modules - - duplicate flip_page() calls removed (overload with x11 and mga) - - aLaw audio codec (AVI id 0x06) added (uses code from xanim source) - -v0.10-pre4: test release, small fixes - - video_out driver <-> codec incompatibility message changed - - fixed the config.format bug in drivers/mga_vid_test, so it works again! - [thanks to David Whysong] - - libmpeg2 upgraded - -v0.10-pre3: test release, verbose mode, new docs - - new option: -v = increment verbose level - (debug printf's changed to verbose level-dependent) - - default level: 0, only some informal output - - init debug: 1, some basic debug infos, avi header, function values - - player debug: 2, print avi indexes, chunk inputs, more debug infos - - parser debug: 3, prints everything related to input parsers - to increment verbose level, use multiple -v options (-v -v -v for level-3) - - bitrate calculation for AVI files - - README rewritten, added Troubleshooting and Bugreports sections - - TVout directory added (only the scripts) - -v0.10-pre2: bugfix test release, bps-sync enabled - - avi: supporting both 0-based and movi-based index types (autodetect) - - avi: tested with VBR audio: plays well with -mc 0 option, seek doesn't - work yet [thanks to Alan Chen for testfile] - - avi: A-V sync to avg. byte/sec implemented (again) and enabled by default - (disable with -nobps if you want) - - ./configire: 3rd name ('kni') of the P3 added. Where is the compatibility? - - useless '\' removed from libac3/Makefile [Otvos Ferenc] - -v0.10-pre1: test release, players merged!!! - - avip and mpegp has been merged to a single binary called 'mplayer' - - file type detection (AVI/MPEG-PS/MPEG-ES/Other) - - no redundant code (common code for common jobs) - - big format-dependent codes moved to functions (separated files) - - better error messages, removed some debug stuff, code cleanups - - old libmpeg2 version removed from source tree - - help texts merged (help_avi+help_mpg -> help_mp) - - new options: -x <x> -y <y> = scale image (if selected driver supports) - if value<=8 then image size will be multiplied by value, otherwise - image size will be scaled to <value> pixels. - For example: - 2x ZOOM: mplayer -x 2 -y 2 test.mpg - 800x600: mplayer -x 800 -y 600 test.mpg - [default values are still configurable at compile-time, see config.h] - - TV project (not finished) codebase added (see tvision.c, or: make tvision) - -v0.09: Beta release [same as 0.09-pre3] - - version changed in the files - - docs updated - -v0.09-pre3: bugfix test-release, X11 support testing - - fixed the if [ -z $pparam ] bug in ./configure [Christian Birchinger] - - many changes in AVI seek code, resulting near-perfect seeking now! - current method calc absolute audio position, so with VBR audio it - doesn't work yet... - - avip: Xv support (YUY2 image format) - - avip: X11 support (24 & 32 bpp only, BGR format) - I need a very fast 15->16bpp converter for 16bpp support... anyone helps? - -v0.09-pre2: bugfix test-release - - removed unnecessary code from libmpeg2/header.c - Walken told me that standard mpg/vob streams must NOT use framerate - and bitrate extension... and the ext. id check is done by the caller. - - CRC support to mp3lib's mpeg audio layer-2 decoder - thanks for bugreport & testfile to Samson - -v0.09-pre1: bugfix test-release - - imported new libmpeg2 files (under testing...) - - GL renderer flickering bug fixed (MMX missing emms() between yuv2rgb and - glTexSubImage(), bug triggered by new Utah-GLX code) - [thanks for Christian Birchinger] - -v0.08: Index support, avi seeking, DLL loader fix, compilation fixes - - Added support for chunk index usage (disable with -noidx option) - - Removed code optimization flags from loader/Makefile because - it segfaults if compile optimized code (it does some hacks with - pointers, maybe the reordered code confuses it) - - added new tool called aviparse (read and check avi file structure) - - indexed and raw chunk info comparing, bad chunks dropped - - termcap usage is optional (for those debian users without termcap) - - #if HAVE_* fixed (to #ifdef HAVE_*) - - ./configure supports new /proc/cpuinfo (2.4.0-test11) - - sse is called 'sse' again - - 