4 ----------------------------------------------
5 0.6.3 (to be announced) "generalized activity"
6 ----------------------------------------------
8 - The ff command now accepts a negative argument to instruct the
9 virtual streaming system to jump backwards in the current audio
10 stream. The old syntax (e.g., "ff 30-") is still supported but it
11 is deprecated and no longer documented. The compatibility code is
12 sheduled for removal after 0.7.0.
13 - para_afh: New option: --preserve to reset the modification time to
14 the value of the original file after meta data modification.
15 - Overhaul of the compress filter code. The refined algorithm should
16 reduce clipping. The meaning of --aggressiveness has changed, see the
17 updated and extended documentation of the compress filter for details.
18 - Cleanup of the audio format handler code.
19 - We now build the tree using the .ONESHELL feature of GNU make,
20 which results in a significant speedup.
22 --------------------------------------
23 0.6.2 (2018-06-30) "elastic diversity"
24 --------------------------------------
26 The main new feature of this release is the --listen-address option
27 for para_server and para_audiod. But there are also a large number of
28 small improvements and bug fixes all over the place. The user-visible
31 - para_gui no longer waits up to one second to update the screen when
32 the geometry of the terminal changes.
33 - Minor documentation improvements.
34 - Improvements to the crypto subsystem.
35 - The server subcommand "task" has been deprecated. It still works,
36 but prints nothing. It will be removed in the next major release.
37 - Server log output is now serialized, avoiding issues with partial
39 - It is now possible to switch to a different afs database by changing
40 the server configuration and sending SIGHUP to the server process.
41 - New server options: --listen--address, --http-listen-address and
42 --dccp-listen-address. These options restrict the set of listening
43 addresses of the TCP and DCCP sockets of the server process.
44 - The help commands of server, audiod, play now support --long. By default,
45 the short help is shown.
46 - The code which merges the command line options with the config file
47 options has been consolidated.
48 - If the current audio file is renamed, the status items are now updated
50 - After the server process received SIGHUP, changes to the current audio
51 file did not trigger an update of the status items. This has been fixed.
54 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.2.tar.xz),
55 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.2.tar.xz.asc)
57 ----------------------------------------
58 0.6.1 (2017-09-23) "segmented iteration"
59 ----------------------------------------
61 The highlight of this release is the version 2 mood parser. But there
62 is a lot more than that, as summarized in the list below. And of
63 course we have many small usability improvements and bug fixes not
66 - A more intuitive syntax for moods ("version 2 moods"). The
67 traditional version 1 moods are still supported but are deprecated
68 now. Removal of the version 1 mood parser is scheduled for the next
70 - Flex and bison are now required to build para_server.
71 - New sort order for the ls command: -s=h sorts the ls output by hash
72 value of the audio file.
73 - autogen.sh now runs the test suite after a successful build.
74 - The contents of overview.pdf have been integrated into the user
76 - Fixed sized audio format headers for ogg/opus streams.
77 - The doxygen source browser has been disabled temporarily. The
78 API reference is still online, though.
79 - Overhaul of the source code documentation.
80 - The deprecated --full-path option of the ls command has been
81 removed. It was a no-op since 0.6.0.
82 - The wma decoder has been cleaned up and its bitstream API made
84 - The image/lyrics ID status items of the current audio file are now
85 updated on changes. This affects para_gui, which used to report the
89 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.1.tar.xz),
90 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.1.tar.xz.asc)
92 ---------------------------------------
93 0.5.8 (2017-09-23) "branching parabola"
94 ---------------------------------------
96 A couple of fixes for serious old bugs have accummulated in the maint
97 branch since paraslash-0.5.7 was released nine months ago. So here
98 is another 0.5.x release. As usual, all commits in the maint branch
99 have been merged into master, so the upcoming paraslash-0.6.1 also
100 contains them. For details see the git log.
103 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.8.tar.bz2),
104 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.8.tar.bz2.asc)
106 -------------------------------
107 0.6.0 (2017-04-28) "fuzzy flux"
108 -------------------------------
110 The highlights of this release are the conversion of all option parsers
111 to the lopsub library and the improved AAC support. But there are
112 many other user-visible changes all over the place. Also a lot of
113 old cruft has been removed, leading to incompatible changes. Hence
114 the new major version number.
