4 ----------------------------------------------
5 0.5.1 (to be announced) "temporary implication"
6 ----------------------------------------------
8 - audiod improvements and fixes.
9 - buffer tree robustness improvements.
10 - cleanup of the mood subsystem.
12 ----------------------------------------
13 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
14 ----------------------------------------
16 Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding.
18 - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence
19 sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory.
20 - Addblob commands can produce output.
21 - The stat command no longer sends garbage when para_server was
22 compiled against libgcrypt.
23 - Dependencies for gengetopt files are computed automatically.
24 This eliminates a constant source of build bugs.
25 - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only
27 - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program.
28 The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of
29 the various programs of the paraslash package.
30 - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from
31 underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color.
32 - Overhauled web pages and the new logo.
34 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2 (tarball),
35 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
37 --------------------------------------
38 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"
39 --------------------------------------
41 One more 0.4.x release before the API-breaking changes for 0.5.0 go
42 in. The main features of this release are the ogg/opus audio format,
43 and UTF-8 support, but it includes also tons of other improvements
44 and fixes all over the place.
46 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
47 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
48 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
49 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
50 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
51 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
52 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
54 - Improved manual pages.
55 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
56 - Reduced dependencies on generated files result in fewer
57 recompilations on changes.
58 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
59 - Improved downloads web page.
61 -----------------------------------------
62 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
63 -----------------------------------------
64 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
65 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
66 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
68 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
69 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
71 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
72 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
73 in the new "releases" branch.
74 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
75 written to the "build" directory.
76 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
77 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
79 --------------------------------------
80 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
81 --------------------------------------
83 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
84 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
85 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
86 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
87 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
90 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
91 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
92 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
94 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
95 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
96 - Documentation improvements.
97 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
98 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
99 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
100 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
102 ------------------------------------------
103 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
104 ------------------------------------------
106 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
107 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
109 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
110 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
111 removed in the next version.
112 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
113 command in the bottom window.
114 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
115 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
116 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
117 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
119 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
120 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
122 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
124 -------------------------------------
125 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
126 -------------------------------------
128 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
129 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
131 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
132 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
134 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
135 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
136 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
137 full tab completion and command line history.
138 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
139 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
140 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
141 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
142 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
143 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
144 delays on slow media.
145 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
146 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
147 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
149 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
151 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
152 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
155 --------------------------------------
156 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
157 --------------------------------------
159 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
160 are the highlights of this release.
162 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
163 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
164 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
165 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
166 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
168 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
169 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
170 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
171 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
172 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
173 - The *.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
174 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
175 gengetopt to build the tarball.
176 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
177 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
178 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
179 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
180 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
181 - vss timeout cleanups.
182 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
184 --------------------------------------
185 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
186 --------------------------------------
188 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
191 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
192 platforms through the libao audio library.
193 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
194 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
195 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
196 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
197 runs a parallel make if possible.
198 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
199 - Documentation updates.
201 ------------------------------------------
202 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
203 ------------------------------------------
205 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
206 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
208 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
209 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
210 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
212 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
213 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
214 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
215 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
216 to installing the package.
217 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
218 - Scheduler improvements
219 - Proper exit codes for para_write
220 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
221 other improvements and fixes.
222 - aacdec error message cleanups
223 - simplified color error handling
225 --------------------------------------------
226 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
227 --------------------------------------------
229 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
231 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
233 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
234 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
235 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
236 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
237 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
238 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
239 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
241 ------------------------------------------
242 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
243 ------------------------------------------
245 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
248 - Support for the speex codec.
249 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
250 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
252 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
253 para_filter/para_audiod.
254 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
256 ----------------------------------------
257 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
258 ----------------------------------------
260 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
261 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
263 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
264 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
265 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
266 parameters for the DCCP transport.
267 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
268 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
269 and INSTALL documents.
270 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
271 - The new nonblock API.
272 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
273 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
275 ------------------------------------------
276 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
277 ------------------------------------------
279 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
280 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
281 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
282 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
284 - The new buffer tree API.
285 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
286 - UDP robustness fixes.
287 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
288 for the new buffer tree API.
289 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
290 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
291 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
292 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
293 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
295 ---------------------------------------
296 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
297 ---------------------------------------
299 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
300 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
301 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
304 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
305 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
306 - build system improvements.
307 - source code documentation updates.
309 -------------------------------------
310 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
311 -------------------------------------
313 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
314 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
316 - Always check return value of malloc().
317 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
318 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
319 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
320 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
321 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
322 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
323 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
324 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
325 - FEC: Timing improvements.
327 ----------------------------------------------
328 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
329 ----------------------------------------------
331 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
332 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
333 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
334 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
335 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
337 - stronger crypto for client authentication
338 - the database code has been moved to a library
339 - improved status item handling
340 - cleanup of the build system
341 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
342 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
343 - mandatory rc4 encryption
344 - major audio format handler cleanups
345 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
346 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
347 album_matches, year_maches, year.
