4 ------------------------------------------
5 current master branch "cascading gradient"
6 ------------------------------------------
8 - para_afh learned to modify meta tags of mp3 wma ogg spx
10 - afs commands propagate error codes to the client.
11 - The check command now also checks the attribute table for
13 - New -v flag for the version command (print verbose version string)
16 --------------------------------------
17 0.5.5 (2015-09-20) "magnetic momentum"
18 --------------------------------------
20 Many new features and a lot of other improvements.
22 - On Linux systems, local sockets are now created in the
23 abstract name space by default. This allows to get rid of
24 the socket specials in /var/paraslash.
25 - The --user-allow option of para_audiod now accepts also
26 usernames rather than only user IDs.
27 - New autoconf macros to avoid duplication in configure.ac.
28 - Status items (as shown by para_gui) are updated correctly
29 when the meta information of the current audio changes.
30 - para_server and para_audiod no longer refuse to start in
31 the background if no log file is given. Instead, all log
32 messages go to /dev/null in this case.
34 - New syntax for the -l and -s options of the ls command.
35 These options should now be specified as -l=v rather than
36 -lv, for example. The old syntax still works, but support
37 will be dropped in v0.6.0.
39 Download: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2 (tarball)
40 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
42 ------------------------------------------
43 0.5.4 (2015-01-23) "exponential alignment"
44 ------------------------------------------
46 Another cleanup and bugfix release.
48 - New server command: tasks.
49 - Minor cleanups to daemon.c.
50 - New URLs for home page and git services.
51 - Improved error diagnostics for the mvblob commands.
52 - New sender subcommand: status.
53 - Improved help text for server and afs commands.
54 - audiod memory leak fixes.
55 - Miscellaneous improvements to the build system.
56 - oss_writer improvements.
57 - Improved handling of mp3 files with both id3v1 and id3v2 tags.
59 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2 (tarball)
60 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
62 ---------------------------------------------
63 0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization"
64 ---------------------------------------------
66 Not many new features, but lots of fixes and usability improvements.
68 - para_gui has been converted to use the paraslash scheduler.
69 - Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi.
70 - Many scheduler improvements and cleanups.
71 - The test suite has been extended to include sanity checks
72 for the generated man pages.
73 - ao_writer fixes. This writer was in a quite bad shape. Many
74 serious bugs have been fixed.
75 - new audiod command: version.
76 - Minor improvements to the bitstream API.
77 - The cpsi command now prints a meaningful error message if
78 none of the given patterns matched any audio file.
80 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2 (tarball),
81 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
83 ----------------------------------------
84 0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"
85 ----------------------------------------
87 The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled
88 network code are the highlights of this release. It also includes a
89 fair number of smaller fixes and improvements not mentioned here.
91 - The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple
93 - Connections between para_server and para_client are now
94 encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides
95 support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This
96 feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options
97 are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can
98 speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa.
99 - Major cleanup of the networking subsystem.
100 - Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channel
101 initial volumes, better error logging.
102 - The man pages of para_audiod, para_filter, para_recv, and
103 para_write contain the relevant options for receivers, filters,
104 writers. This broke in 0.5.0.
105 - ogg/vorbis latency improvements.
106 - Improved user manual.
107 - Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings.
109 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2 (tarball),
110 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
112 ------------------------------------------
113 0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication"
114 ------------------------------------------
116 Lots of fixes and improvements all over the place, and a major overhaul
119 - Audiod improvements and fixes.
120 - Buffer tree robustness improvements.
121 - Cleanup of the mood subsystem.
122 - Fixes and cleanups for the flac decoder.
123 - Latency improvements for the ogg/opus decoder.
124 - Crypto support is now optional. On systems without
125 openssl/gcrypt, the build succeeds but para_server,
126 para_audiod, para_client won't be built.
127 - The build system now works for cross-compile setups.
128 - The dependency tree has been flattened, which speeds up
129 builds and avoids to recreate the man pages on every change.
130 - The error code helper has been rewritten from perl to C,
131 which further improves build time.
132 - Many small bugs in the build system have been identified
135 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2 (tarball),
136 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
138 ----------------------------------------
139 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
140 ----------------------------------------
142 Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding.
144 - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence
145 sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory.
146 - Addblob commands can produce output.
147 - The stat command no longer sends garbage when para_server was
148 compiled against libgcrypt.
149 - Dependencies for gengetopt files are computed automatically.
150 This eliminates a constant source of build bugs.
151 - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only
153 - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program.
154 The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of
155 the various programs of the paraslash package.
156 - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from
157 underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color.
158 - Overhauled web pages and the new logo.