'flags' field renamed to 'features' - - Xv benchmark results added to DOCS/SPEED - - avi seeking (and other goodies, pause etc) implemented - no PTS resync after seek yet. - - default video_out driver changed from 'mga' to the first available driver - new driver priority: mga_vid, opengl, x11 - -v0.07: Easier compile - - Added Pontscho's ./configure script (it's modified a lot) - - Updated makefiles, and tested a lot :) - - Updated DOCS/INSTALL - -v0.06: Better codec selection - - avi audio&video codec selection moved to new codecs.c file, - loader/driver.c and loader/afl.c modified for this - - yuv support fixed, codecs.c setup flags to handle yuv properly - yuv works fine with divx, mpeg4, cvid, and upside-down iv50 - - DOCS/INSTALL updated - - DOCS/SPEED updated, DivX benchmarks added - -v0.05: Merged with MPEGplayer 0.90pre6, first public release of AVI player - - code merged with mpegplayer, new Makefile, some small modifications - - docs updated and moved to DOCS - -v0.04: YUV support, some code cleanup, preview-release - -v0.01: first version based on new MPEGplayer's codebase.
--- a/DOCS/ChangeLog.mpeg Tue Aug 21 21:01:54 2001 +0000 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,232 +0,0 @@ -ChangeLog: -~~~~~~~~~~ -v0.2: [first public release] -- parser: add support for VOB files (audio format still has problems...) -- libmpeg3: improvements in file-type detector, supporting mpegs with RIFF hdr -- libmpeg3: improvements on mpeg3_read_program() to handle damaged files better -- libmpeg3: new functions for separated PTS access: mpeg3_audio_pts() and - mpeg3_video_pts(), they return timestamp in seconds, format: double -- play: new audio-video sync method, using timestamps from streams. - much better, even on very damaged files! -- play: measuring of audio buffer size instead constant hard-wired value -- libmpeg3: more improvements to handle better strange files... -- play: drop timestamp correction if > 2 seconds (good for concatenated files) - -v0.3: -- much better audio-video sync, using limited timestamp correction -- TVout directory added, with tools & scripts to setup TVout on Matrox cards - (it is able to play mpegs fullscreen on TV without using X) - -v0.5: -- integrating dvdview for video decoding - (still using libmpeg3 for system stream parsing and audio decoding) - -> not works... some variable randomly changes (uninitialized pointers - in dvdview??? c++/c mixing problem?) - -v0.6: -- new player from scratch, using my mp3lib for audio, parser.c for demuxing. - integrated dvdview is still buggy... - -v0.7: [second edition] -- dvdview as separated process, using FIFOs for communication. -- some fixes in dvdview/system/sysdec1.cc, improved re-syncing on reset -- double-buffering support into dvdview's mga_vid class (and some - changes in the mga_vid kernel module too!) -- EOF problem solved -- background playing option (using MGA Color-Keying and xsetroot) -- rebuild README, added Standard Disclaimer section - -v0.71: -- better missing-stream detection (counting only the real packets) -- check for file and missing streams before fork() -- fixed ugly byteorder bug when reading header dword -- new system stream sync method (doesn't requires SYSTEM_HEADER_START_CODE) -- seeking (byte or second pos), works *only* with streams with immediate - SYSTEM_HEADER frames. - -v0.8: [seeking works] -- implementing own video packet reader -> disabling the whole streaming part - of dvdview. -- saving system headers, and re-sent after starting dvdview (seeking/resync) - -> allow seeking in single-header mpeg files (contact2.mpg) -- advanced resync and seek_sec method, using video-packet type-checks -- fix read() problem, when not enough bytes available in fifo (see man 2 read) -- removed unused objects (postproc,options,streaming) from dvdview's Makefile - (smaller executable, faster compile) -- sec. and bytepos seek fixed, works well now. -- simple console gui, using my getch2 (from mailer3 source) for keyboard. - allows seek,pause,quit functions (for testing only) - it's time to begin develop some nice GUI with skins, plugins etc :) -- improved runtime seeking, added force_redraw variable, and PTS audio - correction after