1 ------------------------------------------
2 0.?.? (to be announced) "spectral gravity"
3 ------------------------------------------
4 A new audio format, UTF-8 support, and tons of other improvements
5 and fixes all over the place.
7 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
8 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
9 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
10 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
11 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
12 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
13 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
15 - Improved manual pages.
16 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
17 - Reduced depencies on generated files result in fewer
18 recompilations on changes.
19 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
20 - Improved downloads web page.
22 -----------------------------------------
23 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
24 -----------------------------------------
25 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
26 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
27 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
29 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
30 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
32 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
33 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
34 in the new "releases" branch.
35 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
36 written to the "build" directory.
37 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
38 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
40 --------------------------------------
41 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
42 --------------------------------------
44 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
45 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
46 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
47 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
48 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
51 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
52 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
53 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
55 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
56 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
57 - Documentation improvements.
58 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
59 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
60 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
61 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
63 ------------------------------------------
64 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
65 ------------------------------------------
67 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
68 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
70 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
71 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
72 removed in the next version.
73 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
74 command in the bottom window.
75 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
76 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
77 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
78 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
80 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
81 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
83 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
85 -------------------------------------
86 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
87 -------------------------------------
89 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
90 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
92 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
93 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
95 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
96 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
97 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
98 full tab completion and command line history.
99 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
100 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
101 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
102 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
103 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
104 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
105 delays on slow media.
106 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
107 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
108 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
110 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
112 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
113 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
116 --------------------------------------
117 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
118 --------------------------------------
120 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
121 are the highlights of this release.
123 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
124 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
125 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
126 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
127 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
129 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
130 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
131 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
132 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
133 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
134 - The *.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
135 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
136 gengetopt to build the tarball.
137 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
138 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
139 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
140 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
141 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
142 - vss timeout cleanups.
143 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
145 --------------------------------------
146 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
147 --------------------------------------
149 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
152 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
153 platforms through the libao audio library.
154 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
155 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
156 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
157 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
158 runs a parallel make if possible.
159 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
160 - Documentation updates.
162 ------------------------------------------
163 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
164 ------------------------------------------
166 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
167 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
169 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
170 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
171 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
173 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
174 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
175 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
176 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
177 to installing the package.
178 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
179 - Scheduler improvements
180 - Proper exit codes for para_write
181 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
182 other improvements and fixes.
183 - aacdec error message cleanups
184 - simplified color error handling
186 --------------------------------------------
187 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
188 --------------------------------------------
190 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
192 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
194 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
195 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
196 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
197 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
198 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
199 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
200 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
202 ------------------------------------------
203 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
204 ------------------------------------------
206 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
209 - Support for the speex codec.
210 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
211 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
213 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
214 para_filter/para_audiod.
215 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
217 ----------------------------------------
218 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
219 ----------------------------------------
221 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
222 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
224 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
225 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
226 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
227 parameters for the DCCP transport.
228 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
229 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
230 and INSTALL documents.
231 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
232 - The new nonblock API.
233 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
234 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
236 ------------------------------------------
237 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
238 ------------------------------------------
240 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
241 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
242 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
243 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
245 - The new buffer tree API.
246 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
247 - UDP robustness fixes.
248 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
249 for the new buffer tree API.
250 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
251 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
252 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
253 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
254 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
256 ---------------------------------------
257 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
258 ---------------------------------------
260 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
261 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
262 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
265 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
266 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
267 - build system improvements.
268 - source code documentation updates.
270 -------------------------------------
271 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
272 -------------------------------------
274 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
275 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
277 - Always check return value of malloc().
278 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
279 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
280 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
281 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
282 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
283 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
284 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
285 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
286 - FEC: Timing improvements.
288 ----------------------------------------------
289 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
290 ----------------------------------------------
292 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
293 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
294 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
295 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
296 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
298 - stronger crypto for client authentication
299 - the database code has been moved to a library
300 - improved status item handling
301 - cleanup of the build system
302 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
303 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
304 - mandatory rc4 encryption
305 - major audio format handler cleanups
306 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
307 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
308 album_matches, year_maches, year.
310 --------------------------------------------
311 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
312 --------------------------------------------
314 Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
315 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
316 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
317 series if no serious problems show up.
319 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
320 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
321 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
322 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
324 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
325 - the new prebuffer filter
326 - improved signal handling
327 - variable fec output buffer size
328 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
329 - --log_color actually works
330 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
331 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
332 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
333 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
335 -----------------------------------------
336 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
337 -----------------------------------------
339 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
340 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
341 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
343 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
344 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
345 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
346 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
347 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
348 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
350 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
351 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
352 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
353 - new audiod option: --config-file.