116 - Support for Mac OS X has been removed.
117 - On Linux systems, glibc-2.17 or newer is required to build the
119 - Support for RSA public keys in ASN format (as generated by openssl
120 genrsa) has been removed. These keys have been deprecated since
121 2011, so users should have long switched to keys generated with
123 - If libgcrypt is used as the crypto library, we now require version
124 1.5.0 (released in 2011) or later.
125 - The insecure RC4 stream cipher has been removed. It was superseded
126 by aes_ctr128 three years ago but the RC4 code had been kept for
127 backwards compatibility.
128 - On Linux, abstract unix domain sockets are used unconditionally.
129 - The "install" target no longer strips executables, the new
130 install-strip target can be used to get the old behaviour.
131 - The clean targets have been renamed: clean2 is gone, and the new
132 mostlyclean removes only the executables and object files.
133 - New target: check (identical to test).
134 - The DESTDIR make variable is honored to prepend a path to the
135 installation directory. This feature is orthogonal to the --prefix
137 - Minor WMA cleanups.
138 - The aac audio format handler has been rewritten to use the mp4ff library.
139 See the manual for how to install the library on your system.
140 - New status item: max_chunk_size. The value is stored in a previously
141 unused field of the afhi object of the aft table. Although backwards
142 compatible, users are encouraged to re-add m4a files to populate
144 - No more chunk tables for aac. Chunk boundaries are determined
145 dynamically at stream time.
146 - Release and master branch tarballs are now compressed with xz rather
148 - The lopsub package is required to install the paraslash package.
149 Gengetopt is no longer needed.
150 - make dep is gone. Dependencies have been created automatically for
151 a long time and it was never necessary to run make dep manually.
152 - para_gui lost its --timeout option.
153 - Most manual pages have been extended to include an overall
154 description of the command.
155 - The --stream-delay option of para_audiod has been removed. It had
156 been a no-op for many years.
157 - The deprecated --path option of the server ls command has been
158 removed. The command now prints full paths by default, making
159 --full-path a no-op. Hence --full-path has been depreacted and is
160 scheduled for removal in v0.6.1.
161 - It is now possible to use 'CFLAGS' to override the default compiler
163 - para_fade has been renamed to para_mixer. The four modes of operation
164 (set, fade, snooze, sleep) are implemented as subcommands of the
166 - The sleep subcommand of para_mixer (former sleep mode of para_fade)
167 lost its --wake-hour and --wake-min options in favor of the new
168 --wake-time option which also accepts relative wakeup times like
170 - The new --fade-exponent option of para_mixer allows for non-linear
175 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.6.0.tar.xz),
176 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.6.0.tar.xz.asc)
178 -------------------------------------
179 0.5.7 (2016-12-31) "semantic density"
180 -------------------------------------
182 Mostly a bug fix release, and a bunch of internal improvements.
183 The only user-visible changes are the sanity checks for the touch
184 command and the new options to the ls command.
186 - Speedup of the base64 decoder.
187 - One of the two source browsers has been removed from the web pages.
188 The doxygen API reference still contains an HTML version of each
190 - Two race conditions in para_server have been fixed.
191 - ls -p is now deprecated in favor of -F or -b. See the help text of
192 the ls command for details.
193 - The openssl code has been adjusted to work also with openssl-1.1.
194 - The wma decoder and audio format handler now correctly decodes
195 files with unusual block sizes.
196 - We now compile with -Wformat-signedness if possible.
197 - The touch command now refuses to set an invalid image or lyrics ID.
198 - New section on contributing for the user manual.
199 - Major simplification of the error subsystem.
202 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.7.tar.bz2),
203 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.7.tar.bz2.asc)
205 -------------------------------------------
206 0.4.14 (2016-12-31) "branching oscillation"
207 -------------------------------------------
209 Many fixes for nasty bugs have accumulated over the years since 0.4.13
210 was released in 2013. This release contains all of them. It is the
211 last v0.4.x release, so v0.4.x is now end of life. The maint branch
212 of the git repository has been forwarded to v0.5.7 and will start to
213 receive important fixes for 0.5.x, which is now in maintenance mode.
215 - Fix for the "double encryption bug" with gcrypt, which caused
216 garbage to be sent to stat clients.