every seek. - -v0.81: -- fps fixed (other than 25fps supported again) -- EOF handling fixed again -- nosound support (currently only system streams supported, not video-only) - also see -nosound commandline option -- mga_vid: changed mmap() to allow double buffering in 704x528 -- mga_vid: double buffering is optional from now (dvdview option -db ) -* it successfully plays .VOB files (without sound) -- PTS/DTS support in mpeg-2 system streams (.vob files) -- PCM audio (48kHz stereo, unsigned, swapped byteorder) playing implemented -* it "plays" .VOB files with PCM sound, but it's too sloooooow :((( -- some optimization of dvdview's bitstream handler (see FillBits & GetBitsFast) - -v0.82: [VOB support] -- updated dvdview from current CVS version (1.2.0-pre) -> about 25% faster!!! -* it's now fast enough for VOB playback -- AC3 audio support (using Aaron Holtzman's libac3 from ac3dec package) -- new, simpler Makefile for libac3 -- re-organized text files (README splitted to ChangeLog and AUTHORS) - -v0.83: [ALSA support] -- some timing code to fix audio syncing with ALSA drivers (test it! I can't) - use -alsa cmdline option to enable this experimental code! -- cmdline option (-abs) for overriding audio buffer size (default: measured) - why is it needed? some audio drivers has bad implementaion of select(), - so measuring buffer size gives false result. - if you hear sound before picture window appears, then you should use this! - -v0.84: -- multiple DVD audio channels/streams support (use -aid option to select chn.) -- cmdline option for maximum PTS time correction (-mc <value>) -- PTS sync code moved to frame display loop -> more precise timing - now it sync audio after every 5 decoded frames -- cmdline option for override frame rate (-fps <rate>) - some .VOB files has bad frame rate value in headers (why? any ideas?) -- ac3 audio seeking works (some hack in libac3's parse.c) - -v0.85: [first non-experimental release] -- directory structure changed -- better documentation, added new INSTALL -- every Makefile uses OPTFLAGS environment variable, see INSTALL -- help (run mpg12play without any parameters or with -h/--help) -- fixed byte seeking (-sb) -- allow selecting mpeg audio channel, see -aid (streams 0x1C0-1DF) -- allow selecting video channel, see -vid (0x1E0-1EF) -- allow audio format override, see -afm -- new streaming system (with 4k buffering) -- initial VCD (Video CD) support, use -vcd to select track, and give - device name as filename (e.g.: mpg12play -vcd 2 /dev/cdrom) - Problems with dual streaming, it's very slow! reads every sectors twice... -- VCD cache system... -> solved dual (A+V) streaming slowdown - -v0.86: [cleanup] -- last_frame_* thing removed + control fifo read() fixed -> better and - linear (no seek-back) resync if dvdview dies -- better nosound timing (uses -alsa timer), seeking works -- resync_to_pts eliminated (using new max_pts_correction) -- cleanups, error checks, small fixes in the whole player.c -- removed some unused old code -- exit code moved to exit_player(), removed redundancy, fixed kill order - -v0.87: -- i've found the reason of bad fps value with some vob files... - the fps is correct, but the dvdview doesn't decode all the frames - (reads repeat_first_field flag but don't rely on it) -- new demuxer code: read & demux input stream only at once, and uses two - memory FIFO-s for packages. also new reader code, everyting named ds_*() - The new demuxer can autodetect video and audio stream ids, if not - specified with -aid / -vid option, and better implementation of -afm -- vcd cache is optional (and disabled by default), because unneccesary with - new demux/streaming code - -v0.90pre: -- new codec added: mpeg2dec by Aaron Holtzman - after doing some fixes (see at bottom), it's able to play mpeg1/mpeg2 video -- FIFO API changed: after frame_complete command (0x0) the codec must - send the fps*10000 and the length*100 value. length is 1.00 for a simple - frame, and >=1 for mpeg2 fields (eliminates the fps problem) - Now, using mpeg2dec we are able to play .vob files with correct fps timing! -- better AC3 resync after seek (new func. in libac3: ac3_bitstream_reset()) - using ac3_decode_frame() instead