4 -------------------------------------------------
5 0.5.3 (to be released) "symbolic synchronization"
6 -------------------------------------------------
8 - Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi.
10 ----------------------------------------
11 0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"
12 ----------------------------------------
14 The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled
15 network code are the highlights of this release. It also includes a
16 fair number of smaller fixes and improvements not mentioned here.
18 - The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple
20 - Connections between para_server and para_client are now
21 encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides
22 support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This
23 feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options
24 are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can
25 speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa.
26 - Major cleanup of the networking subsystem.
27 - Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channel
28 initial volumes, better error logging.
29 - The man pages of para_audiod, para_filter, para_recv, and
30 para_write contain the relevant options for receivers, filters,
31 writers. This broke in 0.5.0.
32 - ogg/vorbis latency improvements.
33 - Improved user manual.
34 - Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings.
36 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2 (tarball),
37 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
39 ------------------------------------------
40 0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication"
41 ------------------------------------------
43 Lots of fixes and improvements all over the place, and a major overhaul
46 - Audiod improvements and fixes.
47 - Buffer tree robustness improvements.
48 - Cleanup of the mood subsystem.
49 - Fixes and cleanups for the flac decoder.
50 - Latency improvements for the ogg/opus decoder.
51 - Crypto support is now optional. On systems without
52 openssl/gcrypt, the build succeeds but para_server,
53 para_audiod, para_client won't be built.
54 - The build system now works for cross-compile setups.
55 - The dependency tree has been flattened, which speeds up
56 builds and avoids to recreate the man pages on every change.
57 - The error code helper has been rewritten from perl to C,
58 which further improves build time.
59 - Many small bugs in the build system have been identified
62 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2 (tarball),
63 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
65 ----------------------------------------
66 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
67 ----------------------------------------
69 Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding.
71 - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence
72 sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory.
73 - Addblob commands can produce output.
74 - The stat command no longer sends garbage when para_server was
75 compiled against libgcrypt.
76 - Dependencies for gengetopt files are computed automatically.
77 This eliminates a constant source of build bugs.
78 - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only
80 - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program.
81 The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of
82 the various programs of the paraslash package.
83 - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from
84 underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color.
85 - Overhauled web pages and the new logo.
87 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2 (tarball),
88 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
90 --------------------------------------
91 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"
92 --------------------------------------
94 One more 0.4.x release before the API-breaking changes for 0.5.0 go
95 in. The main features of this release are the ogg/opus audio format,
96 and UTF-8 support, but it includes also tons of other improvements
97 and fixes all over the place.
99 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
100 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
101 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
102 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
103 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
104 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
105 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
107 - Improved manual pages.
108 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
109 - Reduced dependencies on generated files result in fewer
110 recompilations on changes.
111 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
112 - Improved downloads web page.
114 -----------------------------------------
115 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
116 -----------------------------------------
117 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
118 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
119 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
121 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
122 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
124 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
125 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
126 in the new "releases" branch.
127 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
128 written to the "build" directory.
129 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
130 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
132 --------------------------------------
133 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
134 --------------------------------------
136 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
137 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
138 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
139 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
140 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
143 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
144 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
145 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
147 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
148 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
149 - Documentation improvements.
150 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
151 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
152 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
153 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
155 ------------------------------------------
156 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
157 ------------------------------------------
159 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
160 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
162 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
163 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
164 removed in the next version.
165 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
166 command in the bottom window.
167 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
168 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
169 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
170 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
172 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
173 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
175 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
177 -------------------------------------
178 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
179 -------------------------------------
181 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
182 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
184 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
185 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
187 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
188 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
189 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
190 full tab completion and command line history.
191 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
192 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
193 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
194 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
195 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
196 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
197 delays on slow media.
198 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
199 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
200 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
202 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
204 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
205 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
208 --------------------------------------
209 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
210 --------------------------------------
212 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
213 are the highlights of this release.
215 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
216 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
217 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
218 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
219 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
221 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
222 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
223 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
224 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
225 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
226 - The *.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
227 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
228 gengetopt to build the tarball.