217 - The "prev" command of para_play now works as expected.
218 - Invalid parameters for the begin and end chunk no longer cause
219 the afh receiver of para_recv to segfault.
220 - A fix for an assertion that triggered in the FEC slice setup code.
221 - Closing the terminal with a running para_gui causes the process to
222 die, rather than using 100% of CPU time.
223 - para_gui no longer shows stale information about the previous
225 - A fix for a bug in the fec decoder which caused aborts if the buffer
227 - The assertion in the buffer tree code no longer triggers.
228 - The "afs_event: table moods, event 0: key already exists in rbtree"
229 error no longer occurs on attribute changes.
230 - A NULL pointer dereference in com_sender() has been fixed.
231 - The -i option of lsatt works as advertised.
232 - Various fixes for the build system.
235 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.4.14.tar.bz2),
236 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.4.14.tar.bz2.asc)
238 ---------------------------------------
239 0.5.6 (2016-07-10) "cascading gradient"
240 ---------------------------------------
242 The highlight of this release is the new -m flag for para_afh which
243 lets it modify the meta tags of the given audio file(s). This feature
244 is supported for all audio formats. Many small cleanups and bug fixes
245 not mentioned here have accumulated and are also part of the release.
247 - para_afh learned to modify meta tags of mp3 wma ogg spx
249 - afs commands propagate error codes to the client.
250 - The check command now also checks the attribute table for
252 - New -v flag for the version command (print verbose version string)
253 - New option --priority for para_server and para_audiod.
254 - New mood methods: image_id and lyrics_id.
255 - The manual and this NEWS file have been converted to markdown.
256 - Support for the compile-time loglevel feature has been removed.
257 - Cleanup of the wma decoder and bitstream code.
258 - Improved wide-character support and fixes related to signal handling.
259 - para_gui no longer reports 100% playing time at the stream start.
263 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.6.tar.bz2),
264 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.6.tar.bz2.asc)
266 --------------------------------------
267 0.5.5 (2015-09-20) "magnetic momentum"
268 --------------------------------------
270 Many new features and a lot of other improvements.
272 - On Linux systems, local sockets are now created in the
273 abstract name space by default. This allows to get rid of
274 the socket specials in /var/paraslash.
275 - The --user-allow option of para_audiod now accepts also
276 usernames rather than only user IDs.
277 - New autoconf macros to avoid duplication in configure.ac.
278 - Status items (as shown by para_gui) are updated correctly
279 when the meta information of the current audio changes.
280 - para_server and para_audiod no longer refuse to start in
281 the background if no log file is given. Instead, all log
282 messages go to /dev/null in this case.
284 - New syntax for the -l and -s options of the ls command.
285 These options should now be specified as -l=v rather than
286 -lv, for example. The old syntax still works, but support
287 will be dropped in v0.6.0.
290 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2),
291 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.5.tar.bz2.asc)
293 ------------------------------------------
294 0.5.4 (2015-01-23) "exponential alignment"
295 ------------------------------------------
297 Another cleanup and bugfix release.
299 - New server command: tasks.
300 - Minor cleanups to daemon.c.
301 - New URLs for home page and git services.
302 - Improved error diagnostics for the mvblob commands.
303 - New sender subcommand: status.
304 - Improved help text for server and afs commands.
305 - audiod memory leak fixes.
306 - Miscellaneous improvements to the build system.
307 - oss_writer improvements.
308 - Improved handling of mp3 files with both id3v1 and id3v2 tags.
311 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2),
312 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2.asc)
314 ---------------------------------------------
315 0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization"
316 ---------------------------------------------
318 Not many new features, but lots of fixes and usability improvements.
320 - para_gui has been converted to use the paraslash scheduler.
321 - Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi.
322 - Many scheduler improvements and cleanups.
323 - The test suite has been extended to include sanity checks
324 for the generated man pages.
325 - ao_writer fixes. This writer was in a quite bad shape. Many
326 serious bugs have been fixed.
327 - new audiod command: version.
328 - Minor improvements to the bitstream API.
329 - The cpsi command now prints a meaningful error message if
330 none of the given patterns matched any audio file.
