4 -----------------------------------------------
5 0.5.4 (to be announced) "exponential alignment"
6 -----------------------------------------------
8 * Minor cleanups to daemon.c.
10 Download: ./releases/paraslash-git.tar.bz2
12 ---------------------------------------------
13 0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization"
14 ---------------------------------------------
16 Not many new features, but lots of fixes and usability improvements.
18 - para_gui has been converted to use the paraslash scheduler.
19 - Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi.
20 - Many scheduler improvements and cleanups.
21 - The test suite has been extended to include sanity checks
22 for the generated man pages.
23 - ao_writer fixes. This writer was in a quite bad shape. Many
24 serious bugs have been fixed.
25 - new audiod command: version.
26 - Minor improvements to the bitstream API.
27 - The cpsi command now prints a meaningful error message if
28 none of the given patterns matched any audio file.
30 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2 (tarball),
31 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
33 ----------------------------------------
34 0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"
35 ----------------------------------------
37 The new sync filter, the AES_CTR128 stream cipher and the overhauled
38 network code are the highlights of this release. It also includes a
39 fair number of smaller fixes and improvements not mentioned here.
41 - The new sync filter synchronizes playback between multiple
43 - Connections between para_server and para_client are now
44 encrypted by means of AES rather than RC4 if both sides
45 support it. RC4 is still available as a fallback. This
46 feature is fully transparent, i.e. no command line options
47 are necessary, and a client linked against openssl can
48 speak with a server linked against libgcrypt and vice versa.
49 - Major cleanup of the networking subsystem.
50 - Improvements to para_fade: the new set mode, multi-channel
51 initial volumes, better error logging.
52 - The man pages of para_audiod, para_filter, para_recv, and
53 para_write contain the relevant options for receivers, filters,
54 writers. This broke in 0.5.0.
55 - ogg/vorbis latency improvements.
56 - Improved user manual.
57 - Minor fixes to avoid clang warnings.
59 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2 (tarball),
60 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.2.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
62 ------------------------------------------
63 0.5.1 (2013-12-20) "temporary implication"
64 ------------------------------------------
66 Lots of fixes and improvements all over the place, and a major overhaul
69 - Audiod improvements and fixes.
70 - Buffer tree robustness improvements.
71 - Cleanup of the mood subsystem.
72 - Fixes and cleanups for the flac decoder.
73 - Latency improvements for the ogg/opus decoder.
74 - Crypto support is now optional. On systems without
75 openssl/gcrypt, the build succeeds but para_server,
76 para_audiod, para_client won't be built.
77 - The build system now works for cross-compile setups.
78 - The dependency tree has been flattened, which speeds up
79 builds and avoids to recreate the man pages on every change.
80 - The error code helper has been rewritten from perl to C,
81 which further improves build time.
82 - Many small bugs in the build system have been identified
85 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2 (tarball),
86 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.1.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
88 ----------------------------------------
89 0.5.0 (2013-08-23) "invertible validity"
90 ----------------------------------------
92 Some API-breaking changes, one serious bug fix, and a lot of bike-shedding.
94 - The sideband compatibility code has been removed, hence
95 sideband connections (introduced in 0.4.11) are now mandatory.
96 - Addblob commands can produce output.
97 - The stat command no longer sends garbage when para_server was
98 compiled against libgcrypt.
99 - Dependencies for gengetopt files are computed automatically.
100 This eliminates a constant source of build bugs.
101 - The setatt command now accepts file name patterns rather than only
103 - overview.pdf is now based on dia, a simple diagram creation program.
104 The new version is much more detailed and contains descriptions of
105 the various programs of the paraslash package.
106 - The separator of all multi-word options has been changed from
107 underscore to dash. For example --log_color becomes --log-color.
108 - Overhauled web pages and the new logo.
110 Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2 (tarball),
111 ./releases/paraslash-0.5.0.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
113 --------------------------------------
114 0.4.13 (2013-07-29) "spectral gravity"
115 --------------------------------------
117 One more 0.4.x release before the API-breaking changes for 0.5.0 go
118 in. The main features of this release are the ogg/opus audio format,
119 and UTF-8 support, but it includes also tons of other improvements
120 and fixes all over the place.
122 - New audio format: ogg/opus.
123 - UTF8 support for para_gui and the mp3 audio format handler.
124 - Scheduler improvements and fixes.
125 - The obsolete gettimeofday() function has been replaced
126 by clock_gettime() on systems which support it.
127 - Speed and usability improvements for para_gui.
128 - para_client now restores the fd flags of stdin and stdout
130 - Improved manual pages.
131 - Consistent version strings for all executables.
132 - Reduced dependencies on generated files result in fewer
133 recompilations on changes.
134 - Performance improvements for the compress filter.
135 - Improved downloads web page.
137 -----------------------------------------
138 0.4.12 (2012-12-20) "volatile relativity"
139 -----------------------------------------
140 The new command line player, the resample filter, ALSA support for
141 para_fade, and the improved build system are the highlights of this
142 release which probably marks the end of the 0.4.x series.
