4 ---------------------------------------
5 0.7.0 (to be announced) "seismic orbit"
6 ---------------------------------------
8 - The new "duration" keyword of the mood grammar makes it possible to
9 impose a constraint on the duration of the admissible files.
10 - The long deprecated version 1 mood syntax is no longer supported.
11 - Paraslash writers handle early end-of-file more gracefully.
12 - The alsa writer no longer warns about spurious underruns.
13 - The score formula of the audio file selector has been reworked.
14 - Cleanups of the doubly linked lists code.
15 - New option for configure: --enable-ubsan to detect and report undefined
17 - The "tasks" server command has been removed.
20 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-git.tar.xz)
22 --------------------------------------
23 0.6.4 (2021-11-04) "fuzzy calibration"
24 --------------------------------------
26 This point release contains a fair number of fixes but no new features.
27 This marks the end of the 0.6 development, although paraslash-0.6 will
28 still be supported for some time and subsequent maintenance releases
31 - The udp sender no longer crashes when empty chunks are encountered.
32 - Fix a double-free bug in the exit path of the server.
33 - The "jmp" command now errors out when given a negative percentage.
34 - A fix for a bug in para_afh which triggered on the attempt to modify
35 the tags of an invalid mp4 file.
36 - A memory leak in para_afh has been fixed.
37 - The udp sender no longer sends multiple EOF packets.
38 - Some gcc warnings have been silenced.
39 - Minor log level adjustments and documentation improvements.
42 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.4.tar.xz),
43 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.4.tar.xz.asc)
45 ---------------------------------------
46 0.5.9 (2021-11-04) "reversed dimension"
47 ---------------------------------------
49 This release contains a few important fixes which have accumulated in
50 the maint branch. The paraslash-0.5.x series has now reached its end
51 of life and will no longer be supported. All users should upgrade to
52 a more recent version at this point.
54 - Fix an issue with the bash completion script.
55 - Initialize the random seed also when using libgrypt.
56 - Fix some compiler warnings in the resample filter
57 - Don't return spurious errors from the ff server command.
60 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.9.tar.bz2),
61 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.9.tar.bz2.asc)
63 ----------------------------------------
64 0.6.3 (2021-02-18) "generalized activity"
65 -----------------------------------------
67 It has been a while since the last release, but paraslash-0.6.3
68 finally has arrived. It contains a fair number of improvements,
69 features and fixes all over the place.
71 - The ff command now accepts a negative argument to instruct the
72 virtual streaming system to jump backwards in the current audio
73 stream. The old syntax (e.g., "ff 30-") is still supported but it
74 is deprecated and no longer documented. The compatibility code is
75 sheduled for removal after 0.7.0.
76 - para_afh: New option: --preserve to reset the modification time to
77 the value of the original file after meta data modification.
78 - Overhaul of the compress filter code. The refined algorithm should
79 reduce clipping. The meaning of --aggressiveness has changed, see the
80 updated and extended documentation of the compress filter for details.
81 - Cleanup of the audio format handler code.
82 - We now build the tree using the .ONESHELL feature of GNU make,
83 which results in a significant speedup.
84 - Two robustness fixes for FreeBSD.
85 - para_client now supports RFC4716 private keys as generated with
86 ssh-keygen -m RFC4716. In fact, this key format has been made the
87 default, and the former PEM keys will be depreciated at some point.
88 - The ogg audio format handlers learned to detect holes and now report
89 the correct duration also if ogg pages are missing in the file. This
90 affects ogg/vorbis ogg/speex and ogg/opus.
91 - Robustness improvements for para_mixer.
92 - A fix for an old bug that could cause the server to crash or report
93 garbage in its status output.
94 - New para_play option: --end-of-playlist
95 - Streaming m4a files over udp has been improved.
98 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.3.tar.xz),
99 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.3.tar.xz.asc)
101 --------------------------------------
102 0.6.2 (2018-06-30) "elastic diversity"
103 --------------------------------------
105 The main new feature of this release is the --listen-address option
106 for para_server and para_audiod. But there are also a large number of
107 small improvements and bug fixes all over the place. The user-visible
110 - para_gui no longer waits up to one second to update the screen when
111 the geometry of the terminal changes.
