4 ----------------------------------------------
5 0.5.1 (to be announced) "temporary implication"
6 ----------------------------------------------
8 - audiod improvements and fixes.
9 - buffer tree robustness improvements.
11 ----------------------------------------
12 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
13 ----------------------------------------
15 Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding.
17 - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence
18 sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory.
19 - Addblob commands can produce output.
20 - The stat command no longer sends garbage when para_server was
21 compiled against libgcrypt.
22 - Dependencies for gengetopt files are computed automatically.
23 This eliminates a constant source of build bugs.
24 - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only
26 - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program.
27 The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of
28 the various programs of the paraslash package.
29 - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from
30 underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color.
31 - Overhauled web pages and the new logo.
33 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2 (tarball),
34 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
36 --------------------------------------
37 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"
38 --------------------------------------
40 One more 0.4.x release before the API-breaking changes for 0.5.0 go
41 in. The main features of this release are the ogg/opus audio format,
42 and UTF-8 support, but it includes also tons of other improvements
43 and fixes all over the place.
45 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
46 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
47 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
48 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
49 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
50 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
51 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
53 - Improved manual pages.
54 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
55 - Reduced dependencies on generated files result in fewer
56 recompilations on changes.
57 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
58 - Improved downloads web page.
60 -----------------------------------------
61 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
62 -----------------------------------------
63 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
64 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
65 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
67 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
68 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
70 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
71 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
72 in the new "releases" branch.
73 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
74 written to the "build" directory.
75 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
76 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
78 --------------------------------------
79 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
80 --------------------------------------
82 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
83 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
84 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
85 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
86 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
89 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
90 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
91 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
93 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
94 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
95 - Documentation improvements.
96 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
97 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
98 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
99 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
101 ------------------------------------------
102 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
103 ------------------------------------------
105 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
106 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
108 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
109 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
110 removed in the next version.
111 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
112 command in the bottom window.
113 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
114 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
115 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
116 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
118 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
119 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
121 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
123 -------------------------------------
124 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
125 -------------------------------------
127 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
128 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
130 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
131 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
133 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
134 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
135 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
136 full tab completion and command line history.
137 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
138 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
139 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
140 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
141 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
142 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
143 delays on slow media.
144 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
145 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
146 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
148 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
150 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
151 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
154 --------------------------------------
155 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
156 --------------------------------------
158 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
159 are the highlights of this release.
161 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
162 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
163 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
164 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
165 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
167 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
168 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
169 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
170 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
171 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
172 - The *.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
173 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
174 gengetopt to build the tarball.
175 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
176 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
177 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
178 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
179 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
180 - vss timeout cleanups.
181 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
183 --------------------------------------
184 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
185 --------------------------------------
187 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
190 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
191 platforms through the libao audio library.
192 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
193 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
194 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
195 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
196 runs a parallel make if possible.
197 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
198 - Documentation updates.
200 ------------------------------------------
201 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
202 ------------------------------------------
204 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
205 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
207 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
208 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
209 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
211 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
212 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
213 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
214 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
215 to installing the package.
216 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
217 - Scheduler improvements
218 - Proper exit codes for para_write
219 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
220 other improvements and fixes.
221 - aacdec error message cleanups
222 - simplified color error handling
224 --------------------------------------------
225 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
226 --------------------------------------------
228 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
230 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
232 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
233 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
234 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
235 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
236 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
237 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
238 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
240 ------------------------------------------
241 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
242 ------------------------------------------
244 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
247 - Support for the speex codec.
248 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
249 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
251 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
252 para_filter/para_audiod.
253 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
255 ----------------------------------------
256 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
257 ----------------------------------------
259 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
260 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
262 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
263 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
264 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
265 parameters for the DCCP transport.
266 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
267 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
268 and INSTALL documents.
269 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
270 - The new nonblock API.
271 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
272 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
274 ------------------------------------------
275 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
276 ------------------------------------------
278 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
279 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
280 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
281 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
283 - The new buffer tree API.
284 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
285 - UDP robustness fixes.
286 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
287 for the new buffer tree API.
288 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
289 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
290 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
291 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
292 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
294 ---------------------------------------
295 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
296 ---------------------------------------
298 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
299 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
300 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
303 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
304 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
305 - build system improvements.
306 - source code documentation updates.
308 -------------------------------------
309 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
310 -------------------------------------
312 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
313 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
315 - Always check return value of malloc().
316 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
317 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
318 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
319 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
320 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
321 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
322 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
323 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
324 - FEC: Timing improvements.
326 ----------------------------------------------
327 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
328 ----------------------------------------------
330 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
331 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
332 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
333 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
334 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
336 - stronger crypto for client authentication
337 - the database code has been moved to a library
338 - improved status item handling
339 - cleanup of the build system
340 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
341 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
342 - mandatory rc4 encryption
343 - major audio format handler cleanups
344 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
345 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
346 album_matches, year_maches, year.
