* modules/codec/a52.c: Fixed detection of A/52 sound.
* modules/audio_filter/converter/a52tofloat32.c: Fixed a bug related to
downmixing.
* ALL: Added hooks for audio volume management.
autodetect S/PDIF hardware support and the audio output plug-in chooses
the best one. Of course it probably breaks existing output modules, see
oss.c for hints :).
Also include minor tweaks which will entitle us to decode and output 5.1
audio. It may break existing plug-ins, too. See
audio_output.c:aout_FormatNbChannels for hints.
pf_setformat disappears (it was never called independantly of Open). If
the format needs to be changed, we will have Close/Open. This is much
simpler than before. Please check that I didn't break some plug-ins.
(see my last mail).
* aout: Rewrote our whole lock policy. The output thread now doesn't require
the mixer_lock, which might avoid delays. We will also be able to change
the filter pipelines at runtime.
* ALL : Added a priority argument to vlc_thread_create(), so that audio
and input threads can run with a higher real-time priority, on systems
allowing you to use priorities.
* New NextPTS() function, to replace CurrentPTS() (gives the PTS which will
be valid for NEXT byte).
* Fixed mono mode in the builtin mpeg audio decoder.
* Various fixes related to PTS calculation in audio decoders.
* ./debian/control: gnome-vlc recommends vlc-plugin-esd, and kvlc recommends
vlc-plugin-arts.
* ./src/misc/messages.c: message queue now prints the current object type.
* ./modules/*: cosmetic fixes for the --long-help output.
unnoticeable apart from the extra dependency on autoconf, automake and
gettextize. See the new HACKING file for some information, especially if
you don't run Linux.
The current strategy is to have the configure script generate a nice
automake Makefile from Makefile.am, and then clobber it with our good
old dirty Makefile. Muahaha :-)
prototype change; it looks like we won't need it after all.
* ./src/audio_output/output.c: if audio output is too slow, but we
know there is no next packet, then we play it anyway. Rationale behind
this is: better play a slightly wrongly dated packet than play silence,
because it might be wrongly dated but there are chances it won't break
audio continuity.
* ./modules/audio_output/sdl.c: workaround for SDL's crap audio output
system (callback gets called at random times, and no way to know the
latency of the samples being played). Audio output is now rather good
here, but please give feedback.
* ./modules/audio_output/oss.c: we delay a bit before asking for a new
buffer to avoid starvation.
which lets the audio output module give a timeout value for buffer
delivery. This fixes a few issues with aout modules which were calling
aout_OutputNextBuffer way too early.
* Audio and video should now _always_ be perfectly in sync.
* Changes in a52.c (end_date management) must be ported to other codecs,
otherwise mixer errors will appear.
* Audio output plug-in can now tell whether they can handle a little
clock drift (for instance, inserting zeroes after a pause).
won't unload it. This makes us more fault-tolerant with crap libraries
that are making use of atexit().
* ./configure.in: svgalib can now be a plugin.
* ./modules/misc/gtk_main.c: gtk_main doesn't need g_atexit anymore.
gtk_main() in its own thread, and does nothing on subsequent calls. This
ensures that gtk_main is only running once.
* ./modules/gui/familiar/*, modules/gui/gtk/*: the familiar, gtk and gnome
modules are now fully reentrant thanks to their use of the gtk_main module.
* ./src/libvlc.c: implemented vlc_set(), a wrapper for config_Put* available
to external programs.
* ./src/libvlc.c: removed vlc_stop() and vlc_end(), everything is now done
by vlc_destroy().
* ./modules/control/rc/rc.c: implemented a few new functions. For instance,
run "vlc -I rc" and then type "intf gtk" or "intf gnome". You can even
launch several of them. "segfault" works, too.
* Major changes in the handling of dates in the audio output ; still buggy,
but differently.
* Fixed a major bug in the aout pre-filters, preventing to run any other
decoder than liba52.
* p_aout->output.pf_play now has only one argument.
vlc_object_find() but returns a list of _all_ the matching objects. Only
works with FIND_ANYWHERE at the moment.
* ./modules/gui/gtk/preferences.c, ./modules/gui/kde/preferences.cpp,
./modules/gui/win32/preferences.cpp: the module lists in the preferences
menus work again.
* ./src/misc/objects.c: added a missing sizeof that caused crashes because
the reindexing of the global object array was incomplete.
* ./include/modules_inner.h: propagated the module long description to its
submodules.
* ./src/audio_output/audio_output.c, ./src/audio_output/mixer.c: fixed a
horrible sound issue by making sure internal buffers have a size multiple
of 4 bytes. Waiting for a real fix made in Meuuh, of course.
received does not start exactly at the given date, it indicates if the
output plug-in is able to compensate for the drift (for instance on
startup, or with S/PDIF packets), or if we need the aout core to
resample the coming buffers. It is currently unimplemented.
p_buffer now has a i_nb_bytes member. It is possible to indicate for a
format its byterate (necessary for AC3 and SPDIF).
* S/PDIF output seems to be working at last (tested with the file output).
instead of our own variable.
* ./modules/audio_filter/converter/a52tospdif.c, ./modules/codec/a52.c: added
<unistd.h>, required for bswap.
* ./modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c: removed an unneccessary semicolon in a
macro definition.
* ./modules/audio_output/esd.c: first attempt at getting esd to work.
* ./modules/video_output/*: split sdl.so into a video and an audio plugin,
and removed useless subdirectories.
* ./modules/audio_output/sdl.c: compilation fix.
only have one parent, because I don't want to deal with cycles, and each
created object is indexed in a global array. This feature is unused yet,
but it will speed up vlc_object_find(FIND_ANYWHERE).
* ./debian/rules: activated the faad codec.
* ./doc/fortunes.txt: new fortune cookies.
* ./modules/codec/mpeg_video/headers.c: reduced the use of attach/detach.
* ./modules/audio_output/oss.c: fixed two compilation warnings.
(faad2).
* modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c : could compile without zlib.
* modules/codec/ffmpeg/* : set error resilience to -1 by default.(in
order to decode more files, but it could produce segfaults ... )
* Makefile.*, configure.in : enable mp4 by default, add faad
module (disabled by default ).
demux plugins (ps, ts, but also dvd*).
* ./src/input/mpeg_system.c: removed MPEG-related stuff from the vlc core.
* ./src/misc/modules.c: max recursion level is now 5.
* ./modules/access/dvdplay/es.c: fixed a buffer overflow.
Christophe Massiot