MPlayer 1.0 RC4 - Changelog

What's new in MPlayer 1.0 RC3:

May 30th, 2010

Decoders:

· support for X8 frames (fixes "J-type picture is not supported" for WMV2)
· support for DTS WAV/DTS-CD passthrough by ad_hwac3
· Apple's raw YUV2 in MOV
· LATM over LOAS AAC decoding via internal libfaad2
· video game codecs: BFI video, Playstation MDEC video, ADPCM XA audio, EA Maxis XA ADPCM audio, RL2 video, Beam Software SIFF video, V.Flash PTX video
· AVOption support for libavcodec-based decoders
· use lavc ADPCM codecs by default
· support for progressive JPEG in ffmjpeg
· ACDSystems MJPEG (ACDV) via binary DLL and lavc
· SIF1 via binary DLL
· wincam screen capture (WCMV) via binary DLL
· Creative Labs Video Blaster Webcam mjpeg (CJPG) via binary DLL and ijpg library
· kensington webcam (AJPG, ABYR) via binary DLL
· centre for wavelets (wavc) via binary DLL
· GeoVision Advanced MPEG-4 (GMP4, GM40) via binary DLL
· Xiricam JPEG from Veo PC Camera (XJPG) via binary DLL
· WorldConnect Wavelet Video (SMSV) via binary DLL
· VDOWave 3 advanced (VDO3, VDOM, VDOW) via binary DLL
· VoxWare MetaVoice (format 0x0074) via binary DLL
· Ulead DV Audio (0x215, 0x216) via binary DLL
· GoToMeeting codec (G2M2, G2M3) via binary DLL
· SP4x codec - used by Aiptek MegaCam (SP4x) via binary DLL
· Broadway MPEG Capture Codec (BW10) via binary DLL
· ZDSoft screen recorder (ZDSV) via binary DLL
· WebTrain Communication lossless screen recorder (WTVC) via binary DLL
· xfire video (XFR1) via binary DLL
· VFAPI RGB transcode (vifp) via binary DLL
· ETI CamCorder EYECON (NUB0, NUB1, NUB2) via binary DLL
· fox motion (FMVC) via binary DLL
· Trident video (TY2C, TY2N, TY0N) via binary DLL
· 10-bit video (v210) via Cinewave binary DLL
· Brooktree YUV 4:1:1 Raw (Y41P) via binary DLL
· many rare/obscure fourccs for known formats added
· lower priority for binary Linux rv3040 codecs due to bugs
· remove native NuppelVideo decoder, use lavc instead

Demuxers:

· -lavfdopts cryptokey allows decrypting MXF and ASF files
· support for wavpack in Matroska
· AVOption support for lavf demuxing
· prefer lavf musepack demuxer over libmpdemux
· prefer lavf MOV demuxer over libmpdemux (use -demuxer mov for old behavior)
· support program switching in lavf demuxer
· support -slang in lavf demuxer
· support nosound switching in lavf demuxer
· support libass in lavf demuxer
· support VOBsub in lavf demuxer
· support MOV subtitle format
· support for attachments in lavf demuxer
· support for chapters in lavf demuxer
· support seeking in multirate RealMedia files
· FLAC speedup in lavf demuxer
· MNG demuxer
· remove native NuppelVideo demuxer, use lavf demuxer instead

Filters:

· vf_ow new overcomplete wavelet denoiser
· change vf_screenshot dependency from libpng to lavc
· add af_scaletempo which maintains audio pitch when changing playback speed
· fix multi-channel reordering
· af_stats filter to print information about the audio stream

Streaming:

· tv:// support for Windows
· fix teletext on some systems
· DVD streams can switch angles
· DVD still menus are now supported via dvdnav://
· allow specifying the TV standard for each channel
· switch internal dvdread to libdvdread SVN external

FFmpeg/libavcodec:

