4 -----------------------------------------
5 current master branch "magnetic momentum"
6 -----------------------------------------
7 - On Linux systems, local sockets are now created in the
8 abstract name space by default. This allows to get rid of
9 the socket specials in /var/paraslash.
10 - New autoconf macros to avoid duplication in configure.ac.
13 Download: ./releases/paraslash-git.tar.bz2 (tarball)
14 ------------------------------------------
15 0.5.4 (2015-01-23) "exponential alignment"
16 ------------------------------------------
18 Another cleanup and bugfix release.
20 - New server command: tasks.
21 - Minor cleanups to daemon.c.
22 - New URLs for home page and git services.
23 - Improved error diagnostics for the mvblob commands.
24 - New sender subcommand: status.
25 - Improved help text for server and afs commands.
26 - audiod memory leak fixes.
27 - Miscellaneous improvements to the build system.
28 - oss_writer improvements.
29 - Improved handling of mp3 files with both id3v1 and id3v2 tags.
31 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2 (tarball)
32 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.4.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
34 ---------------------------------------------
35 0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization"
36 ---------------------------------------------
38 Not many new features, but lots of fixes and usability improvements.
40 - para_gui has been converted to use the paraslash scheduler.
41 - Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi.
42 - Many scheduler improvements and cleanups.
43 - The test suite has been extended to include sanity checks
44 for the generated man pages.
45 - ao_writer fixes. This writer was in a quite bad shape. Many
46 serious bugs have been fixed.
47 - new audiod command: version.
48 - Minor improvements to the bitstream API.
49 - The cpsi command now prints a meaningful error message if
50 none of the given patterns matched any audio file.
52 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2 (tarball),
53 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
55 ----------------------------------------
56 0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"
57 ----------------------------------------
59 The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled
60 network code are the highlights of this release. It also includes a
61 fair number of smaller fixes and improvements not mentioned here.
63 - The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple
65 - Connections between para_server and para_client are now
66 encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides
67 support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This
68 feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options
69 are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can
70 speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa.
71 - Major cleanup of the networking subsystem.
72 - Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channel
73 initial volumes, better error logging.
74 - The man pages of para_audiod, para_filter, para_recv, and
75 para_write contain the relevant options for receivers, filters,
76 writers. This broke in 0.5.0.
77 - ogg/vorbis latency improvements.
78 - Improved user manual.
79 - Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings.
81 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2 (tarball),
82 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
84 ------------------------------------------
85 0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication"
86 ------------------------------------------
88 Lots of fixes and improvements all over the place, and a major overhaul
91 - Audiod improvements and fixes.
92 - Buffer tree robustness improvements.
93 - Cleanup of the mood subsystem.
94 - Fixes and cleanups for the flac decoder.
95 - Latency improvements for the ogg/opus decoder.
96 - Crypto support is now optional. On systems without
97 openssl/gcrypt, the build succeeds but para_server,
98 para_audiod, para_client won't be built.
99 - The build system now works for cross-compile setups.
100 - The dependency tree has been flattened, which speeds up
101 builds and avoids to recreate the man pages on every change.
102 - The error code helper has been rewritten from perl to C,
103 which further improves build time.
104 - Many small bugs in the build system have been identified
107 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2 (tarball),
108 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
110 ----------------------------------------
111 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
112 ----------------------------------------
114 Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding.
116 - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence
117 sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory.
118 - Addblob commands can produce output.
119 - The stat command no longer sends garbage when para_server was
120 compiled against libgcrypt.
121 - Dependencies for gengetopt files are computed automatically.
122 This eliminates a constant source of build bugs.
123 - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only
125 - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program.
126 The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of
127 the various programs of the paraslash package.
128 - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from
129 underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color.
130 - Overhauled web pages and the new logo.
132 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2 (tarball),
133 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
135 --------------------------------------
136 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"
137 --------------------------------------
139 One more 0.4.x release before the API-breaking changes for 0.5.0 go
140 in. The main features of this release are the ogg/opus audio format,
141 and UTF-8 support, but it includes also tons of other improvements
142 and fixes all over the place.
144 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
145 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
146 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
147 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
148 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
149 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
150 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
152 - Improved manual pages.
153 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
154 - Reduced dependencies on generated files result in fewer
155 recompilations on changes.
156 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
157 - Improved downloads web page.
159 -----------------------------------------
160 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
161 -----------------------------------------
162 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
163 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
164 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
166 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
167 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
169 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
170 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
171 in the new "releases" branch.