333 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2),
334 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2.asc)
336 ----------------------------------------
337 0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"
338 ----------------------------------------
340 The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled
341 network code are the highlights of this release. It also includes a
342 fair number of smaller fixes and improvements not mentioned here.
344 - The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple
346 - Connections between para_server and para_client are now
347 encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides
348 support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This
349 feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options
350 are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can
351 speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa.
352 - Major cleanup of the networking subsystem.
353 - Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channel
354 initial volumes, better error logging.
355 - The man pages of para_audiod, para_filter, para_recv, and
356 para_write contain the relevant options for receivers, filters,
357 writers. This broke in 0.5.0.
358 - ogg/vorbis latency improvements.
359 - Improved user manual.
360 - Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings.
363 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2),
364 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2.asc)
366 ------------------------------------------
367 0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication"
368 ------------------------------------------
370 Lots of fixes and improvements all over the place, and a major overhaul
373 - Audiod improvements and fixes.
374 - Buffer tree robustness improvements.
375 - Cleanup of the mood subsystem.
376 - Fixes and cleanups for the flac decoder.
377 - Latency improvements for the ogg/opus decoder.
378 - Crypto support is now optional. On systems without
379 openssl/gcrypt, the build succeeds but para_server,
380 para_audiod, para_client won't be built.
381 - The build system now works for cross-compile setups.
382 - The dependency tree has been flattened, which speeds up
383 builds and avoids to recreate the man pages on every change.
384 - The error code helper has been rewritten from perl to C,
385 which further improves build time.
386 - Many small bugs in the build system have been identified
390 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2),
391 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2.asc)
393 ----------------------------------------
394 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
395 ----------------------------------------
397 Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding.
399 - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence
400 sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory.
401 - Addblob commands can produce output.
402 - The stat command no longer sends garbage when para_server was
403 compiled against libgcrypt.
404 - Dependencies for gengetopt files are computed automatically.
405 This eliminates a constant source of build bugs.
406 - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only
408 - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program.
409 The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of
410 the various programs of the paraslash package.
411 - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from
412 underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color.
413 - Overhauled web pages and the new logo.
416 [tarball](./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2),
417 [signature](./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc)
419 --------------------------------------
420 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"
421 --------------------------------------
423 One more 0.4.x release before the API-breaking changes for 0.5.0 go
424 in. The main features of this release are the ogg/opus audio format,
425 and UTF-8 support, but it includes also tons of other improvements
426 and fixes all over the place.
428 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
429 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
430 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
431 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
432 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
433 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
434 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
436 - Improved manual pages.
437 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
438 - Reduced dependencies on generated files result in fewer
439 recompilations on changes.
440 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
441 - Improved downloads web page.
443 -----------------------------------------
444 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
445 -----------------------------------------
446 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
447 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
448 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
450 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
451 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
453 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
454 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
455 in the new "releases" branch.
456 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
457 written to the "build" directory.
458 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
459 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
461 --------------------------------------
462 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
463 --------------------------------------
465 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
466 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
467 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
468 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
469 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
472 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
473 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
474 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
476 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
477 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
478 - Documentation improvements.
479 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
480 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
481 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
482 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
484 ------------------------------------------
485 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
486 ------------------------------------------
488 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
489 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
491 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
492 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
493 removed in the next version.
494 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
495 command in the bottom window.
496 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
497 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
498 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
499 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
501 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
502 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
504 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
506 -------------------------------------
507 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
508 -------------------------------------
510 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
511 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
513 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
514 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
516 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
517 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
518 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
519 full tab completion and command line history.
520 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
521 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
522 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
523 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
524 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
525 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
526 delays on slow media.
527 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
528 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
529 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
531 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
533 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
534 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
537 --------------------------------------
538 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
539 --------------------------------------
541 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
542 are the highlights of this release.
544 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
545 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
546 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
547 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
548 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
550 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
551 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
552 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
553 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
554 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
555 - The \*.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
556 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
557 gengetopt to build the tarball.
558 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
559 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
560 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
561 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
562 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
563 - vss timeout cleanups.
564 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
566 --------------------------------------
567 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
568 --------------------------------------
570 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
573 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
574 platforms through the libao audio library.
575 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
576 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
577 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
578 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
579 runs a parallel make if possible.
580 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
581 - Documentation updates.