348 --------------------------------------------
349 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
350 --------------------------------------------
352 Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
353 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
354 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
355 series if no serious problems show up.
357 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
358 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
359 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
360 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
362 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
363 - the new prebuffer filter
364 - improved signal handling
365 - variable fec output buffer size
366 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
367 - --log_color actually works
368 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
369 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
370 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
371 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
373 -----------------------------------------
374 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
375 -----------------------------------------
377 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
378 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
379 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
381 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
382 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
383 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
384 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
385 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
386 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
388 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
389 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
390 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
391 - new audiod option: --config-file.
392 - gengetopt cleanups.
393 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
394 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
395 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
396 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
398 - More source code documentation.
401 --------------------------------------------
402 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
403 --------------------------------------------
405 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
406 amplification filter.
408 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
409 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
410 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
411 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
412 - aac meta info support.
413 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
414 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
415 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
416 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
417 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
418 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
419 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
421 -----------------------------------------
422 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
423 -----------------------------------------
425 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
427 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
428 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
429 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
430 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
432 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
433 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
435 ---------------------------------------
436 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
437 ---------------------------------------
439 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
440 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
443 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
445 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
446 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
447 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
448 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
450 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
451 - Audiod performance improvements.
452 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
453 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
454 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
456 -------------------------------------
457 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
458 -------------------------------------
460 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
463 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
464 for a major release like this.
466 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
467 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
468 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
469 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
471 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
472 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
473 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
475 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
476 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
477 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
478 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
480 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
481 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
482 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
484 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
485 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
486 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
487 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
488 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
489 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
490 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
491 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
492 para_gui is still there.
493 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
494 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
495 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
496 - Improved error subsystem.
497 - The earth-shaking new logo.
499 -----------------------------------------
500 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
501 -----------------------------------------
503 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
504 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
506 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
507 - universal chunk queueing.
508 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
510 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
511 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
513 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
514 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
515 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
516 compiler characteristics.
517 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
518 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
520 --------------------------------------
521 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
522 --------------------------------------
524 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
525 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
526 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
527 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
529 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
530 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
531 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
532 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
533 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
534 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
536 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
537 to start only after a few seconds.
538 - fix osx_writer hangs
539 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
540 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
542 -----------------------------------------
543 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
544 -----------------------------------------
546 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
548 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
549 startup rather than for each connection
550 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
551 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
552 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
553 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
554 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
555 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
556 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
557 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
559 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
560 - documentation improvements
561 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
564 -------------------------------------------
565 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
566 -------------------------------------------
568 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
569 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
570 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
572 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
573 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
574 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
575 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
576 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
577 - some robustness fixes
578 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
579 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
580 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
582 ---------------------------------------
583 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
584 ---------------------------------------
586 A bunch of new features and core changes.
588 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
589 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
590 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
591 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
592 para_recv and para_filter.
593 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
594 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
595 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
596 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
597 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
598 - update to libortp-0.10.1
599 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
600 - update to autoconf-2.60
602 ------------------------------------------
603 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
604 ------------------------------------------
606 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
610 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
611 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
613 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
614 - para_play renamed to para_write
615 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
616 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
617 - compress filter speed improvements
618 - update to libortp-0.9.1
619 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
620 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
621 code for the interactive mode was removed).
622 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
623 work, but it gets no more testing.
624 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
625 reduces its size quite a bit.
626 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
627 and --enable-mysql-libs
629 ------------------------------------
630 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
631 ------------------------------------
633 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
634 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
635 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
636 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
639 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
641 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
642 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
643 more info (and some examples).
644 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
645 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
646 - the new ipc subsystem
647 - new audio file selector: playlist
648 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
649 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
650 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
651 change the selector at runtime.
652 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
655 --------------------------------------
656 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
657 --------------------------------------
659 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
660 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
661 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
662 to the new source documentation.
665 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
666 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
668 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
669 - scrollable output window
670 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
671 - fix color of command output.
672 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
673 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
674 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
676 -------------------------------------------
677 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
678 -------------------------------------------
680 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
681 a lot of small improvements.
683 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
684 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
685 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
686 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
687 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
688 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
689 of the ortp receiver.
690 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
691 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
692 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
693 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
694 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
695 and reduces code size.
697 -----------------------------------------
698 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
699 -----------------------------------------
701 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
703 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
704 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
705 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
706 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
707 read/write operations are used).
708 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
709 certain circumstances.
711 -------------------------------------------
712 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
713 -------------------------------------------
715 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
718 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
719 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
720 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
721 too early on a loaded network.
722 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
723 future time by the --start_time option.
724 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
725 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
726 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
727 only the http receiver in this case.
728 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
729 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
730 - improved ortp timings.
731 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
734 -------------------------------------------
735 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
736 -------------------------------------------
738 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
739 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
741 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
742 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
743 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
744 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
745 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
746 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
747 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
748 rather than calling find(1). The server option
749 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
750 - documentation update
752 - header file cleanup
753 - para_client code cleanup
754 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
756 ------------------------------------------
757 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
758 ------------------------------------------
760 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
761 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
762 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
763 is no longer needed).