144 - The afh receiver and the para_play executable.
145 - The resample filter: A sample rate converter based on
147 - The "versions" directory has been removed from the master
148 branch. The tarballs of the old releases are now available
149 in the new "releases" branch.
150 - Overhaul of the build system: All generated files are now
151 written to the "build" directory.
152 - The modular mixer API and the alsa mixer.
153 - Minor fixes for the osx writer.
155 --------------------------------------
156 0.4.11 (2012-07-20) "mutual diversity"
157 --------------------------------------
159 The major feature in this release is the new sideband API for
160 client-server communication. This API will be used exclusively starting
161 with 0.5.0, which breaks backward compatibility but allows to get rid
162 of quite some compatibility code. Other noteworthy changes include
163 decoder latency improvements and a long-standing bug fix for the
166 - Sideband connections: If both para_server and para_client
167 support this feature, data is sent as a multiplexed stream.
168 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
170 - Several fixes and latency improvements to various decoders.
171 - The ALSA writer now limits the prebuffer time to 500ms.
172 - Documentation improvements.
173 - Overhaul of the command_util.sh script.
174 - Fixes for some minor problems found by the clang analyzer.
175 - Compiles (almost) without warnings on gcc-3.
176 - Robustness improvements of the buffer tree code.
178 ------------------------------------------
179 0.4.10 (2012-03-30) "heterogeneous vacuum"
180 ------------------------------------------
182 Nothing earth-shaking in this release, but quite a few usability
183 improvements and the usual mix of cleanups and fixes.
185 - The --no_default_filters option of para_filter has been
186 deprecated. It still works but has no effect and will be
187 removed in the next version.
188 - para_gui now prints also the stderr output of the executing
189 command in the bottom window.
190 - Cleanup and consolidation of the various wrappers for
191 write(), writev(), send() and friends.
192 - The obscure error messages on mmap() failures have been
193 replaced by meaningful messages. This affects mainly
195 - para_audioc: Cleanups and memory leak fixes.
196 - Test 0004-server no longer fails if para_server is not
198 - New configure options: --with-id3tag-{headers,libs}.
200 -------------------------------------
201 0.4.9 (2011-12-06) "hybrid causality"
202 -------------------------------------
204 Support for another audio format, interactive mode for para_client
205 and para_audiod and many small improvements/fixes all over the place.
207 - Support for flac, the free lossless audio codec.
208 - Fix for an endless loop in the mp3 decoder for certain
210 - When executed without specifying a command, para_client
211 and para_audioc start an interactive shell (requires
212 libreadline being installed). The interactive mode offers
213 full tab completion and command line history.
214 - autogen.sh now detects a distcc setup and adjusts the
215 parameter for the -j option of make accordingly.
216 - Shared memory areas are no longer restricted to 64K. We now
217 detect the maximal size of a shared memory area at runtime.
218 - cleanup of the internal uptime API.
219 - para_server prefaults the mmapped audio file to avoid
220 delays on slow media.
221 - A new test for the test-suite that exercises the
222 communication between para_server and para_audiod.
223 - The alsa writer eats up less CPU cycles when configured to
225 - Simplified and unified receiver code.
227 - Commands which print a list of matching audio files now
228 emit a meaningful error message if no audio file matched the
231 --------------------------------------
232 0.4.8 (2011-08-19) "nested assignment"
233 --------------------------------------
235 Gcrypt support, the overhauled osx writer and regex format specifiers
236 are the highlights of this release.
238 - support for libgcrypt as a drop-in replacement for openssl.
239 Run configure --enable-cryptolib=gcrypt to link against
240 libgcrypt. The two crypto implementations are compatible to
241 each other, i.e. a para_client executable linked against
242 gcrypt can connect to para_server linked against libssl
244 - Rewrite of the osx writer (output plugin for Mac OS).
245 - audiod: The format specifier for receivers, filters and
246 writers is now treated as a regular expression. This allows
247 to replace 5 lines in the config file (one for each audio
248 format) by one single line. See the manual for details.
249 - The *.cmdline.[ch] files are no longer contained in the released
250 tarballs. This reduces the size of the tarballs but requires
251 gengetopt to build the tarball.
252 - Compiles cleanly also with llvm/clang.
253 - Corrupt mp3 files are handled more gracefully.
254 - The alsa writer uses poll fds instead of computing timeouts.
255 - Cleanup of the generic writer API.
256 - sched: Optimized zero timeouts.
257 - vss timeout cleanups.
258 - oggdec fixes and improvements.
260 --------------------------------------
261 0.4.7 (2011-06-01) "infinite rollback"
262 --------------------------------------
264 The new ao writer, support for ssh RSA keys and a couple of other
267 - Support for ESD, Pulseaudio, AIX, Solaris, IRIX and other
268 platforms through the libao audio library.
269 - Support for RSA keys generated with ssh-keygen.
270 - configure: improved options for ogg/vorbis/speex.
271 - The git version reported by --version always matches HEAD.
272 - The autogen script detects the number of processors and
273 runs a parallel make if possible.
