1 -------------------------------------------
2 0.4.11 (to be announced "mutual diversity")
3 -------------------------------------------
5 - Documentation improvements.
6 ------------------------------------------
7 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
8 ------------------------------------------
10 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
11 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
13 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
14 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
15 removed in the next version.
16 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
17 command in the bottom window.
18 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
19 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
20 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
21 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
23 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
24 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
26 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
28 -------------------------------------
29 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
30 -------------------------------------
32 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
33 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
35 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
36 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
38 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
39 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
40 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
41 full tab completion and command line history.
42 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
43 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
44 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
45 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
46 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
47 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
49 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
50 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
51 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
53 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
55 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
56 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
59 --------------------------------------
60 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
61 --------------------------------------
63 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
64 are the highlights of this release.
66 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
67 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
68 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
69 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
70 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
72 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
73 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
74 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
75 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
76 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
77 - The *.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
78 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
79 gengetopt to build the tarball.
80 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
81 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
82 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
83 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
84 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
85 - vss timeout cleanups.
86 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
88 --------------------------------------
89 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
90 --------------------------------------
92 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
95 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
96 platforms through the libao audio library.
97 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
98 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
99 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
100 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
101 runs a parallel make if possible.
102 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
103 - Documentation updates.
105 ------------------------------------------
106 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
107 ------------------------------------------
109 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
110 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
112 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
113 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
114 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
116 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
117 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
118 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
119 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
120 to installing the package.
121 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
122 - Scheduler improvements
123 - Proper exit codes for para_write
124 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
125 other improvements and fixes.
126 - aacdec error message cleanups
127 - simplified color error handling
129 --------------------------------------------
130 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
131 --------------------------------------------
133 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
135 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
137 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
138 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
139 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
140 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
141 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
142 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
143 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
145 ------------------------------------------
146 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
147 ------------------------------------------
149 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
152 - Support for the speex codec.
153 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
154 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
156 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
157 para_filter/para_audiod.
158 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
160 ----------------------------------------
161 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
162 ----------------------------------------
164 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
165 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
167 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
168 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
169 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
170 parameters for the DCCP transport.
171 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
172 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
173 and INSTALL documents.
174 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
175 - The new nonblock API.
176 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
177 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
179 ------------------------------------------
180 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
181 ------------------------------------------
183 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
184 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
185 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
186 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
188 - The new buffer tree API.
189 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
190 - UDP robustness fixes.
191 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
192 for the new buffer tree API.
193 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
194 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
195 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
196 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
197 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
199 ---------------------------------------
200 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
201 ---------------------------------------
203 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
204 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
205 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
208 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
209 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
210 - build system improvements.
211 - source code documentation updates.
213 -------------------------------------
214 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
215 -------------------------------------
217 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
218 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
220 - Always check return value of malloc().
221 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
222 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
223 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
224 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
225 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
226 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
227 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
228 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
229 - FEC: Timing improvements.
231 ----------------------------------------------
232 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
233 ----------------------------------------------
235 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
236 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
237 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
238 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
239 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
241 - stronger crypto for client authentication
242 - the database code has been moved to a library
243 - improved status item handling
244 - cleanup of the build system
245 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
246 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
247 - mandatory rc4 encryption
248 - major audio format handler cleanups
249 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
250 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
251 album_matches, year_maches, year.
253 --------------------------------------------
254 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
255 --------------------------------------------
257 Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
258 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
259 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
260 series if no serious problems show up.
262 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
263 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
264 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
265 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
267 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
268 - the new prebuffer filter
269 - improved signal handling
270 - variable fec output buffer size
271 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
272 - --log_color actually works
273 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
274 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
275 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
276 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
278 -----------------------------------------
279 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
280 -----------------------------------------
282 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
283 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
284 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
286 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
287 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
288 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
289 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
290 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
291 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
293 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
294 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
295 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
296 - new audiod option: --config-file.
297 - gengetopt cleanups.
298 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
299 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
300 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
301 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
303 - More source code documentation.
306 --------------------------------------------
307 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
308 --------------------------------------------
310 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
311 amplification filter.
313 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
314 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
315 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
316 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
317 - aac meta info support.
318 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
319 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
320 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
321 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
322 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
323 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
324 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
326 -----------------------------------------
327 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
328 -----------------------------------------
330 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
332 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
333 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
334 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
335 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
337 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
338 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
340 ---------------------------------------
341 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
342 ---------------------------------------
344 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
345 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
348 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
350 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
351 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
352 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
353 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
355 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
356 - Audiod performance improvements.