765 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
766 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
767 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
768 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
771 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
772 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
773 sender" for more information.
774 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
775 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
777 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
779 - ogg timing improvements
780 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
781 - empty stream definitions work again
782 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
783 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
785 ---------------------------------------
786 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
787 ---------------------------------------
789 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
792 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
793 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
794 for more information.
797 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
798 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
799 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
800 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
802 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
803 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
804 new command line option: --announce_time
806 -----------------------------------------
807 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
808 -----------------------------------------
810 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
812 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
813 (including none) filters for each supported audio
814 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
815 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
816 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
817 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
818 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
819 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
821 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
822 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
823 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
824 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
825 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
826 clients that play the same stream.
828 ------------------------------------------
829 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
830 ------------------------------------------
832 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
833 for the mysql database tool.
835 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
836 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
837 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
839 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
840 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
841 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
843 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
844 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
845 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
848 ---------------------------------------
849 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
850 ---------------------------------------
852 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
853 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
855 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
856 - cleanup of the build system
857 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
858 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
860 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
861 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
863 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
864 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
865 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
866 Default: "para_client pic"
867 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
868 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
870 ------------------------------------------
871 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
872 ------------------------------------------
874 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
875 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
876 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
879 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
880 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
881 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
882 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
883 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
884 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
885 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
887 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
888 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
889 - documentation updates
890 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
891 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
892 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
893 playback time rather than streaming time
894 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
895 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
896 - switch from gzip to bzip2
898 ----------------------------------------
899 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
900 ----------------------------------------
902 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
903 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
904 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
905 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
907 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
908 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
909 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
910 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
911 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
912 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
913 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
915 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
916 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
917 mp3 files with invalid header information
918 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
919 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
922 ---------------------------------------
923 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
924 ---------------------------------------
926 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
927 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
930 - fix several memory leaks
931 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
932 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
933 rename your old database.
934 - rework ogg vorbis code
935 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
937 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
938 - simplified audio format API
939 - para_pob_ogg is gone
941 ------------------------------------
942 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
943 ------------------------------------
945 Let's slide gently into the new year.
947 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
948 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
949 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
950 README and FEATURES for more info.
951 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
952 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
954 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
955 - improved help message for sl
956 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
958 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
960 -----------------------------------------
961 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
962 -----------------------------------------
964 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
965 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
966 enhancements went also in.
968 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
969 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
970 exists, rather than returning errors
971 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
972 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
973 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
975 - si: report also server pid
976 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
977 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
979 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
980 - many small fixes and cleanups
982 ---------------------------------------
983 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
984 ---------------------------------------
986 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
987 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
988 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
989 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
990 compatible in that respect.
994 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
995 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
997 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
998 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
999 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
1000 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
1001 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
1002 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
1003 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
1004 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
1006 -------------------------------------------
1007 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
1008 -------------------------------------------
1010 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
1012 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
1013 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
1015 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
1017 -----------------------------------------
1018 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
1019 -----------------------------------------
1022 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
1023 with your favorite mail reader.
1024 - several small fixes
1026 -------------------------------------
1027 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
1028 -------------------------------------
1030 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
1032 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
1033 - modular audio format support
1034 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
1035 - new server option: autoplay
1037 -----------------------------------------
1038 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1039 -----------------------------------------
1041 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1042 and stream large audio sets happily)
1043 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1045 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1046 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1047 file/config option for dbtool.
1048 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1049 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1050 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1051 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1052 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1053 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1054 show silly logo on startup
1055 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1056 manipulating attributes
1057 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1058 - revised and beautified documentation
1059 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1062 ---------------------------------------------
1063 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1064 ---------------------------------------------
1066 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1067 core code considerably.
1068 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1069 give finer info on afs' status.
1070 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1071 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1072 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1073 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1075 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1076 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1079 --------------------
1080 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1081 --------------------
1083 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1084 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1085 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1086 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1087 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1088 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1089 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1090 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1091 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1092 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1093 - many small fixes and cleanups
1099 - easy stream_defs syntax
1100 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1101 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1102 placement and the top/bottom window design
1103 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1104 well as for invalid picture pointers
1105 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1106 - many small fixes and cleanups
1112 - sdl gui runs much faster
1113 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1114 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1115 - new feature: scoring
1116 - command line options for sdl_gui
1117 - simpler syntax of streams file
1118 - decrease network traffic of stat
1120 - many small fixes and cleanups
1126 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1127 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1129 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1131 - log flodding bug fixed
1132 - many small fixes and cleanups
1138 - colors for icc_gui
1139 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1140 - proper locking that fixes some races
1141 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1142 with unsufficient permissions
1143 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1144 - icecast meta data streaming
1145 - many small fixes and cleanups