274 - Major cleanup of the crypto API.
275 - Documentation updates.
277 ------------------------------------------
278 0.4.6 (2011-03-31) "deterministic entropy"
279 ------------------------------------------
281 Lots of ogg/vorbis improvements, the new test suite, enhancements
282 for para_gui and a fair amount of other bug fixes.
284 - For DCCP/OGG streams the audio file header is only sent once
285 at the beginning of the stream rather than periodically
286 every five seconds. This reduces network traffic and the
288 - The vorbis comment header is replaced by an empty dummy header
289 before the header is sent over the network. This also results in
290 less network traffic and smaller FEC groups.
291 - The new "test" make target allows to perform some sanity checks prior
292 to installing the package.
293 - ogg timing fixes and performance improvements
294 - Scheduler improvements
295 - Proper exit codes for para_write
296 - para_gui: New option --theme to select a startup theme. Several
297 other improvements and fixes.
298 - aacdec error message cleanups
299 - simplified color error handling
301 --------------------------------------------
302 0.4.5 (2010-12-17) "symmetric randomization"
303 --------------------------------------------
305 Bug fixes, internal cleanups and variable-sized FEC slices.
307 - Contains a fix for an invalid-free-bug in the ogg audio format
309 - Switching off the DCCP sender works again.
310 - para_audiod handles crashes of para_server more robustly.
311 - Internal scheduler and writer cleanups.
312 - Reduced latency due to variable-sized FEC slices.
313 - Improved documentation and error diagnostics.
314 - The build of para_server is now optional, allowing the build
315 to succeed in case libosl is not installed.
317 ------------------------------------------
318 0.4.4 (2010-08-06) "persistent regularity"
319 ------------------------------------------
321 Support for yet another audio format, para_write improvements and
324 - Support for the speex codec.
325 - Support for sample formats other than 16 bit little endian.
326 - error2.h is now created by a perl script which speeds up configure
328 - Fix a bug in the aac decoder which could lead to segfaults in
329 para_filter/para_audiod.
330 - Fixes for autoconf-2.66.
332 ----------------------------------------
333 0.4.3 (2010-07-05) "imaginary radiation"
334 ----------------------------------------
336 Many improvements for the DCCP and the UDP transport, the new user
337 manual and the usual mix of bug fixes and internal improvements.
339 - FEC support for the DCCP sender (Gerrit Renker). The new
340 --dccp_max_slice_size, --dccp_data_slices_per_group and
341 --dccp_slices_per_group options can be used to set the FEC
342 parameters for the DCCP transport.
343 - DNS lookups for UDP targets (Gerrit Renker).
344 - The new user manual replaces the README, README.afs, REQUIREMENTS
345 and INSTALL documents.
346 - Fix an end-of-file detection bug in the oggdec filter.
347 - The new nonblock API.
348 - Both options of the oggdec filter have been removed.
349 - New debug mode for the internal scheduler.
351 ------------------------------------------
352 0.4.2 (2010-04-23) "associative expansion"
353 ------------------------------------------
355 It's been some time since the last release, but finally here is
356 paraslash-0.4.2. The bulk of the changes comes from the new buffer
357 tree API, but there are changes all over the tree. Mainly performance
358 and usability improvements, but also quite some bug fixes.
360 - The new buffer tree API.
361 - DCCP: Support for CCID negotiation (Gerrit Renker).
362 - UDP robustness fixes.
363 - The --bufsize option for mp3dec is gone as it no longer makes sense
364 for the new buffer tree API.
365 - Fix audible buffer underruns for wma streams.
366 - The alsa writer no longer prints meaningless underrun durations.
367 - audiod: Defaults work also for udp streams. If no filter is
368 given for an audio format that is received via upd, fecdec is
369 automatically added as the first filter (along with the decoder).
371 ---------------------------------------
372 0.4.1 (2009-12-22) "concurrent horizon"
373 ---------------------------------------
375 Support for another audio format, minor feature enhancements and lots of bug
376 fixes. All fixes that have been accumulated in the maint branch (in particular
377 those mentionened in the 0.3.6 release notes) appear in this release as well.
380 - new afh option: --human to activate human-readable output.
381 - new server/audiod option: --log-timing to print timing information.
382 - build system improvements.
383 - source code documentation updates.
385 -------------------------------------
386 0.3.6 (2009-12-07) "cubic continuity"
387 -------------------------------------
389 Quite a few bugs have been found and fixed since 0.3.5, so here's
390 another 0.3.x release. No new features.
392 - Always check return value of malloc().
393 - ogg vorbis/FEC: Do not write garbage after the audio file header.
394 - exit if root privileges could not be dropped.
395 - FEC: Fix computation of extra slices.
396 - oss: Fix check for empty input buffer.
397 - Avoid buffer underruns due to filter chain output buffer constraints.
398 - server: Fix assignment of afs_pid.
399 - Don't panic if the afs database contains unknown audio formats.
400 - http/dccp: Do not send the audio file header twice.
401 - FEC: Timing improvements.