229 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
230 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
231 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
232 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
233 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
234 - vss timeout cleanups.
235 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
237 --------------------------------------
238 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
239 --------------------------------------
241 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
244 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
245 platforms through the libao audio library.
246 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
247 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
248 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
249 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
250 runs a parallel make if possible.
251 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
252 - Documentation updates.
254 ------------------------------------------
255 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
256 ------------------------------------------
258 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
259 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
261 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
262 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
263 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
265 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
266 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
267 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
268 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
269 to installing the package.
270 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
271 - Scheduler improvements
272 - Proper exit codes for para_write
273 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
274 other improvements and fixes.
275 - aacdec error message cleanups
276 - simplified color error handling
278 --------------------------------------------
279 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
280 --------------------------------------------
282 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
284 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
286 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
287 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
288 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
289 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
290 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
291 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
292 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
294 ------------------------------------------
295 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
296 ------------------------------------------
298 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
301 - Support for the speex codec.
302 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
303 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
305 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
306 para_filter/para_audiod.
307 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
309 ----------------------------------------
310 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
311 ----------------------------------------
313 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
314 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
316 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
317 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
318 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
319 parameters for the DCCP transport.
320 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
321 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
322 and INSTALL documents.
323 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
324 - The new nonblock API.
325 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
326 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
328 ------------------------------------------
329 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
330 ------------------------------------------
332 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
333 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
334 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
335 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
337 - The new buffer tree API.
338 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
339 - UDP robustness fixes.
340 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
341 for the new buffer tree API.
342 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
343 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
344 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
345 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
346 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
348 ---------------------------------------
349 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
350 ---------------------------------------
352 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
353 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
354 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
357 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
358 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
359 - build system improvements.
360 - source code documentation updates.
362 -------------------------------------
363 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
364 -------------------------------------
366 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
367 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
369 - Always check return value of malloc().
370 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
371 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
372 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
373 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
374 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
375 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
376 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
377 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
378 - FEC: Timing improvements.
380 ----------------------------------------------
381 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
382 ----------------------------------------------
384 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
385 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
386 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
387 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
388 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
390 - stronger crypto for client authentication
391 - the database code has been moved to a library
392 - improved status item handling
393 - cleanup of the build system
394 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
395 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
396 - mandatory rc4 encryption
397 - major audio format handler cleanups
398 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
399 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
400 album_matches, year_maches, year.
402 --------------------------------------------
403 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
404 --------------------------------------------
406 Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
407 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
408 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
409 series if no serious problems show up.
411 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
412 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
413 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
414 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
416 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
417 - the new prebuffer filter
418 - improved signal handling
419 - variable fec output buffer size
420 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
421 - --log_color actually works
422 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
423 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
424 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
425 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
427 -----------------------------------------
428 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
429 -----------------------------------------
431 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
432 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
433 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
435 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
436 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
437 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
438 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
439 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
440 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
442 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
443 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
444 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
445 - new audiod option: --config-file.
446 - gengetopt cleanups.
447 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
448 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
449 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
450 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
452 - More source code documentation.
455 --------------------------------------------
456 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
457 --------------------------------------------
459 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
460 amplification filter.
462 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
463 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
464 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
465 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
466 - aac meta info support.
467 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
468 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
469 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
470 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
471 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
472 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
473 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
475 -----------------------------------------
476 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
477 -----------------------------------------
479 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
481 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
482 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
483 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
484 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
486 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
487 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
489 ---------------------------------------
490 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
491 ---------------------------------------
493 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
494 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
497 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
499 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
500 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
501 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
502 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
504 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
505 - Audiod performance improvements.
506 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
507 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
508 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
510 -------------------------------------
511 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
512 -------------------------------------
514 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
517 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
518 for a major release like this.
520 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
521 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
522 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
523 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
525 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
526 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
527 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
529 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
530 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
531 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
532 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
534 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
535 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
536 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
538 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
539 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
540 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
541 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
542 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
543 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
544 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
545 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
546 para_gui is still there.
547 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
548 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
549 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
550 - Improved error subsystem.
551 - The earth-shaking new logo.