583 ------------------------------------------
584 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
585 ------------------------------------------
587 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
588 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
590 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
591 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
592 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
594 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
595 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
596 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
597 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
598 to installing the package.
599 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
600 - Scheduler improvements
601 - Proper exit codes for para_write
602 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
603 other improvements and fixes.
604 - aacdec error message cleanups
605 - simplified color error handling
607 --------------------------------------------
608 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
609 --------------------------------------------
611 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
613 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
615 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
616 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
617 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
618 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
619 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
620 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
621 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
623 ------------------------------------------
624 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
625 ------------------------------------------
627 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
630 - Support for the speex codec.
631 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
632 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
634 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
635 para_filter/para_audiod.
636 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
638 ----------------------------------------
639 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
640 ----------------------------------------
642 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
643 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
645 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
646 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
647 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
648 parameters for the DCCP transport.
649 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
650 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
651 and INSTALL documents.
652 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
653 - The new nonblock API.
654 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
655 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
657 ------------------------------------------
658 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
659 ------------------------------------------
661 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
662 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
663 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
664 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
666 - The new buffer tree API.
667 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
668 - UDP robustness fixes.
669 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
670 for the new buffer tree API.
671 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
672 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
673 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
674 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
675 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
677 ---------------------------------------
678 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
679 ---------------------------------------
681 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
682 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
683 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
686 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
687 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
688 - build system improvements.
689 - source code documentation updates.
691 -------------------------------------
692 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
693 -------------------------------------
695 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
696 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
698 - Always check return value of malloc().
699 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
700 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
701 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
702 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
703 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
704 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
705 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
706 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
707 - FEC: Timing improvements.
709 ----------------------------------------------
710 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
711 ----------------------------------------------
713 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
714 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
715 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
716 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
717 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
719 - stronger crypto for client authentication
720 - the database code has been moved to a library
721 - improved status item handling
722 - cleanup of the build system
723 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
724 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
725 - mandatory rc4 encryption
726 - major audio format handler cleanups
727 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
728 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
729 album_matches, year_maches, year.
731 --------------------------------------------
732 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
733 --------------------------------------------
735 Full client support for \*BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
736 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
737 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
738 series if no serious problems show up.
740 - the new oss writer (supported on \*BSD and Linux)
741 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
742 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
743 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
745 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
746 - the new prebuffer filter
747 - improved signal handling
748 - variable fec output buffer size
749 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
750 - --log_color actually works
751 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
752 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
753 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
754 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
756 -----------------------------------------
757 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
758 -----------------------------------------
760 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
761 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
762 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
764 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
765 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
766 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
767 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
768 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
769 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
771 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
772 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
773 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
774 - new audiod option: --config-file.
775 - gengetopt cleanups.
776 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
777 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
778 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
779 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
781 - More source code documentation.
784 --------------------------------------------
785 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
786 --------------------------------------------
788 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
789 amplification filter.
791 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
792 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
793 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
794 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
795 - aac meta info support.
796 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
797 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
798 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
799 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
800 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
801 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
802 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
804 -----------------------------------------
805 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
806 -----------------------------------------
808 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
810 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
811 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
812 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
813 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
815 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
816 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
818 ---------------------------------------
819 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
820 ---------------------------------------
822 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
823 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
826 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
828 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
829 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
830 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
831 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
833 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
834 - Audiod performance improvements.
835 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
836 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
837 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
839 -------------------------------------
840 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
841 -------------------------------------
843 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
846 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
847 for a major release like this.
849 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
850 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
851 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
852 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
854 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
855 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
856 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
858 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
859 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
860 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
861 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
863 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
864 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
865 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
867 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
868 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
869 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
870 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
871 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
872 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
873 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
874 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
875 para_gui is still there.
876 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
877 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
878 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
879 - Improved error subsystem.
880 - The earth-shaking new logo.
882 -----------------------------------------
883 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
884 -----------------------------------------
886 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
887 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
889 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
890 - universal chunk queueing.
891 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
893 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
894 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
896 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
897 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
898 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
899 compiler characteristics.
900 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
901 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
903 --------------------------------------
904 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
905 --------------------------------------
907 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
908 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
909 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
910 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
912 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
913 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
914 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
915 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
916 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
917 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
919 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
920 to start only after a few seconds.