403 ----------------------------------------------
404 0.4.0 (2009-11-10) "simultaneous independence"
405 ----------------------------------------------
407 Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
408 improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
409 has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
410 to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
411 provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
413 - stronger crypto for client authentication
414 - the database code has been moved to a library
415 - improved status item handling
416 - cleanup of the build system
417 - The "-V" option now also prints the git version
418 - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
419 - mandatory rc4 encryption
420 - major audio format handler cleanups
421 - (id3,...) tags are no longer stored as a combined string in the database
422 - new mood methods: artist_matches, title_matches, comment_matches,
423 album_matches, year_maches, year.
425 --------------------------------------------
426 0.3.5 (2009-09-21) "symplectic separability"
427 --------------------------------------------
429 Full client support for *BSD Unixes, complete re-write of the ogg
430 vorbis audio format handler, various improvements all over the place
431 and the usual mix of bugfixes. This release marks the end of the 0.3
432 series if no serious problems show up.
434 - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
435 - rewrite of the ogg vorbis audio format handler. It's
436 recommended to replace the chunk tables of existing ogg
437 vorbis files in the afs database by re-adding these files
439 - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
440 - the new prebuffer filter
441 - improved signal handling
442 - variable fec output buffer size
443 - improved FEC timing fixes audible buffer underruns in UDP mode
444 - --log_color actually works
445 - new ls option: -d (print dates as seconds after the epoch)
446 - update to gengetopt 2.22.2
447 - support for RSA keys of size > 512 bits
448 - new option "mixer_channel" for para_fade
450 -----------------------------------------
451 0.3.4 (2009-05-07) "elliptic inheritance"
452 -----------------------------------------
454 The new udp sender, forward error correction, colored logs and various
455 other improvements. As the udp sender does not depend on any special
456 libraries, it is built unconditionally.
458 - The udp sender replaces the ortp sender. The new code uses forward
459 error correction to protect against packet losses. Many thanks to
460 Gerrit Renker for providing ipv6 support.
461 - The default port for udp streaming now defaults to 8000, like
462 for the http and the dccp senders/receivers.
463 - Loglevels are now specified as symbolic names, e.g.
465 - improved ipv4 and ipv6 URI parser (Gerrit Renker).
466 - para_server/para_audiod: Color support for log messages.
467 - new options for mp3dec: --ignore-crc, --bufsize
468 - new audiod option: --config-file.
469 - gengetopt cleanups.
470 - Improved help/man pages: The documentation of para_audiod,
471 para_recv, para_filter and para_write now also contains
472 all options of the available receivers/filters/writers. The
473 man page of para_fade contains a description of the different
475 - More source code documentation.
478 --------------------------------------------
479 0.3.3 (2008-12-01) "axiomatic perspectivity"
480 --------------------------------------------
482 Internal code cleanups, bug fixes, improved tag handling and the new
483 amplification filter.
485 - para_server uses the generic scheduling code.
486 - overhaul of the virtual streaming system.
487 - mp3: id3 version 2 support via libid3tag (optional)
488 - ogg: vorbis comment support.
489 - aac meta info support.
490 - mp3 audio format handler cleanups.
491 - new filter: "amp" to amplify the amplitude of the audio stream
492 - new status item/database entry: amplification. It is
493 used by the amp filter to pre-amplify the audio stream.
494 - fix a close-without-open bug in para_write.
495 - fix a bug in com_init() which was introduced in 0.3.2.
496 - better error diagnostics for para_client.
498 -----------------------------------------
499 0.3.2 (2008-04-11) "probabilistic parity"
500 -----------------------------------------
502 The new para_afh executable, scheduling and documentation improvements.
504 - new ls option: -lc (list chunk table)
505 - new executable: para_afh, the stand-alone audio file handler tool
506 - afs commands can send output more than SHMMAX (32MB on Linux). This
507 also reduces the memory usage of commands that produce large amounts
509 - major scheduler and audiod cleanups.
510 - more detailed and much nicer man pages.
512 ---------------------------------------
513 0.3.1 (2008-02-23) "liquid interaction"
514 ---------------------------------------
516 A mix of cleanups, bug fixes, improvements, and some new features. No
517 significant changes to the new database (osl) code, which is generally
520 - Share some similar/duplicate code between the http and the
522 - Generic access control lists for paraslash senders.
523 - dccp sender: Access control lists, connection limiting and support
524 for the allow,deny,on,off,help sender commands.
525 - The default dccp port changed from 5001 to 8000 (suggested by
527 - para_server starts even if not all public keys could be loaded.
528 - Audiod performance improvements.
529 - fix a bug in the "off" command of the http sender.
530 - fix some fd and memory leaks.
531 - Update to gengetopt-2.22.
533 -------------------------------------
534 0.3.0 (2008-01-12) "solar saturation"
535 -------------------------------------
537 paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
540 Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
541 for a major release like this.