160 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2 (tarball),
161 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
163 --------------------------------------
164 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"
165 --------------------------------------
167 One more 0.4.x release before the API-breaking changes for 0.5.0 go
168 in. The main features of this release are the ogg/opus audio format,
169 and UTF-8 support, but it includes also tons of other improvements
170 and fixes all over the place.
172 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
173 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
174 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
175 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
176 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
177 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
178 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
180 - Improved manual pages.
181 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
182 - Reduced dependencies on generated files result in fewer
183 recompilations on changes.
184 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
185 - Improved downloads web page.
187 -----------------------------------------
188 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
189 -----------------------------------------
190 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
191 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
192 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
194 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
195 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
197 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
198 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
199 in the new "releases" branch.
200 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
201 written to the "build" directory.
202 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
203 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
205 --------------------------------------
206 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
207 --------------------------------------
209 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
210 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
211 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
212 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
213 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
216 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
217 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
218 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
220 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
221 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
222 - Documentation improvements.
223 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
224 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
225 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
226 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
228 ------------------------------------------
229 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
230 ------------------------------------------
232 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
233 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
235 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
236 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
237 removed in the next version.
238 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
239 command in the bottom window.
240 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
241 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
242 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
243 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
245 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
246 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
248 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
250 -------------------------------------
251 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
252 -------------------------------------
254 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
255 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
257 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
258 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
260 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
261 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
262 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
263 full tab completion and command line history.
264 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
265 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
266 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
267 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
268 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
269 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
270 delays on slow media.
271 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
272 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
273 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
275 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
277 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
278 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
281 --------------------------------------
282 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
283 --------------------------------------
285 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
286 are the highlights of this release.
288 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
289 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
290 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
291 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
292 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
294 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
295 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
296 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
297 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
298 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
299 - The *.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
300 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
301 gengetopt to build the tarball.
302 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
303 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
304 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
305 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
306 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
307 - vss timeout cleanups.
308 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
310 --------------------------------------
311 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
312 --------------------------------------
314 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
317 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
318 platforms through the libao audio library.
319 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
320 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
321 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
322 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
323 runs a parallel make if possible.
324 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
325 - Documentation updates.
327 ------------------------------------------
328 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
329 ------------------------------------------
331 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
332 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
334 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
335 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
336 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
338 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
339 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
340 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
341 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
342 to installing the package.
343 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
344 - Scheduler improvements
345 - Proper exit codes for para_write
346 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
347 other improvements and fixes.
348 - aacdec error message cleanups
349 - simplified color error handling
351 --------------------------------------------
352 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
353 --------------------------------------------
355 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
357 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
359 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
360 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
361 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
362 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
363 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
364 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
365 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
367 ------------------------------------------
368 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
369 ------------------------------------------
371 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
374 - Support for the speex codec.
375 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
376 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
378 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
379 para_filter/para_audiod.
380 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
382 ----------------------------------------
383 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
384 ----------------------------------------
386 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
387 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
389 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
390 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
391 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
392 parameters for the DCCP transport.
393 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
394 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
395 and INSTALL documents.
396 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
397 - The new nonblock API.
398 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
399 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
401 ------------------------------------------
402 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
403 ------------------------------------------
405 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
406 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
407 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
408 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
410 - The new buffer tree API.
411 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
412 - UDP robustness fixes.
413 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
414 for the new buffer tree API.
415 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
416 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
417 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
418 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
419 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
421 ---------------------------------------
422 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
423 ---------------------------------------
425 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
426 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
427 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
430 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
431 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
432 - build system improvements.
433 - source code documentation updates.
435 -------------------------------------
436 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
437 -------------------------------------
439 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
440 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
442 - Always check return value of malloc().
443 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
444 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
445 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
446 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
447 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
448 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
449 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
450 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
451 - FEC: Timing improvements.
453 ----------------------------------------------
454 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
455 ----------------------------------------------
457 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
458 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
459 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
460 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
461 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
463 - stronger crypto for client authentication
464 - the database code has been moved to a library
465 - improved status item handling
466 - cleanup of the build system
467 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
468 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
469 - mandatory rc4 encryption
470 - major audio format handler cleanups
471 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
472 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
473 album_matches, year_maches, year.
475 --------------------------------------------
476 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
477 --------------------------------------------
479 Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
480 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
481 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
482 series if no serious problems show up.
484 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
485 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
486 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
487 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
489 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
490 - the new prebuffer filter
491 - improved signal handling
492 - variable fec output buffer size
493 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
494 - --log_color actually works
495 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
496 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
497 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
498 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
500 -----------------------------------------
501 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
502 -----------------------------------------
504 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
505 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
506 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
508 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
509 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
510 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
511 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
512 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
513 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
515 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
516 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
517 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
518 - new audiod option: --config-file.
519 - gengetopt cleanups.