349 --------------------------------------------
350 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
351 --------------------------------------------
353 Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
354 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
355 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
356 series if no serious problems show up.
358 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
359 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
360 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
361 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
363 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
364 - the new prebuffer filter
365 - improved signal handling
366 - variable fec output buffer size
367 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
368 - --log_color actually works
369 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
370 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
371 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
372 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
374 -----------------------------------------
375 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
376 -----------------------------------------
378 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
379 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
380 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
382 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
383 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
384 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
385 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
386 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
387 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
389 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
390 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
391 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
392 - new audiod option: --config-file.
393 - gengetopt cleanups.
394 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
395 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
396 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
397 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
399 - More source code documentation.
402 --------------------------------------------
403 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
404 --------------------------------------------
406 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
407 amplification filter.
409 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
410 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
411 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
412 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
413 - aac meta info support.
414 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
415 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
416 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
417 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
418 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
419 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
420 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
422 -----------------------------------------
423 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
424 -----------------------------------------
426 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
428 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
429 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
430 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
431 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
433 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
434 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
436 ---------------------------------------
437 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
438 ---------------------------------------
440 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
441 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
444 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
446 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
447 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
448 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
449 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
451 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
452 - Audiod performance improvements.
453 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
454 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
455 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
457 -------------------------------------
458 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
459 -------------------------------------
461 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
464 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
465 for a major release like this.
467 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
468 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
469 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
470 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
472 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
473 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
474 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
476 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
477 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
478 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
479 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
481 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
482 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
483 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
485 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
486 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
487 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
488 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
489 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
490 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
491 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
492 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
493 para_gui is still there.
494 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
495 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
496 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
497 - Improved error subsystem.
498 - The earth-shaking new logo.
500 -----------------------------------------
501 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
502 -----------------------------------------
504 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
505 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
507 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
508 - universal chunk queueing.
509 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
511 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
512 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
514 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
515 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
516 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
517 compiler characteristics.
518 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
519 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
521 --------------------------------------
522 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
523 --------------------------------------
525 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
526 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
527 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
528 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
530 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
531 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
532 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
533 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
534 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
535 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
537 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
538 to start only after a few seconds.
539 - fix osx_writer hangs
540 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
541 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
543 -----------------------------------------
544 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
545 -----------------------------------------
547 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
549 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
550 startup rather than for each connection
551 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
552 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
553 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
554 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
555 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
556 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
557 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
558 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
560 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
561 - documentation improvements
562 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
565 -------------------------------------------
566 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
567 -------------------------------------------
569 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
570 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
571 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
573 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
574 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
575 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
576 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
577 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
578 - some robustness fixes
579 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
580 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
581 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
583 ---------------------------------------
584 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
585 ---------------------------------------
587 A bunch of new features and core changes.
589 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
590 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
591 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
592 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
593 para_recv and para_filter.
594 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
595 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
596 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
597 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
598 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
599 - update to libortp-0.10.1
600 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
601 - update to autoconf-2.60
603 ------------------------------------------
604 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
605 ------------------------------------------
607 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
611 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
612 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
614 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
615 - para_play renamed to para_write
616 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
617 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
618 - compress filter speed improvements
619 - update to libortp-0.9.1
620 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
621 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
622 code for the interactive mode was removed).
623 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
624 work, but it gets no more testing.
625 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
626 reduces its size quite a bit.
627 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
628 and --enable-mysql-libs
630 ------------------------------------
631 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
632 ------------------------------------
634 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
635 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
636 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
637 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
640 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
642 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
643 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
644 more info (and some examples).
645 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
646 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
647 - the new ipc subsystem
648 - new audio file selector: playlist
649 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
650 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
651 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
652 change the selector at runtime.
653 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
656 --------------------------------------
657 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
658 --------------------------------------
660 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
661 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
662 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
663 to the new source documentation.
666 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
667 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
669 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
670 - scrollable output window
671 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
672 - fix color of command output.
673 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
674 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
675 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
677 -------------------------------------------
678 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
679 -------------------------------------------
681 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
682 a lot of small improvements.
684 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
685 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
686 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
687 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
688 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
689 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
690 of the ortp receiver.
691 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
692 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
693 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
694 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
695 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
696 and reduces code size.
698 -----------------------------------------
699 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
700 -----------------------------------------
702 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
704 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
705 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
706 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
707 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
708 read/write operations are used).
709 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
710 certain circumstances.
712 -------------------------------------------
713 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
714 -------------------------------------------
716 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
719 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
720 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
721 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
722 too early on a loaded network.
723 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
724 future time by the --start_time option.
725 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
726 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
727 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
728 only the http receiver in this case.
729 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
730 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
731 - improved ortp timings.