543 However, paraslash-0.3.0.tar.bz2 is the smallest paraslash tarball
544 ever. The decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some
545 graphical tools (which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the
546 fact that the mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
548 Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
549 now contains its own database (the object storage layer, osl) increases
550 the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
552 - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
553 - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
554 storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
555 - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
557 - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
558 - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
559 MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
561 - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
562 the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
563 - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
564 - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
565 0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
566 powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
567 - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
568 been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
569 para_gui is still there.
570 - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
571 - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
572 mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
573 - Improved error subsystem.
574 - The earth-shaking new logo.
576 -----------------------------------------
577 0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
578 -----------------------------------------
580 Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
581 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
583 - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
584 - universal chunk queueing.
585 - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
587 - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
588 - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
590 - update to gengetopt-2.21.
591 - update to ortp-0.13.1.
592 - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
593 compiler characteristics.
594 - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
595 - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
597 --------------------------------------
598 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"
599 --------------------------------------
601 The main change in this release is the major audio format handler
602 cleanup which removes some similar/duplicate code and makes it easier
603 to implement plugins for other audio formats. Of course, the usual mix
604 of other improvements/changes/bugfixes also made it into the release.
606 - simplified audio format handlers (most of the handling functions
607 were moved one layer up to the virtual streaming system).
608 - para_server uses mmap to read audio files
609 - repositioning of mp3 streams is much faster, in particular for
610 jumping near the end of large mp3 files.
611 - permission flags DB_READ,DB_WRITE have been renamed to AFS_READ
613 - fix a bug in para_filter that caused decoding of aac files
614 to start only after a few seconds.
615 - fix osx_writer hangs
616 - simplified dccp code (thanks to Gerrit Renker)
617 - the compress filter works also on big endian systems (ppc)
619 -----------------------------------------
620 0.2.15 (2007-02-16) "inductive resonance"
621 -----------------------------------------
623 Minor improvements, more documentation and a bunch of bug fixes.
625 - para_server: The server.users file is only read once on server
626 startup rather than for each connection
627 - mp3dec: Fix decoding of corrupt mp3 files
628 - afs (audio file sender) is now called vss (virtual streaming
629 system). Consequently, the permission flags specified in
630 ~/.paraslash/server.users have also changed: AFS_READ and AFS_WRITE
631 become VSS_READ and VSS_WRITE respectively.
632 - para_audiod/para_filter: Fix a bug that caused the last chunk
633 of audio data not being written under certain circumstances
634 - audiod: compute the difference of server time and local time
636 - para_server/para_audiod: Fix some memory leaks
637 - documentation improvements
638 - configure.ac: fix checks for para_krell
641 -------------------------------------------
642 0.2.14 (2006-10-15) "transient singularity"
643 -------------------------------------------
645 The only major enhancement of this version is the osx writer which completes
646 the Mac OS Port and was originally planned already for 0.2.13 but had to wait
647 until now for reasons beyond the scope of this changelog entry.
649 - new output plugin for Mac Os: the osx writer
650 - rename configure command line options from --enable-xxx-headers to
651 --with-xxx-headers and --enable-xxx-libs to --with-xxx-libs
652 - configure: new command line options: --with-mad-headers,
653 --with-mad-libs, --with-oggvorbis-headers, and --with-oggvorbis-libs
654 - some robustness fixes
655 - dymamic audio format recognition for audiod
656 - para_server: new command line option: --autoplay_delay
657 - para_audiod: new command line option: --clock_diff_count
659 ---------------------------------------
660 0.2.13 (2006-07-14) "sonic convolution"
661 ---------------------------------------
663 A bunch of new features and core changes.
665 - the new paraslash scheduler, short and sweet.
666 - Support for m4a/mp4 files via the new aac audio format
667 handler/filter (requires libfaad).
668 - each writer has its own command line parser, just like
669 para_recv and para_filter.
670 - para_client and para_audioc use the error subsystem
671 - writers are integrated in para_audiod (currently linux-only)
672 - para_client is integrated in para_audiod
673 - random/playlist selector: improved info strings
674 - new audiod commands: tasks, kill
675 - update to libortp-0.10.1
676 - para_fade: wake time defaults to 8 hours from now
677 - update to autoconf-2.60
679 ------------------------------------------
680 0.2.12 (2006-05-12) "oriented abstraction"
681 ------------------------------------------
683 Many user-visible changes in this release and lots of new
687 - the new optional dccp sender/receiver. It uses the datagram
688 congestion control protocol. You'll need a fairly new kernel
690 - paraslash works on Mac OS X (thanks to Gerd Becker)
691 - para_play renamed to para_write
692 - modular output plugin design (writers) for para_write
693 - new file_writer output plugin for para_write
694 - compress filter speed improvements
695 - update to libortp-0.9.1
696 - update to gengetopt-2.17rc
697 - para_client no longer depends on libreadline (as the
698 code for the interactive mode was removed).
699 - gcc-2-95 is no longer a supported compiler. It may still
700 work, but it gets no more testing.
701 - the tarball no longer contains the screenshot images which
702 reduces its size quite a bit.