354 - gengetopt cleanups.
355 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
356 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
357 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
358 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
360 - More source code documentation.
363 --------------------------------------------
364 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
365 --------------------------------------------
367 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
368 amplification filter.
370 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
371 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
372 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
373 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
374 - aac meta info support.
375 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
376 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
377 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
378 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
379 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
380 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
381 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
383 -----------------------------------------
384 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
385 -----------------------------------------
387 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
389 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
390 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
391 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
392 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
394 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
395 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
397 ---------------------------------------
398 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
399 ---------------------------------------
401 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
402 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
405 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
407 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
408 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
409 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
410 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
412 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
413 - Audiod performance improvements.
414 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
415 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
416 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
418 -------------------------------------
419 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
420 -------------------------------------
422 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
425 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
426 for a major release like this.
428 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
429 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
430 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
431 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
433 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
434 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
435 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
437 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
438 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
439 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
440 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
442 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
443 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
444 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
446 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
447 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
448 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
449 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
450 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
451 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
452 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
453 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
454 para_gui is still there.
455 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
456 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
457 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
458 - Improved error subsystem.
459 - The earth-shaking new logo.
461 -----------------------------------------
462 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
463 -----------------------------------------
465 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
466 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
468 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
469 - universal chunk queueing.
470 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
472 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
473 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
475 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
476 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
477 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
478 compiler characteristics.
479 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
480 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
482 --------------------------------------
483 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
484 --------------------------------------
486 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
487 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
488 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
489 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
491 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
492 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
493 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
494 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
495 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
496 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
498 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
499 to start only after a few seconds.
500 - fix osx_writer hangs
501 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
502 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
504 -----------------------------------------
505 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
506 -----------------------------------------
508 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
510 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
511 startup rather than for each connection
512 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
513 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
514 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
515 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
516 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
517 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
518 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
519 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
521 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
522 - documentation improvements
523 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
526 -------------------------------------------
527 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
528 -------------------------------------------
530 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
531 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
532 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
534 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
535 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
536 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
537 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
538 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
539 - some robustness fixes
540 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
541 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
542 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
544 ---------------------------------------
545 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
546 ---------------------------------------
548 A bunch of new features and core changes.
550 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
551 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
552 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
553 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
554 para_recv and para_filter.
555 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
556 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
557 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
558 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
559 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
560 - update to libortp-0.10.1
561 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
562 - update to autoconf-2.60
564 ------------------------------------------
565 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
566 ------------------------------------------
568 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
572 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
573 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
575 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
576 - para_play renamed to para_write
577 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
578 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
579 - compress filter speed improvements
580 - update to libortp-0.9.1
581 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
582 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
583 code for the interactive mode was removed).
584 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
585 work, but it gets no more testing.
586 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
587 reduces its size quite a bit.
588 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
589 and --enable-mysql-libs
591 ------------------------------------
592 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
593 ------------------------------------
595 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
596 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
597 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
598 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
601 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
603 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
604 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
605 more info (and some examples).
606 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
607 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
608 - the new ipc subsystem
609 - new audio file selector: playlist
610 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
611 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
612 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
613 change the selector at runtime.
614 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
617 --------------------------------------
618 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
619 --------------------------------------
621 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
622 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
623 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
624 to the new source documentation.
627 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
628 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
630 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
631 - scrollable output window
632 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
633 - fix color of command output.
634 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
635 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
636 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
638 -------------------------------------------
639 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
640 -------------------------------------------
642 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
643 a lot of small improvements.
645 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
646 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
647 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
648 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
649 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
650 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
651 of the ortp receiver.
652 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
653 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
654 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
655 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
656 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
657 and reduces code size.
659 -----------------------------------------
660 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
661 -----------------------------------------
663 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
665 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
666 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
667 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
668 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
669 read/write operations are used).
670 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
671 certain circumstances.
673 -------------------------------------------
674 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
675 -------------------------------------------
677 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
680 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
681 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
682 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
683 too early on a loaded network.
684 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
685 future time by the --start_time option.
686 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
687 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
688 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
689 only the http receiver in this case.
690 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
691 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
692 - improved ortp timings.
693 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
696 -------------------------------------------
697 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
698 -------------------------------------------
700 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
701 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
703 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
704 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
705 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
706 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
707 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
708 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
709 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
710 rather than calling find(1). The server option
711 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
712 - documentation update
714 - header file cleanup
715 - para_client code cleanup
716 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
718 ------------------------------------------
719 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
720 ------------------------------------------
722 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
723 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
724 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
725 is no longer needed).