ds_fill_buffer() when syncing PTS - -v0.90pre2: -- mpeg2dec integrated into player binary -- using pipe() instead of named pipes -- using shared memory (mmap(...MAP_ANON...)) for packet transfer to codec -- stream_select() thing removed -- some optimization in demuxer code -- measuring codec CPU usage (relative to video time!!!, so it can be >100% - on a slow system) This value must be <=100% for continous video playback. - -v0.90pre3: -- ugly bug fixed causing packet loss at codec restarting - (i wrote control_fifo instead of control_fifo2 into codec controller) -- video init part moved to the player -- using shared memory for image buffers to avoid green flashes when - codec restarted... -- new shared memory allocation code (the mmap() thing worked only with - kernel 2.4.x). thanx to LGB for the info and help... see linux/shmem.[ch] -- config.h moved, Makefiles changed a bit (added libvo path, thanx to LGB) - you may select CPU extensions (3Dnow/MMX/SSE) *only* at config.h -- meaningfull error messages if video stream cannot be synced - (many user asked about "missing video stream" error...) - -v0.90pre4: -- included new mpeg2dec source (with SSE idct code) - -v0.90pre5: -- libvo: OpenGL video renderer code by me -- included new mpeg2dec and ac3dec from today CVS snapshot -- new docs: SPEED and MTRR -- seq. head processing and video init code moved into player.c, just - before fork()'ing, so the child inherits all this info! -- removed all sequenceheader[] code, it's unneeded now -- source cleanup, removed some debug printf()'s, old comments -- EOF problem seems to be solved (maybe at the cleanup???) -- implemented bitrate (and free framerate) reading into mpeg2dec/header.c -- seeking skip times are better, based on bitrate - - -Changed in libac3 source: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- ac3.h replaced with the old version from v0.6.0 -- decode.c modified to fit my interface -- stats.h: use stats_* functions only if DEBUG defined - -Changed in libmpeg2 source: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- header.c: implemented repeat_first_field thing (see picture.repeat_count) -- HACK_MODE set to 1 (default is 0, which works only with mpeg2 streams) -- decode.c: some changes added, active only if MPG12PLAY #defined -- header.c: implemented bitrate (and free framerate) reading - -Changed in libvo source: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- fixed bug in mga_vid vo module: used dest_width/height instead src_* - (dst is important only for the card, we need (for memory, etc) the src size!) -- added OpenGL video renderer (based on x11 rendere and Pontscho's opengl code) - -Changed in DVDview source: -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -main.cc: replaced with my code -Makefile: removed unneccesary objects, added optimization flags -output/out_mgavid.cc & .hh: added double-buffering and color-keying support -system/userpack.cc & .hh: new code, by me (interface to my packet reader) -video12/vdecoder.hh: added GetSeqHeader() function (for accessing FPS value) -video12/vdecoder.cc: commented out calls to PrintDataBin() (debug info only) - -TODO: -~~~~~ -- multiple video packets (whole frame) transfer to codec - DONE -- B-frame skipping (DVD for slow systems) -- VCD support - DONE -- DVD Audio downsampling (for 44kHz cards) -- SEEKing in VOB files with AC3 sound (some hack needed in libac3) - DONE -- own AC3 frame reader -> better resync after seek - DONE -- player source is really ugly now... it's time to some cleanup - DONE? -- seek/resync without immediate SYSTEM_HEADER frames. - DONE -- end of file detecion !!! - DONE - NOT done (see matrix.vob!) - DONE -- other than 25fps movies - DONE -- test with mono sound - DONE (currently playing as stereo) -- nosound (no audio card or no audio stream) - DONE -- .vob support (non-crypted DVD/mpeg2 stream) - DONE -- AC3 and PCM audio support - DONE -- audio-only and video-only file support -- nice GUI (something new written in gtk or modify xmovie's gui) -- Xv support - DONE (libvo has it) -- easier compile, maybe new ./configure and makefiles - DONE? -- decss support (encrypted dvd) -- test speed with pgcc (does it worth?)