112 - Minor documentation improvements.
113 - Improvements to the crypto subsystem.
114 - The server subcommand "task" has been deprecated. It still works,
115 but prints nothing. It will be removed in the next major release.
116 - Server log output is now serialized, avoiding issues with partial
118 - It is now possible to switch to a different afs database by changing
119 the server configuration and sending SIGHUP to the server process.
120 - New server options: --listen--address, --http-listen-address and
121 --dccp-listen-address. These options restrict the set of listening
122 addresses of the TCP and DCCP sockets of the server process.
123 - The help commands of server, audiod, play now support --long. By default,
124 the short help is shown.
125 - The code which merges the command line options with the config file
126 options has been consolidated.
127 - If the current audio file is renamed, the status items are now updated
129 - After the server process received SIGHUP, changes to the current audio
130 file did not trigger an update of the status items. This has been fixed.
133 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.2.tar.xz),
134 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.2.tar.xz.asc)
136 ----------------------------------------
137 0.6.1 (2017-09-23) "segmented iteration"
138 ----------------------------------------
140 The highlight of this release is the version 2 mood parser. But there
141 is a lot more than that, as summarized in the list below. And of
142 course we have many small usability improvements and bug fixes not
145 - A more intuitive syntax for moods ("version 2 moods"). The
146 traditional version 1 moods are still supported but are deprecated
147 now. Removal of the version 1 mood parser is scheduled for the next
149 - Flex and bison are now required to build para_server.
150 - New sort order for the ls command: -s=h sorts the ls output by hash
151 value of the audio file.
152 - autogen.sh now runs the test suite after a successful build.
153 - The contents of overview.pdf have been integrated into the user
155 - Fixed sized audio format headers for ogg/opus streams.
156 - The doxygen source browser has been disabled temporarily. The
157 API reference is still online, though.
158 - Overhaul of the source code documentation.
159 - The deprecated --full-path option of the ls command has been
160 removed. It was a no-op since 0.6.0.
161 - The wma decoder has been cleaned up and its bitstream API made
163 - The image/lyrics ID status items of the current audio file are now
164 updated on changes. This affects para_gui, which used to report the
168 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.1.tar.xz),
169 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.1.tar.xz.asc)
171 ---------------------------------------
172 0.5.8 (2017-09-23) "branching parabola"
173 ---------------------------------------
175 A couple of fixes for serious old bugs have accummulated in the maint
176 branch since paraslash-0.5.7 was released nine months ago. So here
177 is another 0.5.x release. As usual, all commits in the maint branch
178 have been merged into master, so the upcoming paraslash-0.6.1 also
179 contains them. For details see the git log.
182 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.8.tar.bz2),
183 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.8.tar.bz2.asc)
185 -------------------------------
186 0.6.0 (2017-04-28) "fuzzy flux"
187 -------------------------------
189 The highlights of this release are the conversion of all option parsers
190 to the lopsub library and the improved AAC support. But there are
191 many other user-visible changes all over the place. Also a lot of
192 old cruft has been removed, leading to incompatible changes. Hence
193 the new major version number.
195 - Support for Mac OS X has been removed.
196 - On Linux systems, glibc-2.17 or newer is required to build the
198 - Support for RSA public keys in ASN format (as generated by openssl
199 genrsa) has been removed. These keys have been deprecated since
200 2011, so users should have long switched to keys generated with
202 - If libgcrypt is used as the crypto library, we now require version
203 1.5.0 (released in 2011) or later.
204 - The insecure RC4 stream cipher has been removed. It was superseded
205 by aes_ctr128 three years ago but the RC4 code had been kept for
206 backwards compatibility.
207 - On Linux, abstract unix domain sockets are used unconditionally.
208 - The "install" target no longer strips executables, the new
209 install-strip target can be used to get the old behaviour.
210 - The clean targets have been renamed: clean2 is gone, and the new
211 mostlyclean removes only the executables and object files.
212 - New target: check (identical to test).