520 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
521 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
522 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
523 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
525 - More source code documentation.
528 --------------------------------------------
529 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
530 --------------------------------------------
532 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
533 amplification filter.
535 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
536 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
537 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
538 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
539 - aac meta info support.
540 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
541 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
542 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
543 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
544 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
545 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
546 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
548 -----------------------------------------
549 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
550 -----------------------------------------
552 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
554 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
555 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
556 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
557 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
559 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
560 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
562 ---------------------------------------
563 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
564 ---------------------------------------
566 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
567 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
570 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
572 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
573 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
574 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
575 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
577 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
578 - Audiod performance improvements.
579 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
580 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
581 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
583 -------------------------------------
584 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
585 -------------------------------------
587 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
590 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
591 for a major release like this.
593 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
594 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
595 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
596 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
598 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
599 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
600 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
602 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
603 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
604 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
605 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
607 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
608 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
609 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
611 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
612 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
613 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
614 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
615 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
616 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
617 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
618 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
619 para_gui is still there.
620 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
621 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
622 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
623 - Improved error subsystem.
624 - The earth-shaking new logo.
626 -----------------------------------------
627 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
628 -----------------------------------------
630 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
631 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
633 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
634 - universal chunk queueing.
635 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
637 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
638 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
640 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
641 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
642 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
643 compiler characteristics.
644 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
645 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
647 --------------------------------------
648 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
649 --------------------------------------
651 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
652 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
653 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
654 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
656 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
657 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
658 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
659 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
660 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
661 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
663 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
664 to start only after a few seconds.
665 - fix osx_writer hangs
666 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
667 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
669 -----------------------------------------
670 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
671 -----------------------------------------
673 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
675 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
676 startup rather than for each connection
677 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
678 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
679 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
680 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
681 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
682 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
683 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
684 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
686 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
687 - documentation improvements
688 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
691 -------------------------------------------
692 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
693 -------------------------------------------
695 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
696 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
697 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
699 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
700 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
701 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
702 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
703 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
704 - some robustness fixes
705 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
706 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
707 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
709 ---------------------------------------
710 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
711 ---------------------------------------
713 A bunch of new features and core changes.
715 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
716 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
717 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
718 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
719 para_recv and para_filter.
720 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
721 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
722 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
723 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
724 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
725 - update to libortp-0.10.1
726 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
727 - update to autoconf-2.60
729 ------------------------------------------
730 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
731 ------------------------------------------
733 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
737 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
738 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
740 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
741 - para_play renamed to para_write
742 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
743 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
744 - compress filter speed improvements
745 - update to libortp-0.9.1
746 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
747 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
748 code for the interactive mode was removed).
749 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
750 work, but it gets no more testing.
751 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
752 reduces its size quite a bit.
753 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
754 and --enable-mysql-libs
756 ------------------------------------
757 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
758 ------------------------------------
760 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
761 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
762 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
763 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
766 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
768 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
769 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
770 more info (and some examples).
771 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
772 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
773 - the new ipc subsystem
774 - new audio file selector: playlist
775 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
776 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
777 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
778 change the selector at runtime.
779 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
782 --------------------------------------
783 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
784 --------------------------------------
786 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
787 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
788 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
789 to the new source documentation.
792 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
793 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
795 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
796 - scrollable output window
797 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
798 - fix color of command output.
799 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
800 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
801 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
803 -------------------------------------------
804 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
805 -------------------------------------------
807 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
808 a lot of small improvements.
810 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
811 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
812 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
813 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
814 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
815 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
816 of the ortp receiver.
817 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
818 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
819 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
820 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
821 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
822 and reduces code size.
824 -----------------------------------------
825 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
826 -----------------------------------------
828 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
830 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
831 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
832 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
833 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
834 read/write operations are used).
835 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
836 certain circumstances.
838 -------------------------------------------
839 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
840 -------------------------------------------
842 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
845 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
846 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
847 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
848 too early on a loaded network.
849 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
850 future time by the --start_time option.
851 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
852 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
853 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
854 only the http receiver in this case.
855 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
856 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
857 - improved ortp timings.
858 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
861 -------------------------------------------
862 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
863 -------------------------------------------
865 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
866 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
868 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
869 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
870 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
871 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
872 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
873 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
874 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
875 rather than calling find(1). The server option
876 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
877 - documentation update
879 - header file cleanup
880 - para_client code cleanup
881 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
883 ------------------------------------------
884 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
885 ------------------------------------------
887 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
888 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
889 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
890 is no longer needed).
892 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
893 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
894 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
895 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
898 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
899 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
900 sender" for more information.
901 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
902 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
904 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
906 - ogg timing improvements
907 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
908 - empty stream definitions work again
909 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
910 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
912 ---------------------------------------
913 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
914 ---------------------------------------
916 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
919 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
920 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
921 for more information.