172 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
173 written to the "build" directory.
174 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
175 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
177 --------------------------------------
178 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
179 --------------------------------------
181 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
182 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
183 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
184 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
185 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
188 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
189 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
190 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
192 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
193 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
194 - Documentation improvements.
195 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
196 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
197 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
198 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
200 ------------------------------------------
201 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
202 ------------------------------------------
204 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
205 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
207 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
208 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
209 removed in the next version.
210 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
211 command in the bottom window.
212 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
213 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
214 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
215 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
217 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
218 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
220 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
222 -------------------------------------
223 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
224 -------------------------------------
226 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
227 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
229 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
230 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
232 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
233 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
234 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
235 full tab completion and command line history.
236 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
237 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
238 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
239 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
240 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
241 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
242 delays on slow media.
243 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
244 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
245 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
247 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
249 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
250 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
253 --------------------------------------
254 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
255 --------------------------------------
257 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
258 are the highlights of this release.
260 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
261 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
262 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
263 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
264 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
266 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
267 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
268 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
269 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
270 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
271 - The *.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
272 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
273 gengetopt to build the tarball.
274 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
275 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
276 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
277 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
278 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
279 - vss timeout cleanups.
280 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
282 --------------------------------------
283 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
284 --------------------------------------
286 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
289 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
290 platforms through the libao audio library.
291 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
292 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
293 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
294 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
295 runs a parallel make if possible.
296 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
297 - Documentation updates.
299 ------------------------------------------
300 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
301 ------------------------------------------
303 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
304 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
306 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
307 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
308 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
310 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
311 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
312 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
313 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
314 to installing the package.
315 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
316 - Scheduler improvements
317 - Proper exit codes for para_write
318 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
319 other improvements and fixes.
320 - aacdec error message cleanups
321 - simplified color error handling
323 --------------------------------------------
324 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
325 --------------------------------------------
327 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
329 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
331 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
332 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
333 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
334 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
335 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
336 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
337 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
339 ------------------------------------------
340 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
341 ------------------------------------------
343 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
346 - Support for the speex codec.
347 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
348 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
350 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
351 para_filter/para_audiod.
352 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
354 ----------------------------------------
355 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
356 ----------------------------------------
358 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
359 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
361 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
362 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
363 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
364 parameters for the DCCP transport.
365 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
366 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
367 and INSTALL documents.
368 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
369 - The new nonblock API.
370 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
371 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
373 ------------------------------------------
374 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
375 ------------------------------------------
377 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
378 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
379 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
380 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
382 - The new buffer tree API.
383 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
384 - UDP robustness fixes.
385 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
386 for the new buffer tree API.
387 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
388 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
389 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
390 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
391 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
393 ---------------------------------------
394 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
395 ---------------------------------------
397 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
398 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
399 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
402 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
403 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
404 - build system improvements.
405 - source code documentation updates.
407 -------------------------------------
408 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
409 -------------------------------------
411 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
412 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
414 - Always check return value of malloc().
415 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
416 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
417 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
418 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
419 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
420 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
421 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
422 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
423 - FEC: Timing improvements.
425 ----------------------------------------------
426 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
427 ----------------------------------------------
429 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
430 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
431 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
432 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
433 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
435 - stronger crypto for client authentication
436 - the database code has been moved to a library
437 - improved status item handling
438 - cleanup of the build system
439 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
440 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
441 - mandatory rc4 encryption
442 - major audio format handler cleanups
443 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
444 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
445 album_matches, year_maches, year.
447 --------------------------------------------
448 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
449 --------------------------------------------
451 Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
452 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
453 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
454 series if no serious problems show up.
456 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
457 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
458 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
459 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
461 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
462 - the new prebuffer filter
463 - improved signal handling
464 - variable fec output buffer size
465 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
466 - --log_color actually works
467 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
468 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
469 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
470 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
472 -----------------------------------------
473 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
474 -----------------------------------------
476 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
477 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
478 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
480 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
481 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
482 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
483 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
484 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
485 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
487 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
488 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
489 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
490 - new audiod option: --config-file.
491 - gengetopt cleanups.
492 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
493 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
494 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
495 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
497 - More source code documentation.
500 --------------------------------------------
501 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
502 --------------------------------------------
504 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
505 amplification filter.
507 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
508 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
509 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
510 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
511 - aac meta info support.