213 - The DESTDIR make variable is honored to prepend a path to the
214 installation directory. This feature is orthogonal to the --prefix
216 - Minor WMA cleanups.
217 - The aac audio format handler has been rewritten to use the mp4ff library.
218 See the manual for how to install the library on your system.
219 - New status item: max_chunk_size. The value is stored in a previously
220 unused field of the afhi object of the aft table. Although backwards
221 compatible, users are encouraged to re-add m4a files to populate
223 - No more chunk tables for aac. Chunk boundaries are determined
224 dynamically at stream time.
225 - Release and master branch tarballs are now compressed with xz rather
227 - The lopsub package is required to install the paraslash package.
228 Gengetopt is no longer needed.
229 - make dep is gone. Dependencies have been created automatically for
230 a long time and it was never necessary to run make dep manually.
231 - para_gui lost its --timeout option.
232 - Most manual pages have been extended to include an overall
233 description of the command.
234 - The --stream-delay option of para_audiod has been removed. It had
235 been a no-op for many years.
236 - The deprecated --path option of the server ls command has been
237 removed. The command now prints full paths by default, making
238 --full-path a no-op. Hence --full-path has been depreacted and is
239 scheduled for removal in v0.6.1.
240 - It is now possible to use 'CFLAGS' to override the default compiler
242 - para_fade has been renamed to para_mixer. The four modes of operation
243 (set, fade, snooze, sleep) are implemented as subcommands of the
245 - The sleep subcommand of para_mixer (former sleep mode of para_fade)
246 lost its --wake-hour and --wake-min options in favor of the new
247 --wake-time option which also accepts relative wakeup times like
249 - The new --fade-exponent option of para_mixer allows for non-linear
254 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.0.tar.xz),
255 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.0.tar.xz.asc)
257 -------------------------------------
258 0.5.7 (2016-12-31) "semantic density"
259 -------------------------------------
261 Mostly a bug fix release, and a bunch of internal improvements.
262 The only user-visible changes are the sanity checks for the touch
263 command and the new options to the ls command.
265 - Speedup of the base64 decoder.
266 - One of the two source browsers has been removed from the web pages.
267 The doxygen API reference still contains an HTML version of each
269 - Two race conditions in para_server have been fixed.
270 - ls -p is now deprecated in favor of -F or -b. See the help text of
271 the ls command for details.
272 - The openssl code has been adjusted to work also with openssl-1.1.
273 - The wma decoder and audio format handler now correctly decodes
274 files with unusual block sizes.
275 - We now compile with -Wformat-signedness if possible.
276 - The touch command now refuses to set an invalid image or lyrics ID.
277 - New section on contributing for the user manual.
278 - Major simplification of the error subsystem.
281 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.7.tar.bz2),
282 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.7.tar.bz2.asc)
284 -------------------------------------------
285 0.4.14 (2016-12-31) "branching oscillation"
286 -------------------------------------------
288 Many fixes for nasty bugs have accumulated over the years since 0.4.13
289 was released in 2013. This release contains all of them. It is the
290 last v0.4.x release, so v0.4.x is now end of life. The maint branch
291 of the git repository has been forwarded to v0.5.7 and will start to
292 receive important fixes for 0.5.x, which is now in maintenance mode.
294 - Fix for the "double encryption bug" with gcrypt, which caused
295 garbage to be sent to stat clients.
296 - The "prev" command of para_play now works as expected.
297 - Invalid parameters for the begin and end chunk no longer cause
298 the afh receiver of para_recv to segfault.
299 - A fix for an assertion that triggered in the FEC slice setup code.
300 - Closing the terminal with a running para_gui causes the process to
301 die, rather than using 100% of CPU time.
302 - para_gui no longer shows stale information about the previous
304 - A fix for a bug in the fec decoder which caused aborts if the buffer
306 - The assertion in the buffer tree code no longer triggers.
307 - The "afs_event: table moods, event 0: key already exists in rbtree"
308 error no longer occurs on attribute changes.
309 - A NULL pointer dereference in com_sender() has been fixed.
310 - The -i option of lsatt works as advertised.
311 - Various fixes for the build system.
