Freevo Changelog

What's new in Freevo 1.9.0

Jun 3, 2009
  • Added support for Python-2.6'''
  • Removed support for Python-2.4'''
  • New audio icecast plug-in (F#2680204)
  • New audio shoutcast plug-in (F#2680192)
  • New convert_favorites_txt help to convert a favorites.txt to a favorites.pickle (F#2512372)
  • New skinable dialogs (F#2308911)
  • New "freevo cache" option --cropdetect to detect and add crop options to fxd files (F#2791887)
  • New rtorrent module to allow torrents to be downloaded from freevo (F#2580403)
  • New OSD dialog screen designer (F#2621369)
  • New screen-saver module, "life" (F#2371097)
  • New screen-saver module, "flames" (F#2376752)
  • New tv guide plug-in "categories" (F#2743961)
  • New zoneminder plug-in (F#2790321)
  • Updated autoshutdown plug-in to allow a configurable start-up delay (F#2784634)
  • Updated command plug-in to allow images to be specified in the fxd file (F#2778822)
  • Updated dvdbackup plug-in to allow the audio codec to be specified (F#2791303)
  • Updated encoding crop detection (F#2500046)
  • Updated encoding server uniquely identify different re-enoding of files (F#2489762)
  • Updated encoding server to run jobs as nice (F#2763076)
  • Updated French translation (F#2784895, F#2795784)
  • Updated ivtv_xine_tv plugin with a record menu screen, xine-ui patch required (F#2373921)
  • Updated play state dialogues with time elapsed / total time (F#2594055)
  • Updated recordings manager with 'Add to Favorites' and 'Search for more' (F#2661790)
  • Fixed alsamixer mute variable error (B#2497746)
  • Fixed busy not being removed correctly (B#1928513)
  • Fixed button bar pop-up menu paging in (B#2788067)
  • Fixed caching permission problems (B#2580201)
  • Fixed command plug-in that tried to read a non-existent log file (B#2486033)
  • Fixed cd_burn plug-in for spaces in directory names and location of temp files (B#2473568)
  • Fixed cd_burn plug-in auto-detection of writeable drives (B#2778925)
  • Fixed imdb returning XML numeric entities (B#2796344)
  • Fixed livepause error and backend server error (B#2788099)
  • Fixed OSD drawing of transparent text (B#2482964)
  • Fixed record client for changes to kaa.base (B#2721256)
  • Fixed record server automatic re-encoding (B#2482703,B#2458849)
  • Fixed record server timing problems (B#2692397)
  • Fixed recordings manager not to overwrite the fxd files (B#2688691)
  • Fixed rom_drives mounting problem for non-root users (B#2502039)
  • Fixed reencode video plug-in; incorrect calls to the encoding server (B#2483017)
  • Fixed skin info; infinite loop in video style 3 (B#2662476)
  • Fixed TV XML processing when the XML file does not have valid timezones (B#2550109)
  • Fixed video thumbnails to allow for flash music videos being too short (B#2663492)
  • Fixed wiimote plug-in config errors (B#2494315)

New in Freevo 1.8.3 (Dec 1, 2008)

  • Added VIDEO_AUTOJOIN_REGEX to allow joining video files based on a regular expression
  • Renamed USE_NETWORK to SYS_USE_NETWORK
  • Renamed USE_SDL_KEYBOARD to SYS_USE_KEYBOARD
  • Added SYS_USE_JOYSTICK to allow a joystick device to be used
  • Added DEBUG_BENCHMARKING can be used to time and trace function calls
  • Added DEBUG_BENCHMARKCALL can be used to print the arguments and results of function calls
  • Removed MPLAYER_AUDIO_CACHE_KB, MPLAYER_AUDIO_CACHE_MIN_PERCENT and MPLAYER_AUDIO_NETWORK_OPTS, it broke detach
  • Added WWW_IMAGE_SIZE and WWW_IMAGE_THUMBNAIL_SIZE for Cooliris support
  • Added VIDEO_AUTOJOIN_REGEX to allow more control when joining video files