553 -----------------------------------------
554 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
555 -----------------------------------------
557 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
558 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
560 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
561 - universal chunk queueing.
562 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
564 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
565 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
567 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
568 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
569 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
570 compiler characteristics.
571 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
572 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
574 --------------------------------------
575 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
576 --------------------------------------
578 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
579 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
580 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
581 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
583 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
584 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
585 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
586 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
587 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
588 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
590 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
591 to start only after a few seconds.
592 - fix osx_writer hangs
593 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
594 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
596 -----------------------------------------
597 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
598 -----------------------------------------
600 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
602 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
603 startup rather than for each connection
604 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
605 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
606 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
607 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
608 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
609 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
610 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
611 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
613 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
614 - documentation improvements
615 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
618 -------------------------------------------
619 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
620 -------------------------------------------
622 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
623 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
624 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
626 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
627 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
628 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
629 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
630 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
631 - some robustness fixes
632 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
633 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
634 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
636 ---------------------------------------
637 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
638 ---------------------------------------
640 A bunch of new features and core changes.
642 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
643 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
644 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
645 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
646 para_recv and para_filter.
647 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
648 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
649 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
650 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
651 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
652 - update to libortp-0.10.1
653 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
654 - update to autoconf-2.60
656 ------------------------------------------
657 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
658 ------------------------------------------
660 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
664 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
665 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
667 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
668 - para_play renamed to para_write
669 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
670 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
671 - compress filter speed improvements
672 - update to libortp-0.9.1
673 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
674 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
675 code for the interactive mode was removed).
676 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
677 work, but it gets no more testing.
678 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
679 reduces its size quite a bit.
680 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
681 and --enable-mysql-libs
683 ------------------------------------
684 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
685 ------------------------------------
687 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
688 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
689 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
690 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
693 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
695 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
696 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
697 more info (and some examples).
698 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
699 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
700 - the new ipc subsystem
701 - new audio file selector: playlist
702 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
703 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
704 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
705 change the selector at runtime.
706 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
709 --------------------------------------
710 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
711 --------------------------------------
713 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
714 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
715 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
716 to the new source documentation.
719 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
720 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
722 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
723 - scrollable output window
724 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
725 - fix color of command output.
726 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
727 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
728 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
730 -------------------------------------------
731 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
732 -------------------------------------------
734 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
735 a lot of small improvements.
737 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
738 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
739 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
740 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
741 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
742 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
743 of the ortp receiver.
744 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
745 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
746 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
747 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
748 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
749 and reduces code size.
751 -----------------------------------------
752 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
753 -----------------------------------------
755 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
757 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
758 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
759 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
760 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
761 read/write operations are used).
762 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
763 certain circumstances.
765 -------------------------------------------
766 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
767 -------------------------------------------
769 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
772 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
773 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
774 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
775 too early on a loaded network.
776 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
777 future time by the --start_time option.
778 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
779 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
780 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
781 only the http receiver in this case.
782 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
783 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
784 - improved ortp timings.
785 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
788 -------------------------------------------
789 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
790 -------------------------------------------
792 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
793 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
795 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
796 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
797 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
798 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
799 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
800 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
801 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
802 rather than calling find(1). The server option
803 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
804 - documentation update
806 - header file cleanup
807 - para_client code cleanup
808 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
810 ------------------------------------------
811 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
812 ------------------------------------------
814 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
815 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
816 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
817 is no longer needed).
819 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
820 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
821 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
822 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
825 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
826 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
827 sender" for more information.
828 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
829 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
831 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
833 - ogg timing improvements
834 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
835 - empty stream definitions work again
836 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
837 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
839 ---------------------------------------
840 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
841 ---------------------------------------
843 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
846 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
847 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
848 for more information.
851 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
852 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
853 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
854 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
856 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
857 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
858 new command line option: --announce_time
860 -----------------------------------------
861 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
862 -----------------------------------------
864 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
866 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
867 (including none) filters for each supported audio
868 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
869 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
870 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
871 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
872 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
873 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
875 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
876 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
877 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
878 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
879 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
880 clients that play the same stream.
882 ------------------------------------------
883 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
884 ------------------------------------------
886 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
887 for the mysql database tool.