357 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
358 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
359 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
361 -------------------------------------
362 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
363 -------------------------------------
365 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
368 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
369 for a major release like this.
371 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
372 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
373 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
374 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
376 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
377 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
378 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
380 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
381 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
382 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
383 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
385 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
386 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
387 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
389 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
390 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
391 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
392 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
393 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
394 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
395 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
396 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
397 para_gui is still there.
398 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
399 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
400 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
401 - Improved error subsystem.
402 - The earth-shaking new logo.
404 -----------------------------------------
405 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
406 -----------------------------------------
408 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
409 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
411 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
412 - universal chunk queueing.
413 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
415 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
416 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
418 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
419 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
420 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
421 compiler characteristics.
422 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
423 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
425 --------------------------------------
426 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
427 --------------------------------------
429 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
430 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
431 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
432 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
434 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
435 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
436 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
437 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
438 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
439 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
441 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
442 to start only after a few seconds.
443 - fix osx_writer hangs
444 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
445 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
447 -----------------------------------------
448 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
449 -----------------------------------------
451 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
453 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
454 startup rather than for each connection
455 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
456 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
457 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
458 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
459 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
460 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
461 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
462 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
464 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
465 - documentation improvements
466 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
469 -------------------------------------------
470 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
471 -------------------------------------------
473 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
474 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
475 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
477 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
478 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
479 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
480 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
481 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
482 - some robustness fixes
483 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
484 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
485 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
487 ---------------------------------------
488 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
489 ---------------------------------------
491 A bunch of new features and core changes.
493 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
494 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
495 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
496 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
497 para_recv and para_filter.
498 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
499 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
500 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
501 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
502 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
503 - update to libortp-0.10.1
504 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
505 - update to autoconf-2.60
508 ------------------------------------------
509 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
510 ------------------------------------------
512 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
516 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
517 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
519 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
520 - para_play renamed to para_write
521 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
522 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
523 - compress filter speed improvements
524 - update to libortp-0.9.1
525 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
526 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
527 code for the interactive mode was removed).
528 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
529 work, but it gets no more testing.
530 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
531 reduces its size quite a bit.
532 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
533 and --enable-mysql-libs
535 ------------------------------------
536 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
537 ------------------------------------
539 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
540 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
541 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
542 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
545 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
547 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
548 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
549 more info (and some examples).
550 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
551 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
552 - the new ipc subsystem
553 - new audio file selector: playlist
554 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
555 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
556 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
557 change the selector at runtime.
558 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
562 --------------------------------------
563 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
564 --------------------------------------
566 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
567 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
568 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
569 to the new source documentation.
572 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
573 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
575 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
576 - scrollable output window
577 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
578 - fix color of command output.
579 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
580 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
581 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
584 -------------------------------------------
585 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
586 -------------------------------------------
588 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
589 a lot of small improvements.
591 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
592 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
593 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
594 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
595 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
596 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
597 of the ortp receiver.
598 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
599 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
600 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
601 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
602 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
603 and reduces code size.
606 -----------------------------------------
607 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
608 -----------------------------------------
610 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
612 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
613 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
614 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
615 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
616 read/write operations are used).
617 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
618 certain circumstances.
621 -------------------------------------------
622 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
623 -------------------------------------------
625 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
628 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
629 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
630 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
631 too early on a loaded network.
632 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
633 future time by the --start_time option.
634 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
635 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
636 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
637 only the http receiver in this case.
638 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
639 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
640 - improved ortp timings.
641 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
645 -------------------------------------------
646 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
647 -------------------------------------------
649 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
650 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
652 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
653 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
654 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
655 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
656 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
657 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
658 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
659 rather than calling find(1). The server option
660 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
661 - documentation update
663 - header file cleanup
664 - para_client code cleanup
665 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
668 ------------------------------------------
669 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
670 ------------------------------------------
672 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
673 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
674 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
675 is no longer needed).
677 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
678 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
679 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
680 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
683 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
684 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
685 sender" for more information.
686 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
687 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
689 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
691 - ogg timing improvements
692 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
693 - empty stream definitions work again
694 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
695 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
698 ---------------------------------------
699 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
700 ---------------------------------------
702 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
705 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
706 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
707 for more information.