314 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.4.14.tar.bz2),
315 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.4.14.tar.bz2.asc)
317 ---------------------------------------
318 0.5.6 (2016-07-10) "cascading gradient"
319 ---------------------------------------
321 The highlight of this release is the new -m flag for para_afh which
322 lets it modify the meta tags of the given audio file(s). This feature
323 is supported for all audio formats. Many small cleanups and bug fixes
324 not mentioned here have accumulated and are also part of the release.
326 - para_afh learned to modify meta tags of mp3 wma ogg spx
328 - afs commands propagate error codes to the client.
329 - The check command now also checks the attribute table for
331 - New -v flag for the version command (print verbose version string)
332 - New option --priority for para_server and para_audiod.
333 - New mood methods: image_id and lyrics_id.
334 - The manual and this NEWS file have been converted to markdown.
335 - Support for the compile-time loglevel feature has been removed.
336 - Cleanup of the wma decoder and bitstream code.
337 - Improved wide-character support and fixes related to signal handling.
338 - para_gui no longer reports 100% playing time at the stream start.
342 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.6.tar.bz2),
343 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.6.tar.bz2.asc)
345 --------------------------------------
346 0.5.5 (2015-09-20) "magnetic momentum"
347 --------------------------------------
349 Many new features and a lot of other improvements.
351 - On Linux systems, local sockets are now created in the
352 abstract name space by default. This allows to get rid of
353 the socket specials in /var/paraslash.
354 - The --user-allow option of para_audiod now accepts also
355 usernames rather than only user IDs.
356 - New autoconf macros to avoid duplication in configure.ac.
357 - Status items (as shown by para_gui) are updated correctly
358 when the meta information of the current audio changes.
359 - para_server and para_audiod no longer refuse to start in
360 the background if no log file is given. Instead, all log
361 messages go to /dev/null in this case.
363 - New syntax for the -l and -s options of the ls command.
364 These options should now be specified as -l=v rather than
365 -lv, for example. The old syntax still works, but support
366 will be dropped in v0.6.0.
369 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2),
370 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2.asc)
372 ------------------------------------------
373 0.5.4 (2015-01-23) "exponential alignment"
374 ------------------------------------------
376 Another cleanup and bugfix release.
378 - New server command: tasks.
379 - Minor cleanups to daemon.c.
380 - New URLs for home page and git services.
381 - Improved error diagnostics for the mvblob commands.
382 - New sender subcommand: status.
383 - Improved help text for server and afs commands.
384 - audiod memory leak fixes.
385 - Miscellaneous improvements to the build system.
386 - oss_writer improvements.
387 - Improved handling of mp3 files with both id3v1 and id3v2 tags.
390 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2),
391 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2.asc)
393 ---------------------------------------------
394 0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization"
395 ---------------------------------------------
397 Not many new features, but lots of fixes and usability improvements.
399 - para_gui has been converted to use the paraslash scheduler.
400 - Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi.
401 - Many scheduler improvements and cleanups.
402 - The test suite has been extended to include sanity checks
403 for the generated man pages.
404 - ao_writer fixes. This writer was in a quite bad shape. Many
405 serious bugs have been fixed.
406 - new audiod command: version.
407 - Minor improvements to the bitstream API.
408 - The cpsi command now prints a meaningful error message if
409 none of the given patterns matched any audio file.
412 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2),
413 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2.asc)
415 ----------------------------------------
416 0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"
417 ----------------------------------------
419 The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled
420 network code are the highlights of this release. It also includes a
421 fair number of smaller fixes and improvements not mentioned here.
423 - The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple
425 - Connections between para_server and para_client are now
426 encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides
427 support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This
428 feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options
429 are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can
430 speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa.
431 - Major cleanup of the networking subsystem.
432 - Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channel
433 initial volumes, better error logging.
434 - The man pages of para_audiod, para_filter, para_recv, and
435 para_write contain the relevant options for receivers, filters,
436 writers. This broke in 0.5.0.
437 - ogg/vorbis latency improvements.
438 - Improved user manual.
439 - Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings.