924 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
925 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
926 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
927 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
929 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
930 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
931 new command line option: --announce_time
933 -----------------------------------------
934 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
935 -----------------------------------------
937 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
939 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
940 (including none) filters for each supported audio
941 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
942 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
943 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
944 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
945 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
946 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
948 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
949 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
950 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
951 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
952 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
953 clients that play the same stream.
955 ------------------------------------------
956 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
957 ------------------------------------------
959 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
960 for the mysql database tool.
962 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
963 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
964 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
966 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
967 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
968 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
970 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
971 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
972 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
975 ---------------------------------------
976 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
977 ---------------------------------------
979 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
980 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
982 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
983 - cleanup of the build system
984 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
985 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
987 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
988 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
990 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
991 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
992 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
993 Default: "para_client pic"
994 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
995 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
997 ------------------------------------------
998 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
999 ------------------------------------------
1001 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
1002 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
1003 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
1006 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
1007 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
1008 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
1009 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
1010 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
1011 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
1012 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
1014 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
1015 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
1016 - documentation updates
1017 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
1018 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
1019 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
1020 playback time rather than streaming time
1021 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
1022 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
1023 - switch from gzip to bzip2
1025 ----------------------------------------
1026 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
1027 ----------------------------------------
1029 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
1030 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
1031 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
1032 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
1034 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
1035 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
1036 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
1037 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
1038 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
1039 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
1040 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
1042 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
1043 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
1044 mp3 files with invalid header information
1045 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
1046 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
1049 ---------------------------------------
1050 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
1051 ---------------------------------------
1053 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
1054 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
1057 - fix several memory leaks
1058 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
1059 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
1060 rename your old database.
1061 - rework ogg vorbis code
1062 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
1064 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
1065 - simplified audio format API
1066 - para_pob_ogg is gone
1068 ------------------------------------
1069 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
1070 ------------------------------------
1072 Let's slide gently into the new year.
1074 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
1075 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
1076 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
1077 README and FEATURES for more info.
1078 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
1079 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
1081 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
1082 - improved help message for sl
1083 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
1085 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
1087 -----------------------------------------
1088 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
1089 -----------------------------------------
1091 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
1092 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
1093 enhancements went also in.
1095 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
1096 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
1097 exists, rather than returning errors
1098 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
1099 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
1100 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
1101 no server is running
1102 - si: report also server pid
1103 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
1104 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
1106 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
1107 - many small fixes and cleanups
1109 ---------------------------------------
1110 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
1111 ---------------------------------------
1113 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
1114 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
1115 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
1116 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
1117 compatible in that respect.
1121 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
1122 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
1124 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
1125 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
1126 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
1127 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
1128 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
1129 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
1130 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
1131 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
1133 -------------------------------------------
1134 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
1135 -------------------------------------------
1137 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
1139 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
1140 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
1142 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
1144 -----------------------------------------
1145 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
1146 -----------------------------------------
1149 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
1150 with your favorite mail reader.
1151 - several small fixes
1153 -------------------------------------
1154 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
1155 -------------------------------------
1157 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
1159 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
1160 - modular audio format support
1161 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
1162 - new server option: autoplay
1164 -----------------------------------------
1165 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1166 -----------------------------------------
1168 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1169 and stream large audio sets happily)
1170 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1172 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1173 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1174 file/config option for dbtool.
1175 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1176 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1177 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1178 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1179 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1180 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1181 show silly logo on startup
1182 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1183 manipulating attributes
1184 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1185 - revised and beautified documentation
1186 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1189 ---------------------------------------------
1190 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1191 ---------------------------------------------
1193 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1194 core code considerably.
1195 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1196 give finer info on afs' status.
1197 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1198 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1199 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1200 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1202 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1203 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1206 --------------------
1207 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1208 --------------------
1210 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1211 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1212 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1213 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1214 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1215 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1216 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1217 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1218 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1219 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1220 - many small fixes and cleanups
1226 - easy stream_defs syntax
1227 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1228 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1229 placement and the top/bottom window design
1230 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1231 well as for invalid picture pointers
1232 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1233 - many small fixes and cleanups
1239 - sdl gui runs much faster
1240 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1241 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1242 - new feature: scoring
1243 - command line options for sdl_gui
1244 - simpler syntax of streams file
1245 - decrease network traffic of stat
1247 - many small fixes and cleanups
1253 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1254 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1256 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1258 - log flodding bug fixed
1259 - many small fixes and cleanups
1265 - colors for icc_gui
1266 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1267 - proper locking that fixes some races
1268 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1269 with unsufficient permissions
1270 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1271 - icecast meta data streaming
1272 - many small fixes and cleanups