732 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
735 -------------------------------------------
736 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
737 -------------------------------------------
739 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
740 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
742 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
743 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
744 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
745 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
746 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
747 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
748 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
749 rather than calling find(1). The server option
750 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
751 - documentation update
753 - header file cleanup
754 - para_client code cleanup
755 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
757 ------------------------------------------
758 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
759 ------------------------------------------
761 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
762 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
763 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
764 is no longer needed).
766 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
767 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
768 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
769 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
772 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
773 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
774 sender" for more information.
775 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
776 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
778 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
780 - ogg timing improvements
781 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
782 - empty stream definitions work again
783 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
784 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
786 ---------------------------------------
787 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
788 ---------------------------------------
790 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
793 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
794 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
795 for more information.
798 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
799 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
800 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
801 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
803 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
804 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
805 new command line option: --announce_time
807 -----------------------------------------
808 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
809 -----------------------------------------
811 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
813 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
814 (including none) filters for each supported audio
815 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
816 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
817 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
818 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
819 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
820 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
822 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
823 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
824 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
825 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
826 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
827 clients that play the same stream.
829 ------------------------------------------
830 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
831 ------------------------------------------
833 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
834 for the mysql database tool.
836 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
837 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
838 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
840 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
841 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
842 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
844 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
845 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
846 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
849 ---------------------------------------
850 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
851 ---------------------------------------
853 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
854 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
856 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
857 - cleanup of the build system
858 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
859 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
861 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
862 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
864 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
865 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
866 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
867 Default: "para_client pic"
868 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
869 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
871 ------------------------------------------
872 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
873 ------------------------------------------
875 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
876 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
877 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
880 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
881 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
882 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
883 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
884 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
885 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
886 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
888 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
889 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
890 - documentation updates
891 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
892 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
893 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
894 playback time rather than streaming time
895 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
896 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
897 - switch from gzip to bzip2
899 ----------------------------------------
900 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
901 ----------------------------------------
903 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
904 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
905 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
906 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
908 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
909 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
910 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
911 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
912 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
913 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
914 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
916 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
917 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
918 mp3 files with invalid header information
919 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
920 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
923 ---------------------------------------
924 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
925 ---------------------------------------
927 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
928 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
931 - fix several memory leaks
932 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
933 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
934 rename your old database.
935 - rework ogg vorbis code
936 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
938 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
939 - simplified audio format API
940 - para_pob_ogg is gone
942 ------------------------------------
943 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
944 ------------------------------------
946 Let's slide gently into the new year.
948 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
949 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
950 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
951 README and FEATURES for more info.
952 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
953 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
955 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
956 - improved help message for sl
957 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
959 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
961 -----------------------------------------
962 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
963 -----------------------------------------
965 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
966 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
967 enhancements went also in.
969 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
970 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
971 exists, rather than returning errors
972 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
973 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
974 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
976 - si: report also server pid
977 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
978 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
980 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
981 - many small fixes and cleanups
983 ---------------------------------------
984 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
985 ---------------------------------------
987 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
988 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
989 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
990 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
991 compatible in that respect.
995 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
996 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
998 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
999 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
1000 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
1001 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
1002 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
1003 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
1004 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
1005 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
1007 -------------------------------------------
1008 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
1009 -------------------------------------------
1011 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
1013 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
1014 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
1016 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
1018 -----------------------------------------
1019 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
1020 -----------------------------------------
1023 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
1024 with your favorite mail reader.
1025 - several small fixes
1027 -------------------------------------
1028 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
1029 -------------------------------------
1031 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
1033 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
1034 - modular audio format support
1035 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
1036 - new server option: autoplay
1038 -----------------------------------------
1039 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1040 -----------------------------------------
1042 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1043 and stream large audio sets happily)
1044 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1046 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1047 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1048 file/config option for dbtool.
1049 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1050 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1051 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1052 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1053 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1054 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1055 show silly logo on startup
1056 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1057 manipulating attributes
1058 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1059 - revised and beautified documentation
1060 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1063 ---------------------------------------------
1064 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1065 ---------------------------------------------
1067 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1068 core code considerably.
1069 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1070 give finer info on afs' status.
1071 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1072 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1073 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1074 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1076 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1077 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1080 --------------------
1081 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1082 --------------------
1084 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1085 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1086 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1087 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1088 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1089 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1090 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1091 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1092 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1093 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1094 - many small fixes and cleanups
1100 - easy stream_defs syntax
1101 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1102 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1103 placement and the top/bottom window design
1104 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1105 well as for invalid picture pointers
1106 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1107 - many small fixes and cleanups
1113 - sdl gui runs much faster
1114 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1115 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1116 - new feature: scoring
1117 - command line options for sdl_gui
1118 - simpler syntax of streams file
1119 - decrease network traffic of stat
1121 - many small fixes and cleanups
1127 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1128 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1130 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1132 - log flodding bug fixed
1133 - many small fixes and cleanups
1139 - colors for icc_gui
1140 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1141 - proper locking that fixes some races
1142 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1143 with unsufficient permissions
1144 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1145 - icecast meta data streaming
1146 - many small fixes and cleanups