442 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2),
443 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2.asc)
445 ------------------------------------------
446 0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication"
447 ------------------------------------------
449 Lots of fixes and improvements all over the place, and a major overhaul
452 - Audiod improvements and fixes.
453 - Buffer tree robustness improvements.
454 - Cleanup of the mood subsystem.
455 - Fixes and cleanups for the flac decoder.
456 - Latency improvements for the ogg/opus decoder.
457 - Crypto support is now optional. On systems without
458 openssl/gcrypt, the build succeeds but para_server,
459 para_audiod, para_client won't be built.
460 - The build system now works for cross-compile setups.
461 - The dependency tree has been flattened, which speeds up
462 builds and avoids to recreate the man pages on every change.
463 - The error code helper has been rewritten from perl to C,
464 which further improves build time.
465 - Many small bugs in the build system have been identified
469 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2),
470 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2.asc)
472 ----------------------------------------
473 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
474 ----------------------------------------
476 Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding.
478 - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence
479 sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory.
480 - Addblob commands can produce output.
481 - The stat command no longer sends garbage when para_server was
482 compiled against libgcrypt.
483 - Dependencies for gengetopt files are computed automatically.
484 This eliminates a constant source of build bugs.
485 - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only
487 - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program.
488 The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of
489 the various programs of the paraslash package.
490 - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from
491 underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color.
492 - Overhauled web pages and the new logo.
495 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2),
496 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc)
498 --------------------------------------
499 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"
500 --------------------------------------
502 One more 0.4.x release before the API-breaking changes for 0.5.0 go
503 in. The main features of this release are the ogg/opus audio format,
504 and UTF-8 support, but it includes also tons of other improvements
505 and fixes all over the place.
507 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
508 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
509 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
510 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
511 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
512 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
513 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
515 - Improved manual pages.
516 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
517 - Reduced dependencies on generated files result in fewer
518 recompilations on changes.
519 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
520 - Improved downloads web page.
522 -----------------------------------------
523 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
524 -----------------------------------------
525 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
526 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
527 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
529 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
530 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
532 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
533 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
534 in the new "releases" branch.
535 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
536 written to the "build" directory.
537 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
538 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
540 --------------------------------------
541 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
542 --------------------------------------
544 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
545 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
546 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
547 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
548 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
551 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
552 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
553 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
555 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
556 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
557 - Documentation improvements.
558 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
559 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
560 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
561 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
563 ------------------------------------------
564 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
565 ------------------------------------------
567 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
568 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
570 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
571 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
572 removed in the next version.
573 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
574 command in the bottom window.
575 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
576 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
577 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
578 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
580 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
581 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
583 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
585 -------------------------------------
586 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
587 -------------------------------------
589 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
590 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
592 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
593 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
595 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
596 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
597 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
598 full tab completion and command line history.
599 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
600 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
601 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
602 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
603 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
604 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
605 delays on slow media.
606 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
607 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
608 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
610 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
612 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
613 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
616 --------------------------------------
617 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
618 --------------------------------------
620 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
621 are the highlights of this release.
623 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
624 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
625 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
626 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
627 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
629 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
630 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
631 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
632 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
633 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
634 - The \*.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
635 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
636 gengetopt to build the tarball.
637 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
638 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
639 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
640 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
641 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
642 - vss timeout cleanups.
643 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
645 --------------------------------------
646 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
647 --------------------------------------
649 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
652 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
653 platforms through the libao audio library.
654 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
655 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
656 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
657 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
658 runs a parallel make if possible.
659 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
660 - Documentation updates.
662 ------------------------------------------
663 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
664 ------------------------------------------
666 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
667 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
669 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
670 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
671 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
673 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
674 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
675 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
676 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
677 to installing the package.
678 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
679 - Scheduler improvements
680 - Proper exit codes for para_write
681 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
682 other improvements and fixes.
683 - aacdec error message cleanups
684 - simplified color error handling
686 --------------------------------------------
687 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
688 --------------------------------------------
690 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
692 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
694 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
695 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
696 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
697 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
698 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
699 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
700 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
702 ------------------------------------------
703 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
704 ------------------------------------------
706 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
709 - Support for the speex codec.