921 - fix osx_writer hangs
922 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
923 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
925 -----------------------------------------
926 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
927 -----------------------------------------
929 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
931 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
932 startup rather than for each connection
933 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
934 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
935 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
936 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
937 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
938 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
939 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
940 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
942 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
943 - documentation improvements
944 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
947 -------------------------------------------
948 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
949 -------------------------------------------
951 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
952 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
953 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
955 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
956 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
957 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
958 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
959 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
960 - some robustness fixes
961 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
962 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
963 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
965 ---------------------------------------
966 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
967 ---------------------------------------
969 A bunch of new features and core changes.
971 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
972 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
973 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
974 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
975 para_recv and para_filter.
976 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
977 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
978 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
979 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
980 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
981 - update to libortp-0.10.1
982 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
983 - update to autoconf-2.60
985 ------------------------------------------
986 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
987 ------------------------------------------
989 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
992 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
993 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
995 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
996 - para_play renamed to para_write
997 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
998 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
999 - compress filter speed improvements
1000 - update to libortp-0.9.1
1001 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
1002 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
1003 code for the interactive mode was removed).
1004 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
1005 work, but it gets no more testing.
1006 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
1007 reduces its size quite a bit.
1008 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
1009 and --enable-mysql-libs
1011 ------------------------------------
1012 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
1013 ------------------------------------
1015 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
1016 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
1017 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
1018 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
1020 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
1022 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
1023 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
1024 more info (and some examples).
1025 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
1026 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
1027 - the new ipc subsystem
1028 - new audio file selector: playlist
1029 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
1030 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
1031 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
1032 change the selector at runtime.
1033 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
1036 --------------------------------------
1037 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
1038 --------------------------------------
1040 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
1041 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
1042 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
1043 to the new source documentation.
1046 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
1047 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
1049 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
1050 - scrollable output window
1051 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
1052 - fix color of command output.
1053 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
1054 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
1055 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
1057 -------------------------------------------
1058 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
1059 -------------------------------------------
1061 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
1062 a lot of small improvements.
1064 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
1065 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
1066 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
1067 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
1068 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
1069 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
1070 of the ortp receiver.
1071 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
1072 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
1073 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
1074 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
1075 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
1076 and reduces code size.
1078 -----------------------------------------
1079 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
1080 -----------------------------------------
1082 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
1084 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
1085 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
1086 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
1087 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
1088 read/write operations are used).
1089 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
1090 certain circumstances.
1092 -------------------------------------------
1093 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
1094 -------------------------------------------
1096 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
1098 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
1099 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
1100 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
1101 too early on a loaded network.
1102 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
1103 future time by the --start_time option.
1104 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
1105 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
1106 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
1107 only the http receiver in this case.
1108 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
1109 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
1110 - improved ortp timings.
1111 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
1114 -------------------------------------------
1115 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
1116 -------------------------------------------
1118 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
1119 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
1121 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
1122 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
1123 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
1124 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
1125 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
1126 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
1127 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
1128 rather than calling find(1). The server option
1129 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
1130 - documentation update
1132 - header file cleanup
1133 - para_client code cleanup
1134 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
1136 ------------------------------------------
1137 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
1138 ------------------------------------------
1140 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
1141 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
1142 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
1143 is no longer needed).
1145 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
1146 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
1147 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
1148 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
1151 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
1152 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
1153 sender" for more information.
1154 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
1155 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
1157 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
1159 - ogg timing improvements
1160 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
1161 - empty stream definitions work again
1162 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
1163 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
1165 ---------------------------------------
1166 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
1167 ---------------------------------------
1169 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
1172 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
1173 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
1174 for more information.
1177 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
1178 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
1179 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
1180 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
1182 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
1183 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
1184 new command line option: --announce_time
1186 -----------------------------------------
1187 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
1188 -----------------------------------------
1190 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
1192 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
1193 (including none) filters for each supported audio
1194 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
1195 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
1196 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
1197 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
1198 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
1199 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
1201 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
1202 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
1203 from [AudioCompress](http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html).
1204 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
1205 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
1206 clients that play the same stream.
1208 ------------------------------------------
1209 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
1210 ------------------------------------------
1212 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
1213 for the mysql database tool.