710 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
711 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
712 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
713 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
715 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
716 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
717 new command line option: --announce_time
720 -----------------------------------------
721 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
722 -----------------------------------------
724 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
726 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
727 (including none) filters for each supported audio
728 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
729 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
730 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
731 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
732 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
733 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
735 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
736 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
737 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
738 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
739 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
740 clients that play the same stream.
743 ------------------------------------------
744 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
745 ------------------------------------------
747 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
748 for the mysql database tool.
750 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
751 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
752 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
754 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
755 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
756 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
758 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
759 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
760 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
764 ---------------------------------------
765 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
766 ---------------------------------------
768 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
769 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
771 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
772 - cleanup of the build system
773 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
774 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
776 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
777 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
779 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
780 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
781 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
782 Default: "para_client pic"
783 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
784 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
788 ------------------------------------------
789 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
790 ------------------------------------------
792 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
793 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
794 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
797 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
798 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
799 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
800 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
801 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
802 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
803 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
805 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
806 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
807 - documentation updates
808 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
809 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
810 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
811 playback time rather than streaming time
812 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
813 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
814 - switch from gzip to bzip2
817 ----------------------------------------
818 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
819 ----------------------------------------
821 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
822 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
823 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
824 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
826 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
827 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
828 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
829 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
830 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
831 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
832 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
834 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
835 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
836 mp3 files with invalid header information
837 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
838 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
842 ---------------------------------------
843 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
844 ---------------------------------------
846 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
847 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
850 - fix several memory leaks
851 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
852 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
853 rename your old database.
854 - rework ogg vorbis code
855 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
857 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
858 - simplified audio format API
859 - para_pob_ogg is gone
861 ------------------------------------
862 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
863 ------------------------------------
865 Let's slide gently into the new year.
867 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
868 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
869 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
870 README and FEATURES for more info.
871 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
872 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
874 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
875 - improved help message for sl
876 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
878 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
880 -----------------------------------------
881 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
882 -----------------------------------------
884 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
885 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
886 enhancements went also in.
888 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
889 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
890 exists, rather than returning errors
891 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
892 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
893 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
895 - si: report also server pid
896 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
897 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
899 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
900 - many small fixes and cleanups
902 ---------------------------------------
903 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
904 ---------------------------------------
906 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
907 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
908 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
909 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
910 compatible in that respect.
914 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
915 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
917 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
918 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
919 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
920 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
921 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
922 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
923 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
924 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
927 -------------------------------------------
928 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
929 -------------------------------------------
931 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
933 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
934 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
936 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
938 -----------------------------------------
939 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
940 -----------------------------------------
943 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
944 with your favorite mail reader.
945 - several small fixes
947 -------------------------------------
948 0.1.0: (2204-10-22) "rotating cortex"
949 -------------------------------------
951 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
953 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
954 - modular audio format support
955 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
956 - new server option: autoplay
958 -----------------------------------------
959 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
960 -----------------------------------------
962 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
963 and stream large audio sets happily)
964 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
966 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
967 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
968 file/config option for dbtool.
969 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
970 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
971 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
972 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
973 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
974 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
975 show silly logo on startup
976 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
977 manipulating attributes
978 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
979 - revised and beautified documentation
980 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
983 ---------------------------------------------
984 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
985 ---------------------------------------------
987 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
988 core code considerably.
989 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
990 give finer info on afs' status.
991 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
992 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
993 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
994 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
996 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
997 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1000 --------------------
1001 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1002 --------------------
1004 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1005 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1006 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1007 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1008 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1009 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1010 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1011 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1012 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1013 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1014 - many small fixes and cleanups
1020 - easy stream_defs syntax
1021 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1022 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1023 placement and the top/bottom window design
1024 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1025 well as for invalid picture pointers
1026 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1027 - many small fixes and cleanups
1033 - sdl gui runs much faster
1034 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1035 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1036 - new feature: scoring
1037 - command line options for sdl_gui
1038 - simpler syntax of streams file
1039 - decrease network traffic of stat
1041 - many small fixes and cleanups
1047 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1048 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1050 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1052 - log flodding bug fixed
1053 - many small fixes and cleanups
1059 - colors for icc_gui
1060 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1061 - proper locking that fixes some races
1062 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1063 with unsufficient permissions
1064 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1065 - icecast meta data streaming
1066 - many small fixes and cleanups