889 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
890 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
891 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
893 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
894 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
895 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
897 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
898 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
899 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
902 ---------------------------------------
903 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
904 ---------------------------------------
906 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
907 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
909 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
910 - cleanup of the build system
911 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
912 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
914 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
915 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
917 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
918 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
919 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
920 Default: "para_client pic"
921 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
922 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
924 ------------------------------------------
925 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
926 ------------------------------------------
928 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
929 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
930 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
933 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
934 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
935 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
936 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
937 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
938 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
939 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
941 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
942 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
943 - documentation updates
944 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
945 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
946 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
947 playback time rather than streaming time
948 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
949 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
950 - switch from gzip to bzip2
952 ----------------------------------------
953 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
954 ----------------------------------------
956 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
957 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
958 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
959 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
961 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
962 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
963 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
964 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
965 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
966 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
967 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
969 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
970 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
971 mp3 files with invalid header information
972 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
973 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
976 ---------------------------------------
977 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
978 ---------------------------------------
980 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
981 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
984 - fix several memory leaks
985 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
986 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
987 rename your old database.
988 - rework ogg vorbis code
989 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
991 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
992 - simplified audio format API
993 - para_pob_ogg is gone
995 ------------------------------------
996 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
997 ------------------------------------
999 Let's slide gently into the new year.
1001 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
1002 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
1003 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
1004 README and FEATURES for more info.
1005 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
1006 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
1008 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
1009 - improved help message for sl
1010 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
1012 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
1014 -----------------------------------------
1015 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
1016 -----------------------------------------
1018 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
1019 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
1020 enhancements went also in.
1022 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
1023 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
1024 exists, rather than returning errors
1025 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
1026 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
1027 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
1028 no server is running
1029 - si: report also server pid
1030 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
1031 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
1033 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
1034 - many small fixes and cleanups
1036 ---------------------------------------
1037 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
1038 ---------------------------------------
1040 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
1041 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
1042 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
1043 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
1044 compatible in that respect.
1048 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
1049 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
1051 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
1052 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
1053 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
1054 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
1055 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
1056 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
1057 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
1058 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
1060 -------------------------------------------
1061 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
1062 -------------------------------------------
1064 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
1066 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
1067 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
1069 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
1071 -----------------------------------------
1072 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
1073 -----------------------------------------
1076 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
1077 with your favorite mail reader.
1078 - several small fixes
1080 -------------------------------------
1081 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
1082 -------------------------------------
1084 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
1086 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
1087 - modular audio format support
1088 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
1089 - new server option: autoplay
1091 -----------------------------------------
1092 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1093 -----------------------------------------
1095 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1096 and stream large audio sets happily)
1097 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1099 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1100 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1101 file/config option for dbtool.
1102 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1103 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1104 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1105 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1106 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1107 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1108 show silly logo on startup
1109 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1110 manipulating attributes
1111 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1112 - revised and beautified documentation
1113 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1116 ---------------------------------------------
1117 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1118 ---------------------------------------------
1120 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1121 core code considerably.
1122 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1123 give finer info on afs' status.
1124 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1125 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1126 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1127 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1129 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1130 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1133 --------------------
1134 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1135 --------------------
1137 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1138 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1139 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1140 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1141 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1142 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1143 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1144 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1145 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1146 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1147 - many small fixes and cleanups
1153 - easy stream_defs syntax
1154 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1155 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1156 placement and the top/bottom window design
1157 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1158 well as for invalid picture pointers
1159 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1160 - many small fixes and cleanups
1166 - sdl gui runs much faster
1167 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1168 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1169 - new feature: scoring
1170 - command line options for sdl_gui
1171 - simpler syntax of streams file
1172 - decrease network traffic of stat
1174 - many small fixes and cleanups
1180 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1181 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1183 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1185 - log flodding bug fixed
1186 - many small fixes and cleanups
1192 - colors for icc_gui
1193 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1194 - proper locking that fixes some races
1195 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1196 with unsufficient permissions
1197 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1198 - icecast meta data streaming
1199 - many small fixes and cleanups