512 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
513 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
514 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
515 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
516 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
517 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
518 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
520 -----------------------------------------
521 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
522 -----------------------------------------
524 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
526 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
527 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
528 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
529 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
531 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
532 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
534 ---------------------------------------
535 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
536 ---------------------------------------
538 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
539 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
542 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
544 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
545 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
546 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
547 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
549 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
550 - Audiod performance improvements.
551 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
552 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
553 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
555 -------------------------------------
556 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
557 -------------------------------------
559 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
562 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
563 for a major release like this.
565 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
566 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
567 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
568 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
570 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
571 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
572 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
574 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
575 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
576 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
577 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
579 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
580 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
581 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
583 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
584 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
585 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
586 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
587 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
588 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
589 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
590 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
591 para_gui is still there.
592 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
593 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
594 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
595 - Improved error subsystem.
596 - The earth-shaking new logo.
598 -----------------------------------------
599 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
600 -----------------------------------------
602 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
603 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
605 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
606 - universal chunk queueing.
607 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
609 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
610 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
612 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
613 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
614 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
615 compiler characteristics.
616 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
617 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
619 --------------------------------------
620 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
621 --------------------------------------
623 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
624 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
625 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
626 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
628 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
629 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
630 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
631 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
632 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
633 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
635 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
636 to start only after a few seconds.
637 - fix osx_writer hangs
638 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
639 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
641 -----------------------------------------
642 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
643 -----------------------------------------
645 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
647 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
648 startup rather than for each connection
649 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
650 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
651 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
652 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
653 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
654 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
655 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
656 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
658 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
659 - documentation improvements
660 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
663 -------------------------------------------
664 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
665 -------------------------------------------
667 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
668 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
669 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
671 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
672 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
673 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
674 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
675 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
676 - some robustness fixes
677 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
678 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
679 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
681 ---------------------------------------
682 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
683 ---------------------------------------
685 A bunch of new features and core changes.
687 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
688 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
689 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
690 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
691 para_recv and para_filter.
692 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
693 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
694 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
695 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
696 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
697 - update to libortp-0.10.1
698 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
699 - update to autoconf-2.60
701 ------------------------------------------
702 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
703 ------------------------------------------
705 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
709 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
710 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
712 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
713 - para_play renamed to para_write
714 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
715 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
716 - compress filter speed improvements
717 - update to libortp-0.9.1
718 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
719 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
720 code for the interactive mode was removed).
721 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
722 work, but it gets no more testing.
723 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
724 reduces its size quite a bit.
725 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
726 and --enable-mysql-libs
728 ------------------------------------
729 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
730 ------------------------------------
732 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
733 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
734 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
735 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
738 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
740 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
741 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
742 more info (and some examples).
743 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
744 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
745 - the new ipc subsystem
746 - new audio file selector: playlist
747 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
748 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
749 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
750 change the selector at runtime.
751 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
754 --------------------------------------
755 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
756 --------------------------------------
758 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
759 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
760 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
761 to the new source documentation.
764 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
765 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
767 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
768 - scrollable output window
769 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
770 - fix color of command output.
771 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
772 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
773 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
775 -------------------------------------------
776 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
777 -------------------------------------------
779 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
780 a lot of small improvements.
782 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
783 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
784 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
785 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
786 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
787 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
788 of the ortp receiver.
789 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
790 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
791 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
792 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
793 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
794 and reduces code size.
796 -----------------------------------------
797 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
798 -----------------------------------------
800 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
802 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
803 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
804 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
805 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
806 read/write operations are used).
807 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
808 certain circumstances.
810 -------------------------------------------
811 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
812 -------------------------------------------
814 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
817 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
818 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
819 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
820 too early on a loaded network.
821 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
822 future time by the --start_time option.
823 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
824 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
825 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
826 only the http receiver in this case.
827 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
828 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
829 - improved ortp timings.
830 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
833 -------------------------------------------
834 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
835 -------------------------------------------
837 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
838 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
840 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
841 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
842 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
843 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
844 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
845 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
846 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
847 rather than calling find(1). The server option
848 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
849 - documentation update
851 - header file cleanup
852 - para_client code cleanup
853 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
855 ------------------------------------------
856 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
857 ------------------------------------------
859 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
860 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
861 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
862 is no longer needed).
864 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
865 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
866 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
867 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
870 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
871 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
872 sender" for more information.
873 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
874 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
876 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
878 - ogg timing improvements
879 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
880 - empty stream definitions work again
881 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
882 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
884 ---------------------------------------
885 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
886 ---------------------------------------
888 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
891 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
892 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
893 for more information.