710 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
711 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
713 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
714 para_filter/para_audiod.
715 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
717 ----------------------------------------
718 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
719 ----------------------------------------
721 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
722 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
724 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
725 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
726 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
727 parameters for the DCCP transport.
728 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
729 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
730 and INSTALL documents.
731 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
732 - The new nonblock API.
733 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
734 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
736 ------------------------------------------
737 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
738 ------------------------------------------
740 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
741 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
742 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
743 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
745 - The new buffer tree API.
746 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
747 - UDP robustness fixes.
748 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
749 for the new buffer tree API.
750 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
751 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
752 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
753 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
754 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
756 ---------------------------------------
757 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
758 ---------------------------------------
760 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
761 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
762 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
765 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
766 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
767 - build system improvements.
768 - source code documentation updates.
770 -------------------------------------
771 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
772 -------------------------------------
774 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
775 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
777 - Always check return value of malloc().
778 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
779 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
780 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
781 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
782 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
783 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
784 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
785 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
786 - FEC: Timing improvements.
788 ----------------------------------------------
789 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
790 ----------------------------------------------
792 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
793 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
794 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
795 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
796 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
798 - stronger crypto for client authentication
799 - the database code has been moved to a library
800 - improved status item handling
801 - cleanup of the build system
802 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
803 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
804 - mandatory rc4 encryption
805 - major audio format handler cleanups
806 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
807 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
808 album_matches, year_maches, year.
810 --------------------------------------------
811 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
812 --------------------------------------------
814 Full client support for \*BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
815 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
816 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
817 series if no serious problems show up.
819 - the new oss writer (supported on \*BSD and Linux)
820 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
821 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
822 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
824 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
825 - the new prebuffer filter
826 - improved signal handling
827 - variable fec output buffer size
828 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
829 - --log_color actually works
830 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
831 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
832 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
833 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
835 -----------------------------------------
836 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
837 -----------------------------------------
839 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
840 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
841 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
843 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
844 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
845 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
846 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
847 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
848 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
850 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
851 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
852 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
853 - new audiod option: --config-file.
854 - gengetopt cleanups.
855 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
856 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
857 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
858 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
860 - More source code documentation.
863 --------------------------------------------
864 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
865 --------------------------------------------
867 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
868 amplification filter.
870 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
871 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
872 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
873 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
874 - aac meta info support.
875 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
876 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
877 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
878 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
879 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
880 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
881 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
883 -----------------------------------------
884 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
885 -----------------------------------------
887 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
889 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
890 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
891 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
892 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
894 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
895 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
897 ---------------------------------------
898 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
899 ---------------------------------------
901 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
902 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
905 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
907 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
908 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
909 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
910 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
912 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
913 - Audiod performance improvements.
914 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
915 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
916 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
918 -------------------------------------
919 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
920 -------------------------------------
922 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
925 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
926 for a major release like this.
928 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
929 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
930 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
931 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
933 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
934 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
935 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
937 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
938 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
939 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
940 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
942 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
943 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
944 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
946 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
947 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
948 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
949 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
950 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
951 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
952 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
953 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
954 para_gui is still there.
955 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
956 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
957 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
958 - Improved error subsystem.
959 - The earth-shaking new logo.
961 -----------------------------------------
962 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
963 -----------------------------------------
965 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
966 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
968 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
969 - universal chunk queueing.
970 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
972 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
973 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
975 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
976 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
977 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
978 compiler characteristics.
979 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
980 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
982 --------------------------------------
983 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
984 --------------------------------------
986 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
987 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
988 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
989 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
991 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
992 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
993 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
994 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
995 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
996 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
998 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
999 to start only after a few seconds.
1000 - fix osx_writer hangs
1001 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
1002 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
1004 -----------------------------------------
1005 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
1006 -----------------------------------------
1008 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
1010 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
1011 startup rather than for each connection
1012 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
1013 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
1014 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
1015 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
1016 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
1017 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
1018 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
1019 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
1021 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
1022 - documentation improvements
1023 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
1026 -------------------------------------------
1027 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
1028 -------------------------------------------
1030 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
1031 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
1032 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
1034 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
1035 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
1036 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
1037 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
1038 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
1039 - some robustness fixes
1040 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
1041 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
1042 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
1044 ---------------------------------------
1045 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
1046 ---------------------------------------
1048 A bunch of new features and core changes.
1050 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
1051 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
1052 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
1053 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
1054 para_recv and para_filter.