1215 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
1216 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
1217 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
1219 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
1220 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
1221 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
1223 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
1224 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
1225 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
1228 ---------------------------------------
1229 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
1230 ---------------------------------------
1232 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
1233 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
1235 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
1236 - cleanup of the build system
1237 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
1238 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
1240 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
1241 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
1243 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
1244 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
1245 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
1246 Default: "para_client pic"
1247 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
1248 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
1250 ------------------------------------------
1251 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
1252 ------------------------------------------
1254 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
1255 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
1256 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
1258 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
1259 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
1260 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
1261 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
1262 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
1263 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
1264 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
1266 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
1267 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
1268 - documentation updates
1269 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
1270 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
1271 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
1272 playback time rather than streaming time
1273 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
1274 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
1275 - switch from gzip to bzip2
1277 ----------------------------------------
1278 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
1279 ----------------------------------------
1281 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
1282 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
1283 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
1284 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
1286 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
1287 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
1288 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
1289 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
1290 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
1291 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
1292 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
1294 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
1295 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
1296 mp3 files with invalid header information
1297 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
1298 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
1301 ---------------------------------------
1302 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
1303 ---------------------------------------
1305 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
1306 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
1309 - fix several memory leaks
1310 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
1311 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
1312 rename your old database.
1313 - rework ogg vorbis code
1314 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
1316 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
1317 - simplified audio format API
1318 - para_pob_ogg is gone
1320 ------------------------------------
1321 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
1322 ------------------------------------
1324 Let's slide gently into the new year.
1326 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
1327 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
1328 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
1329 README and FEATURES for more info.
1330 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
1331 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
1333 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
1334 - improved help message for sl
1335 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
1337 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
1339 -----------------------------------------
1340 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
1341 -----------------------------------------
1343 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
1344 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
1345 enhancements went also in.
1347 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
1348 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
1349 exists, rather than returning errors
1350 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
1351 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
1352 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
1353 no server is running
1354 - si: report also server pid
1355 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
1356 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
1358 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
1359 - many small fixes and cleanups
1361 ---------------------------------------
1362 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
1363 ---------------------------------------
1365 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
1366 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
1367 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
1368 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
1369 compatible in that respect.
1373 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
1374 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
1376 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
1377 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
1378 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
1379 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
1380 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
1381 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
1382 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
1383 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
1385 -------------------------------------------
1386 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
1387 -------------------------------------------
1389 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
1391 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
1392 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
1394 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
1396 -----------------------------------------
1397 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
1398 -----------------------------------------
1401 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
1402 with your favorite mail reader.
1403 - several small fixes
1405 -------------------------------------
1406 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
1407 -------------------------------------
1409 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
1411 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
1412 - modular audio format support
1413 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
1414 - new server option: autoplay
1416 -----------------------------------------
1417 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1418 -----------------------------------------
1420 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1421 and stream large audio sets happily)
1422 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1424 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1425 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1426 file/config option for dbtool.
1427 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1428 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1429 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1430 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1431 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1432 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1433 show silly logo on startup
1434 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1435 manipulating attributes
1436 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1437 - revised and beautified documentation
1438 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1441 ---------------------------------------------
1442 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1443 ---------------------------------------------
1445 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1446 core code considerably.
1447 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1448 give finer info on afs' status.
1449 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1450 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1451 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1452 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1454 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1455 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1458 --------------------
1459 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1460 --------------------
1462 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1463 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1464 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1465 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1466 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1467 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1468 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1469 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1470 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1471 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1472 - many small fixes and cleanups
1478 - easy stream_defs syntax
1479 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1480 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1481 placement and the top/bottom window design
1482 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1483 well as for invalid picture pointers
1484 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1485 - many small fixes and cleanups
1491 - sdl gui runs much faster
1492 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1493 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1494 - new feature: scoring
1495 - command line options for sdl_gui
1496 - simpler syntax of streams file
1497 - decrease network traffic of stat
1499 - many small fixes and cleanups
1505 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1506 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1508 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1510 - log flodding bug fixed
1511 - many small fixes and cleanups
1517 - colors for icc_gui
1518 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1519 - proper locking that fixes some races
1520 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1521 with unsufficient permissions
1522 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1523 - icecast meta data streaming
1524 - many small fixes and cleanups