703 - configure: new command line options: --enable-mysql-headers
704 and --enable-mysql-libs
706 ------------------------------------
707 0.2.11 (2006-03-11) "atomic duality"
708 ------------------------------------
710 Here it is, the first paraslash release developed with git. There
711 are fairly many user-visible changes in this release. As two out of
712 the three "database tools" of paraslash don't use a database at all,
713 they are now called "audio file selectors" instead.
716 - the cdt command (change database tool) becomes chs (change
718 - no more colon separators: The syntax of some options of
719 para_audiod and para_filter have changed. Use --help for
720 more info (and some examples).
721 - update to gengetopt-2.16 (thanks to Lorenzo Bettini)
722 - switch from cvs to git (should've done that earlier)
723 - the new ipc subsystem
724 - new audio file selector: playlist
725 - para_server: the dopey selector is now called "random",
726 and is the default selector. Use the --selector option to
727 choose another selector at startup, or the chs command to
728 change the selector at runtime.
729 - X86_64 fixes (thanks to Steffen Klassert)
732 --------------------------------------
733 0.2.10 (2006-02-17) "cyclic attractor"
734 --------------------------------------
736 Huge documentation update, a scrollable window for para_gui, ortp
737 improvements, and of course many small fixes not mentioned here.
738 The diffstat below is rather misleading as most insertions are due
739 to the new source documentation.
742 - para_server also uses the new error subsystem
743 - lots of new documentation (UTSL)
745 - keysyms for cursor keys and for next/previous page keys
746 - scrollable output window
747 - new internal commands: scroll up/down, page up/down
748 - fix color of command output.
749 - ortp: the --chunk_time and --header flags are no longer needed
750 for para_recv/para_audiod as this information is now encoded in
751 each rtp packet sent by para_server.
753 -------------------------------------------
754 0.2.9 (2006-01-24) "progressive turbulence"
755 -------------------------------------------
757 Internal audiod receivers/filters, the new error subsystem and
758 a lot of small improvements.
760 - para_recv and para_filter are integrated into the para_audiod
761 binary, i.e. audiod no longer spawns a new process for
762 each receiver/filter. As para_recv and para_filter might be
763 useful as standalone programs, they still get built (linked
764 against the same object files that are also used for audiod).
765 - further ortp timing improvements should reduce the CPU usage
766 of the ortp receiver.
767 - improved audio grabbing. The 'grab' command of para_audiod
768 has its own set of command line options. Read the output of
769 "para_audioc help grab" for more info.
770 - oggdec: configurable input prebuffer size.
771 - the new error subsystem gives better error diagnostics
772 and reduces code size.
774 -----------------------------------------
775 0.2.8 (2006-01-02) "dynamic accumulation"
776 -----------------------------------------
778 The new modular filter design and the para_play-hangs bugfix.
780 - new executable: para_filter. It combines para_mp3dec,
781 para_oggdec and para_compress. It also adds a further filter
782 type, wav, that just inserts a wave header at the desired point
783 of the filter chain. All 'piping' is done in-memory (i.e. no
784 read/write operations are used).
785 - para_play: fix a stupid bug that caused it to hang under
786 certain circumstances.
788 -------------------------------------------
789 0.2.7 (2006-12-27) "transparent invariance"
790 -------------------------------------------
792 Not many user-visible changes but a fair amount of internal improvements.
795 - The http sender buffers data if it can not be sent
796 out immediately (because the socket is not writable). This
797 should prevent para_server from shutting down the connection
798 too early on a loaded network.
799 - para_play also prebuffers data if it is told to start at a
800 future time by the --start_time option.
801 - The return of para_recv: It combines para_ortp_recv and
802 para_http_recv. Use the --receiver option to switch between
803 the two. para_recv builds without libortp, but contains
804 only the http receiver in this case.
805 - update to ortp 0.8.1. As this ortp release contains incompatible
806 changes, para_recv-0.2.7 won't link against older ortp libs.
807 - improved ortp timings.
808 - use of gcc-extensions that #define away for non-gcc and
811 -------------------------------------------
812 0.2.6 (2005-10-29) "recursive compensation"
813 -------------------------------------------
815 Transparent session encryption (uses openssl's Alleged RC4 cipher),
816 the internal find command and several other improvements and cleanups.
818 - Encrypt the session if encryption is requested by the client
819 (default for para_client 0.2.6). This is backwards
820 compatible, so older clients can still connect to para_server
821 0.2.6. Use the new client option --plain to request an
822 uncrypted session (off by default, must be set to on in
823 order to connect to para_server 0.2.x with 0 <= x <= 5).
824 - para_server uses an internal function to locate audio files
825 rather than calling find(1). The server option
826 --mysql_audio_file_dir replaces --mysql_find_cmd.
827 - documentation update
829 - header file cleanup
830 - para_client code cleanup
831 - para_gui: faster display of output of display commands
833 ------------------------------------------
834 0.2.5 (2005-10-13) "aggressive resolution"
835 ------------------------------------------
837 This release adds internal senders, i.e. no more external programs are
838 spawned for sending out the audio data. There are two different senders
839 available: The http sender and the ortp sender (former para_send which
840 is no longer needed).