1055 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
1056 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
1057 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
1058 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
1059 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
1060 - update to libortp-0.10.1
1061 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
1062 - update to autoconf-2.60
1064 ------------------------------------------
1065 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
1066 ------------------------------------------
1068 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
1071 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
1072 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
1074 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
1075 - para_play renamed to para_write
1076 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
1077 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
1078 - compress filter speed improvements
1079 - update to libortp-0.9.1
1080 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
1081 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
1082 code for the interactive mode was removed).
1083 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
1084 work, but it gets no more testing.
1085 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
1086 reduces its size quite a bit.
1087 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
1088 and --enable-mysql-libs
1090 ------------------------------------
1091 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
1092 ------------------------------------
1094 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
1095 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
1096 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
1097 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
1099 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
1101 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
1102 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
1103 more info (and some examples).
1104 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
1105 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
1106 - the new ipc subsystem
1107 - new audio file selector: playlist
1108 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
1109 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
1110 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
1111 change the selector at runtime.
1112 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
1115 --------------------------------------
1116 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
1117 --------------------------------------
1119 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
1120 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
1121 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
1122 to the new source documentation.
1125 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
1126 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
1128 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
1129 - scrollable output window
1130 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
1131 - fix color of command output.
1132 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
1133 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
1134 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
1136 -------------------------------------------
1137 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
1138 -------------------------------------------
1140 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
1141 a lot of small improvements.
1143 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
1144 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
1145 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
1146 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
1147 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
1148 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
1149 of the ortp receiver.
1150 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
1151 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
1152 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
1153 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
1154 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
1155 and reduces code size.
1157 -----------------------------------------
1158 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
1159 -----------------------------------------
1161 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
1163 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
1164 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
1165 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
1166 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
1167 read/write operations are used).
1168 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
1169 certain circumstances.
1171 -------------------------------------------
1172 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
1173 -------------------------------------------
1175 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
1177 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
1178 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
1179 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
1180 too early on a loaded network.
1181 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
1182 future time by the --start_time option.
1183 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
1184 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
1185 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
1186 only the http receiver in this case.
1187 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
1188 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
1189 - improved ortp timings.
1190 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
1193 -------------------------------------------
1194 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
1195 -------------------------------------------
1197 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
1198 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
1200 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
1201 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
1202 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
1203 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
1204 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
1205 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
1206 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
1207 rather than calling find(1). The server option
1208 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
1209 - documentation update
1211 - header file cleanup
1212 - para_client code cleanup
1213 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
1215 ------------------------------------------
1216 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
1217 ------------------------------------------
1219 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
1220 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
1221 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
1222 is no longer needed).
1224 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
1225 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
1226 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
1227 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
1230 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
1231 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
1232 sender" for more information.
1233 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
1234 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
1236 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
1238 - ogg timing improvements
1239 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
1240 - empty stream definitions work again
1241 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
1242 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
1244 ---------------------------------------
1245 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
1246 ---------------------------------------
1248 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
1251 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
1252 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
1253 for more information.
1256 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
1257 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
1258 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
1259 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
1261 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
1262 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
1263 new command line option: --announce_time
1265 -----------------------------------------
1266 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
1267 -----------------------------------------
1269 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
1271 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
1272 (including none) filters for each supported audio
1273 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
1274 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
1275 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
1276 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
1277 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
1278 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
1280 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
1281 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
1282 from [AudioCompress](http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html).
1283 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
1284 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
1285 clients that play the same stream.
1287 ------------------------------------------
1288 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
1289 ------------------------------------------
1291 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
1292 for the mysql database tool.