727 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
728 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
729 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
730 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
733 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
734 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
735 sender" for more information.
736 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
737 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
739 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
741 - ogg timing improvements
742 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
743 - empty stream definitions work again
744 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
745 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
747 ---------------------------------------
748 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
749 ---------------------------------------
751 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
754 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
755 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
756 for more information.
759 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
760 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
761 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
762 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
764 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
765 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
766 new command line option: --announce_time
768 -----------------------------------------
769 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
770 -----------------------------------------
772 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
774 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
775 (including none) filters for each supported audio
776 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
777 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
778 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
779 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
780 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
781 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
783 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
784 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
785 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
786 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
787 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
788 clients that play the same stream.
790 ------------------------------------------
791 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
792 ------------------------------------------
794 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
795 for the mysql database tool.
797 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
798 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
799 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
801 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
802 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
803 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
805 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
806 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
807 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
810 ---------------------------------------
811 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
812 ---------------------------------------
814 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
815 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
817 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
818 - cleanup of the build system
819 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
820 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
822 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
823 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
825 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
826 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
827 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
828 Default: "para_client pic"
829 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
830 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
832 ------------------------------------------
833 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
834 ------------------------------------------
836 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
837 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
838 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
841 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
842 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
843 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
844 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
845 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
846 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
847 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
849 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
850 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
851 - documentation updates
852 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
853 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
854 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
855 playback time rather than streaming time
856 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
857 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
858 - switch from gzip to bzip2
860 ----------------------------------------
861 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
862 ----------------------------------------
864 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
865 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
866 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
867 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
869 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
870 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
871 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
872 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
873 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
874 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
875 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
877 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
878 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
879 mp3 files with invalid header information
880 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
881 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
884 ---------------------------------------
885 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
886 ---------------------------------------
888 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
889 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
892 - fix several memory leaks
893 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
894 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
895 rename your old database.
896 - rework ogg vorbis code
897 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
899 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
900 - simplified audio format API
901 - para_pob_ogg is gone
903 ------------------------------------
904 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
905 ------------------------------------
907 Let's slide gently into the new year.
909 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
910 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
911 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
912 README and FEATURES for more info.
913 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
914 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
916 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
917 - improved help message for sl
918 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
920 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
922 -----------------------------------------
923 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
924 -----------------------------------------
926 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
927 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
928 enhancements went also in.
930 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
931 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
932 exists, rather than returning errors
933 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
934 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
935 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
937 - si: report also server pid
938 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
939 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
941 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
942 - many small fixes and cleanups
944 ---------------------------------------
945 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
946 ---------------------------------------
948 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
949 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
950 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
951 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
952 compatible in that respect.
956 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
957 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
959 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
960 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
961 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
962 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
963 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
964 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
965 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
966 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
968 -------------------------------------------
969 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
970 -------------------------------------------
972 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
974 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
975 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
977 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
979 -----------------------------------------
980 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
981 -----------------------------------------
984 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
985 with your favorite mail reader.
986 - several small fixes
988 -------------------------------------
989 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
990 -------------------------------------
992 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
994 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
995 - modular audio format support
996 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
997 - new server option: autoplay
999 -----------------------------------------
1000 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1001 -----------------------------------------
1003 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1004 and stream large audio sets happily)
1005 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1007 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1008 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1009 file/config option for dbtool.
1010 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1011 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1012 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1013 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1014 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1015 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1016 show silly logo on startup
1017 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1018 manipulating attributes
1019 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1020 - revised and beautified documentation
1021 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1024 ---------------------------------------------
1025 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1026 ---------------------------------------------
1028 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1029 core code considerably.
1030 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1031 give finer info on afs' status.
1032 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1033 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1034 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1035 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1037 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1038 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1041 --------------------
1042 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1043 --------------------
1045 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1046 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1047 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1048 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1049 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1050 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1051 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1052 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1053 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1054 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1055 - many small fixes and cleanups
1061 - easy stream_defs syntax
1062 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1063 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1064 placement and the top/bottom window design
1065 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1066 well as for invalid picture pointers
1067 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1068 - many small fixes and cleanups
1074 - sdl gui runs much faster
1075 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1076 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1077 - new feature: scoring
1078 - command line options for sdl_gui
1079 - simpler syntax of streams file
1080 - decrease network traffic of stat
1082 - many small fixes and cleanups
1088 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1089 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1091 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1093 - log flodding bug fixed
1094 - many small fixes and cleanups
1100 - colors for icc_gui
1101 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1102 - proper locking that fixes some races
1103 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1104 with unsufficient permissions
1105 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1106 - icecast meta data streaming
1107 - many small fixes and cleanups