842 The new sender code has a plugin-like design so it can be easily
843 extended should there be be any future need for supporting another
844 network streaming protocol. All senders are completely independent of
845 each other. In particular, the http and the ortp sender can operate
848 - new server command: sender to control senders at runtime.
849 Read the output of "para_server -h" and "para_client help
850 sender" for more information.
851 - para_recv renamed to para_ortp_recv
852 - new executable: para_http_recv, a simple command line
854 - major afs/mp3/ogg code simplifications due to internal
856 - ogg timing improvements
857 - fix several minor memory leaks (found by valgrind)
858 - empty stream definitions work again
859 - com_ne(): ignore errors on remove
860 - audiod: fix segfault on server restart
862 ---------------------------------------
863 0.2.4 (2005-09-21) "toxic anticipation"
864 ---------------------------------------
866 Several small improvements, fixes and the new grab command.
869 - new command: "grab" to grab the output of the stream reader
870 or any filters. Read the output of "para_audioc help grab"
871 for more information.
874 - audioc: new command line option: --bufsize to specify a
875 buffer size different from the default size 8192.
876 - improved error diagnostics for para_play.
877 - new configure option: --enable-ssldir so search for openssl in
879 - sdl_gui: Make it look nice again for 1024x768
880 - server: report total size of memory allocated with sbrk by malloc,
881 new command line option: --announce_time
883 -----------------------------------------
884 0.2.3 (2005-09-01) "hydrophilic movement"
885 -----------------------------------------
887 Two new executables and major feature enhancements.
889 - audiod filters: It is now possible to specify arbitrary many
890 (including none) filters for each supported audio
891 format. This can be used e.g. for normalizing volume,
892 transforming or grabbing the audio stream, or for using
893 visualizers. Read the output of "para_audiod -h" for the
894 syntax of the new --filter_cmd option.
895 - new executable: para_play, a tiny alsa player. It
896 can play wave files or raw pcm (16 bit little endian)
898 - new executable: para_compress, a dynamic range compressor
899 intended to keep audio output at a consistent volume. Derived
900 from AudioCompress, http://trikuare.cx/code/AudioCompress.html.
901 - audiod: New option: --stream_delay. This can be used in
902 a local network to syncronize the audio output of all
903 clients that play the same stream.
905 ------------------------------------------
906 0.2.2 (2005-08-19) "tangential excitation"
907 ------------------------------------------
909 Mostly internal changes in this release, but also some new commands
910 for the mysql database tool.
912 - cleanup exec.c, fix para_exec bug
913 - compile time loglevel (log messages below the given level
914 won't be compiled in, which reduces the size of the
916 - new log macros that shorten the size of the source code.
917 - workaround a gcc-4.1 bug (?) that caused send_cred_buffer()
918 to send only zeros. With this workaround, para_audioc works
920 - avoid gcc-4 warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'clog'
921 - new mysql commands: "rm" (remove entry), "mv" (rename entry) "ne"
922 (new entry), "snp" (set numplayed). Read the manual for more
925 ---------------------------------------
926 0.2.1 (2005-08-15) "surreal experience"
927 ---------------------------------------
929 Here comes paraslash-0.2.1. It contains a couple of new features and,
930 surprise, only minor bug fixes.
932 - kill noisy mp3 debug message
933 - cleanup of the build system
934 - para_server and para_client directly use the crypto routines
935 of the openssl library rather than invoking the openssl command
937 - server/audiod: new option --user to switch to the given user
938 when invoked as root. Read the output of "para_server -h" for
940 - gui/sdl_gui: new option --stat_cmd to be used to retrieve the
941 status. Default: "para_audioc stat"
942 - sdl_gui: new option --pic_cmd to be used to download the picture.
943 Default: "para_client pic"
944 - audiod: 5 slots ought to be enough for everybody
945 - audiod: new status item: Uptime, kill hup command
947 ------------------------------------------
948 0.2.0 (2005-08-06) "distributed diffusion"
949 ------------------------------------------
951 After several month of increased development activity, paraslash-0.2.0
952 has arrived. It contains many new features and is much more
953 self-contained than the old 0.1.x series. Enjoy!
956 - para_server: fix hang on song change and crash on sighup.
957 Speed up mysql queries. The DIR_LIKE macro is gone.
958 - new executables: para_audiod, the local audio daemon that
959 starts playback (uses SCM_CREDENTIALS socket magic) and
960 para_audioc, the corresponding client.
961 - new executables: para_mp3dec/para_oggdec, two really teensy
962 decoders. para_mp3dec is based on libmad, para_oggdec requires
964 - ovsend/ovrecv are capable of streaming ogg as well as mp3, so
965 they are now called para_send and para_recv respectively.
966 - documentation updates
967 - para_gui is themable. For now there is the default theme that
968 looks as before and the simple theme: blue and easy.