1294 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
1295 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
1296 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
1298 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
1299 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
1300 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
1302 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
1303 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
1304 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
1307 ---------------------------------------
1308 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
1309 ---------------------------------------
1311 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
1312 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
1314 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
1315 - cleanup of the build system
1316 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
1317 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
1319 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
1320 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
1322 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
1323 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
1324 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
1325 Default: "para_client pic"
1326 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
1327 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
1329 ------------------------------------------
1330 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
1331 ------------------------------------------
1333 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
1334 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
1335 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
1337 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
1338 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
1339 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
1340 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
1341 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
1342 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
1343 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
1345 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
1346 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
1347 - documentation updates
1348 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
1349 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
1350 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
1351 playback time rather than streaming time
1352 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
1353 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
1354 - switch from gzip to bzip2
1356 ----------------------------------------
1357 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
1358 ----------------------------------------
1360 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
1361 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
1362 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
1363 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
1365 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
1366 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
1367 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
1368 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
1369 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
1370 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
1371 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
1373 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
1374 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
1375 mp3 files with invalid header information
1376 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
1377 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
1380 ---------------------------------------
1381 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
1382 ---------------------------------------
1384 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
1385 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
1388 - fix several memory leaks
1389 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
1390 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
1391 rename your old database.
1392 - rework ogg vorbis code
1393 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
1395 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
1396 - simplified audio format API
1397 - para_pob_ogg is gone
1399 ------------------------------------
1400 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
1401 ------------------------------------
1403 Let's slide gently into the new year.
1405 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
1406 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
1407 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
1408 README and FEATURES for more info.
1409 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
1410 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
1412 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
1413 - improved help message for sl
1414 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
1416 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
1418 -----------------------------------------
1419 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
1420 -----------------------------------------
1422 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
1423 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
1424 enhancements went also in.
1426 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
1427 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
1428 exists, rather than returning errors
1429 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
1430 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
1431 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
1432 no server is running
1433 - si: report also server pid
1434 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
1435 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
1437 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
1438 - many small fixes and cleanups
1440 ---------------------------------------
1441 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
1442 ---------------------------------------
1444 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
1445 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
1446 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
1447 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
1448 compatible in that respect.
1452 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
1453 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
1455 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
1456 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
1457 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
1458 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
1459 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
1460 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
1461 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
1462 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
1464 -------------------------------------------
1465 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
1466 -------------------------------------------
1468 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
1470 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
1471 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
1473 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
1475 -----------------------------------------
1476 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
1477 -----------------------------------------
1480 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
1481 with your favorite mail reader.
1482 - several small fixes
1484 -------------------------------------
1485 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
1486 -------------------------------------
1488 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
1490 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
1491 - modular audio format support
1492 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
1493 - new server option: autoplay
1495 -----------------------------------------
1496 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1497 -----------------------------------------
1499 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1500 and stream large audio sets happily)
1501 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1503 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1504 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1505 file/config option for dbtool.
1506 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1507 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1508 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1509 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1510 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1511 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1512 show silly logo on startup
1513 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1514 manipulating attributes
1515 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1516 - revised and beautified documentation
1517 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1520 ---------------------------------------------
1521 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1522 ---------------------------------------------
1524 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1525 core code considerably.
1526 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1527 give finer info on afs' status.
1528 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1529 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1530 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1531 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1533 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1534 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1537 --------------------
1538 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1539 --------------------
1541 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1542 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1543 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1544 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1545 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1546 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1547 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1548 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1549 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1550 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1551 - many small fixes and cleanups
1557 - easy stream_defs syntax
1558 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1559 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1560 placement and the top/bottom window design
1561 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1562 well as for invalid picture pointers
1563 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1564 - many small fixes and cleanups
1570 - sdl gui runs much faster
1571 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1572 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1573 - new feature: scoring
1574 - command line options for sdl_gui
1575 - simpler syntax of streams file
1576 - decrease network traffic of stat
1578 - many small fixes and cleanups
1584 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1585 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1587 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1589 - log flodding bug fixed
1590 - many small fixes and cleanups
1596 - colors for icc_gui
1597 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1598 - proper locking that fixes some races
1599 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1600 with unsufficient permissions
1601 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1602 - icecast meta data streaming
1603 - many small fixes and cleanups