896 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
897 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
898 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
899 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
901 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
902 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
903 new command line option: --announce_time
905 -----------------------------------------
906 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
907 -----------------------------------------
909 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
911 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
912 (including none) filters for each supported audio
913 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
914 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
915 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
916 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
917 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
918 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
920 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
921 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
922 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
923 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
924 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
925 clients that play the same stream.
927 ------------------------------------------
928 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
929 ------------------------------------------
931 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
932 for the mysql database tool.
934 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
935 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
936 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
938 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
939 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
940 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
942 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
943 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
944 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
947 ---------------------------------------
948 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
949 ---------------------------------------
951 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
952 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
954 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
955 - cleanup of the build system
956 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
957 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
959 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
960 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
962 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
963 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
964 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
965 Default: "para_client pic"
966 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
967 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
969 ------------------------------------------
970 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
971 ------------------------------------------
973 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
974 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
975 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
978 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
979 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
980 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
981 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
982 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
983 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
984 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
986 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
987 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
988 - documentation updates
989 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
990 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
991 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
992 playback time rather than streaming time
993 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
994 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
995 - switch from gzip to bzip2
997 ----------------------------------------
998 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
999 ----------------------------------------
1001 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
1002 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
1003 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
1004 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
1006 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
1007 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
1008 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
1009 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
1010 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
1011 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
1012 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
1014 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
1015 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
1016 mp3 files with invalid header information
1017 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
1018 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
1021 ---------------------------------------
1022 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
1023 ---------------------------------------
1025 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
1026 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
1029 - fix several memory leaks
1030 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
1031 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
1032 rename your old database.
1033 - rework ogg vorbis code
1034 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
1036 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
1037 - simplified audio format API
1038 - para_pob_ogg is gone
1040 ------------------------------------
1041 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
1042 ------------------------------------
1044 Let's slide gently into the new year.
1046 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
1047 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
1048 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
1049 README and FEATURES for more info.
1050 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
1051 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
1053 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
1054 - improved help message for sl
1055 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
1057 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
1059 -----------------------------------------
1060 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
1061 -----------------------------------------
1063 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
1064 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
1065 enhancements went also in.
1067 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
1068 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
1069 exists, rather than returning errors
1070 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
1071 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
1072 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
1073 no server is running
1074 - si: report also server pid
1075 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
1076 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
1078 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
1079 - many small fixes and cleanups
1081 ---------------------------------------
1082 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
1083 ---------------------------------------
1085 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
1086 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
1087 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
1088 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
1089 compatible in that respect.
1093 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
1094 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
1096 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
1097 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
1098 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
1099 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
1100 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
1101 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
1102 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
1103 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
1105 -------------------------------------------
1106 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
1107 -------------------------------------------
1109 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
1111 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
1112 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
1114 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
1116 -----------------------------------------
1117 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
1118 -----------------------------------------
1121 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
1122 with your favorite mail reader.
1123 - several small fixes
1125 -------------------------------------
1126 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
1127 -------------------------------------
1129 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
1131 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
1132 - modular audio format support
1133 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
1134 - new server option: autoplay
1136 -----------------------------------------
1137 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1138 -----------------------------------------
1140 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1141 and stream large audio sets happily)
1142 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1144 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1145 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1146 file/config option for dbtool.
1147 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1148 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1149 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1150 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1151 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1152 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1153 show silly logo on startup
1154 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1155 manipulating attributes
1156 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1157 - revised and beautified documentation
1158 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1161 ---------------------------------------------
1162 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1163 ---------------------------------------------
1165 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1166 core code considerably.
1167 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1168 give finer info on afs' status.
1169 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1170 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1171 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1172 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1174 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1175 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1178 --------------------
1179 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1180 --------------------
1182 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1183 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1184 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1185 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1186 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1187 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1188 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1189 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1190 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1191 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1192 - many small fixes and cleanups
1198 - easy stream_defs syntax
1199 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1200 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1201 placement and the top/bottom window design
1202 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1203 well as for invalid picture pointers
1204 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1205 - many small fixes and cleanups
1211 - sdl gui runs much faster
1212 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1213 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1214 - new feature: scoring
1215 - command line options for sdl_gui
1216 - simpler syntax of streams file
1217 - decrease network traffic of stat
1219 - many small fixes and cleanups
1225 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1226 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1228 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1230 - log flodding bug fixed
1231 - many small fixes and cleanups
1237 - colors for icc_gui
1238 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1239 - proper locking that fixes some races
1240 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1241 with unsufficient permissions
1242 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1243 - icecast meta data streaming
1244 - many small fixes and cleanups
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