· DNxHD encoder
· H.264 PAFF decoding
· Nellymoser ASAO decoder
· Beam Software SIFF demuxer and decoder
· libvorbis Vorbis decoding removed in favor of native decoder
· IntraX8 (J-Frame) subdecoder for WMV2 and VC-1
· Ogg (Vorbis only) muxer
· PC Paintbrush PCX decoder
· Sun Rasterfile decoder
· TechnoTrend PVA demuxer
· Linux Media Labs MPEG-4 (LMLM4) demuxer
· AVM2 (Flash 9) SWF muxer
· QT variant of IMA ADPCM encoder
· iPod/iPhone compatible MP4 muxer
· Mimic decoder
· MSN TCP Webcam stream demuxer
· RL2 demuxer / decoder
· IFF demuxer
· 8SVX audio decoder
· BFI demuxer
· MAXIS EA XA (.xa) demuxer / decoder
· BFI video decoder
· OMA demuxer
· MLP/TrueHD decoder
· Electronic Arts CMV decoder
· Motion Pixels Video decoder
· Motion Pixels MVI demuxer
· removed animated GIF decoder/demuxer
· D-Cinema audio muxer
· Electronic Arts TGV decoder
· Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) encoder
· AAC decoder
· floating point PCM encoder/decoder
· MXF muxer
· E-AC-3 support added to AC-3 decoder
· Nellymoser ASAO encoder
· ASS and SSA demuxer and muxer
· liba52 wrapper removed
· SVQ3 watermark decoding support
· Speex decoding via libspeex
· Electronic Arts TGQ decoder
· RV30 and RV40 decoder
· QCELP / PureVoice decoder
· hybrid WavPack support
· R3D REDCODE demuxer
· Electronic Arts TQI decoder
· OpenJPEG based JPEG 2000 decoder
· NC (NC4600) cameras file demuxer
· MXF D-10 muxer
· Generic metadata API
· H.264 speedup and PAFF decoding (install Yasm for faster H.264 decoding)
· correctly decode more of the H.264 conformance testsuite
· VC-1/WMV3 decoder speedup
· VP3 decoder speedup
· VP6 decoder speedup
· Split-Radix FFT (speedup multiple audio codecs)
· MMX/SSE/ARM and other misc speedups

libmpeg2:

· enable Alpha/ARM optimizations in libmpeg2
· SSE2-optimized IDCT routines from upstream libmpeg2
· libmpeg2 updated to version 0.5.1

Drivers:

· replace PolypAudio by PulseAudio (-ao pulse)
· add force-pbo suboption for faster output in vo_gl
· add Nintendo Wii/GameCube video driver (-vo wii)
· VIDIX driver for SuperH Mobile VEU hardware block
· support -border on vo_gl/gl2 in x11
· Direct3D Windows video output driver added
· factorize code in vo_wii
· removed unnecessary code from vo x11, xv, xvmc
· add OS/2 DART audio driver (-ao dart)
· add VDPAU video output
· add OS/2 KVA video driver (-vo kva)

MEncoder:

· check for system-wide configuration file in MEncoder
· AVOption support for lavc encoders
· AVOption support for lavf muxers

Others:

· many compiler warning fixes
· basic support for Closed Captioning roll-up mode
· reworked screensaver disabling support, most users will need to use -heartbeat-cmd due to screensaver authors failing to design a common API
· grayscale decoding/encoding with FFmpeg disabled where it slowed down the color case
· Linux AppleIR remote support
· add options to disable some or all configuration files
· support for DOS-style file:///x:/path paths
· some new slave commands (check DOCS/tech/slave.txt)
· libdvdcss updated to 1.2.10, now same as upstream version
· fix -endchapter support again for -dump* options
· add startup audio volume option
· add option to disable default key binds
· change default OSD and subtitle font size to a smaller default

libass:

· various fixes and updates to match VSFilter renderer
· support \blur tag and ScaledBordersAndShadow property
· fractional arguments and subpixel accuracy
· keep positions when pan-and-scan is used

Ports:

· small crash with vo_macosx fixed
· AC3/DTS passthrough for ao_macosx
· fix frozen OSD on OS X
· vo_gl now works with -wid and nVidia drivers on Windows (this is a hack)
· VIDIX on SuperH
· workarounds for AltiVec on Apple gcc 3.3 on OS X dropped
· vo_macosx can now be compiled in 64-bits mode
· allow multiple MPlayer instances with vo_macosx using buffer_name
· OpenGL support for unmodified MinGW64

SWScaler:

· new LGPLed YUV to RGB tables generator