Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 28212:c9514029cd29
Remove history chapter; it is outdated and of little practical value.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:37:43 +0000 |
| parents | 794c9edaad54 |
| children | cbe2c4cdcca2 |
| files | DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml DOCS/xml/en/history.xml |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 188 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml Sun Jan 04 16:01:52 2009 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml Sun Jan 04 22:37:43 2009 +0000 @@ -175,4 +175,3 @@ &faq.xml; &bugreports.xml; &skin.xml; -&history.xml;
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml Sun Jan 04 16:01:52 2009 +0000 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,187 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> -<!-- $Revision$ --> -<appendix id="history"> -<title>History</title> - -<blockquote><para> -This began a year ago... I have tried lots of players under Linux -(<application>mtv</application>, <application>xmps</application>, -<application>dvdview</application>, <application>livid/oms</application>, -<application>videolan</application>, <application>xine</application>, -<application>xanim</application>, <application>avifile</application>, -<application>xmmp</application>) but they all have some problem. Mostly with -special files or with audio/video sync. Most of them are unable to play both -MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed -problems too. So I've decided to write/modify one... -</para></blockquote><para>A'rpi, 2001</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.1-v0.3</emphasis>: Sep 22-25, 2000 -</para> -<para> -The first try, hacked together in a half hour! I've used libmpeg3 -from <ulink url="http://www.heroinewarrior.com"/> up to the version 0.3, but -there were image quality and speed problems with it. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.5-v0.87</emphasis>: Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000 -</para> -<para> -MPEG codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a -great stuff, but it was slow and was written in C++ (A'rpi hates C++!!!) -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.9-v0.95pre5</emphasis>: Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000 -</para> -<para> -MPEG codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman and -Michel Lespinasse. It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect -image quality and 100% MPEG standard conformance. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.3-v0.9</emphasis>: Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000 -</para> -<para> -It was a pack of two programs: mpg12play v0.95pre6 and my -new simple AVI player 'avip' based on avifile's Win32 DLL loader. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.10</emphasis>: Jan 1, 2001 -</para> -<para>The MPEG and AVI player in a single binary! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.11pre series</emphasis>: -</para> -<para> -Some new developers joined and since 0.11 the <application>MPlayer</application> -project is a team-work! Added ASF file support, and OpenDivX -(see <ulink url="http://www.projectmayo.com"/>) en/decoding. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</emphasis>: Apr 27, 2001 -</para> -<para> -The release version of the 0.11pre after 4 months of heavy -development! Try it, and be amazed! Thousands of new features added... -and of course old code was improved too, bugs removed etc. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.18 "The BugCounter"</emphasis>: Jul 9, 2001 -</para> -<para> -2 months since 0.17 and here's a new release.. Completed ASF -support, more subtitle formats, introduced libao (similar to libvo but to -audio), even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</emphasis>: Oct 8, 2001 -</para> -<para> -Hmm. Release again. Tons of new features, beta GUI version, -bugs fixed, new vo and ao drivers, ported to many systems, including -open source DivX codecs and much more. Try it! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</emphasis>: Jan 3, 2002 -</para> -<para> -MOV/VIVO/RM/FLI/NUV file formats support, native CRAM, Cinepak, -ADPCM codecs, and support for XAnim's binary codecs; DVD subtitles support, -first release of <application>MEncoder</application>, TV grabbing, cache, -liba52, countless fixes. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90pre10 "The BirthdayCounter"</emphasis> Nov 11, 2002 -</para> -<para> -Although this is not a release, I am going to mention it because it -came out 2 years after <application>MPlayer</application> v0.01. -Happy birthday, <application>MPlayer</application>! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90rc1 "The CodecCounter"</emphasis> Dec 7, 2002 -</para> -<para> -Again not a release, but after adding Sorenson 3 (QuickTime) -and Windows Media 9 support, <application>MPlayer</application> is the -world's first movie player with support for all known video formats! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90 "The CounterCounter"</emphasis> Apr 6, 2003 -</para> -<para> -After more than 1 year, we finally concluded that the code was indeed -stable again, and ready to be published as a release. Unfortunately we -forgot even to increase the version number, and other annoying bugs went -in, so get ready for... -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.91</emphasis> Aug 13, 2003 -</para> -<para> -The above mentioned and lot of other bugs have been fixed. -This is the latest stable version. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 1.0pre1 "Development on the beach"</emphasis> Sep 1, 2003 -</para> -<para> -Although this is not a stable release, I am going to mention it because it is -the first pre version of the 1.0 series of <application>MPlayer</application> -and it is intended to help the <emphasis>big bug hunting party</emphasis>. -This is a huge step forward! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 1.0</emphasis> date yet unknown -</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> -</appendix>