969 - gui: audio streaming is now handled by audiod. Time display shows
970 playback time rather than streaming time
971 - slider: update to libzmw-0.2.0
972 - para_krell: fix crash on server shutdown
973 - switch from gzip to bzip2
975 ----------------------------------------
976 0.1.7 (2005-04-18) "melting penetration"
977 ----------------------------------------
979 The main change in this release is clearly the oggvorbis rewrite,
980 but there are also lots of smaller changes. If you intend to use both
981 the mp3 and the ogg plugin, it is recommended to use software mixing,
982 e.g. the dmix plugin which is provided by ALSA.
984 - new executables: para_ovsend and para_ovrecv for sending/receiving
985 oggvorbis files via rtp. Requires the open rtp library. Get it at
986 http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
987 - rewrite of the ogg_vorbis core code
988 - configure detects libzmw and, if detected, includes
989 para_slider to the list of binaries to be built by make
990 - server stream writers read from their associated fifo rather
992 - slider: two new sliders, lastplayed and numplayed
993 - fix nasty double free bug which caused random segfaults in case of
994 mp3 files with invalid header information
995 - gui: new command line option: --stream_timeout=seconds to
996 deactivate a slot if it is idle for that many seconds (default=`5')
999 ---------------------------------------
1000 0.1.6 (2005-03-05) "asymptotic balance"
1001 ---------------------------------------
1003 Only little user-visible changes in this release. Mainly bugfixes and
1004 core code cleanup. This is probably the most stable version ever if you
1007 - fix several memory leaks
1008 - rename default name of mysql database from "music" to "paraslash".
1009 Use para_server's --mysql_database option if you do not want to
1010 rename your old database.
1011 - rework ogg vorbis code
1012 - make update command work on mysql servers with LOCAL_INFILE
1014 - gui: improved stream I/O (slots)
1015 - simplified audio format API
1016 - para_pob_ogg is gone
1018 ------------------------------------
1019 0.1.5 (2004-12-31) "opaque eternity"
1020 ------------------------------------
1022 Let's slide gently into the new year.
1024 - new: para_slider (not built automatically, type "make
1025 para_slider" to build). A toy for those who always felt that
1026 creating stream definitions is difficult. See screenshots,
1027 README and FEATURES for more info.
1028 - improved signal handling. Fixes server segfault on SIGHUP
1029 for linux kernels newer than Aug 24 2004 and makes para_gui
1031 - reload database tool on SIGHUP
1032 - improved help message for sl
1033 - do not log "broken pipe" messages as errors. They are
1035 - fix wrong error message on permission errors
1037 -----------------------------------------
1038 0.1.4 (2004-12-19) "tunneling transition"
1039 -----------------------------------------
1041 Bugfix release. As expected, 0.1.3 introduced a bunch of new bugs.
1042 Hopefully, most of them got wiped out with this release. Some
1043 enhancements went also in.
1045 - improved error diagnostics for all commands
1046 - stradd/picadd: overwrite previous contents if entry already
1047 exists, rather than returning errors
1048 - stradd: use current stream if invoked without args
1049 - faster (and hopefully more stable) ogg-vorbis handling
1050 - para_krell: reap children to avoid zombie-flooding in case
1051 no server is running
1052 - si: report also server pid
1053 - server: don't busy-loop if dbtool reports only invalid files.
1054 - gui: CTRL+C works again, fix stream_read command line option
1056 - fix mysql dbtool startup in case no database exists
1057 - many small fixes and cleanups
1059 ---------------------------------------
1060 0.1.3: (2004-12-10) "vanishing inertia"
1061 ---------------------------------------
1063 Starting from this release, the database tools are integrated in the
1064 server binary. This decreases server startup time, reduces code size
1065 and speeds up database commands. However, the layout of the underlying
1066 mysql database changed only slightly and 0.1.3 should be backwards
1067 compatible in that respect.
1071 - If mysql is not detected at compile time, or fails to init
1072 at runtime, fall back to the dopey database tool which should
1074 - para_dbtool and dbtool.conf are gone. All mysql specific
1075 options are read from server.conf and are prefixed by 'mysql_'.
1076 - new command: cdt (change database tool)
1077 - new command line option: dbtool (choose startup database tool)
1078 - The name of current stream is now stored in the database,
1079 so paraslash remembers its current stream when restarted.
1080 - new command: csp (change stream and play)
1081 - para_gui also reports current database tool and server uptime
1083 -------------------------------------------
1084 0.1.2: (2004-11-28) "spherical fluctuation"
1085 -------------------------------------------
1087 Point release before the big dbtool changes go in.
1089 - dbtool: rename ca to cam (copy all meta data). It now also
1090 copies numplayed and lastplayed time as well as the picture
1092 - fix endless-loop-bug caused by mp3 files with invalid header
1094 -----------------------------------------
1095 0.1.1: (2004-11-05) "floating atmosphere"
1096 -----------------------------------------
1099 - new dbtool command: mbox. Browse your sound-file collection
1100 with your favorite mail reader.
1101 - several small fixes
1103 -------------------------------------
1104 0.1.0: (2004-10-22) "rotating cortex"
1105 -------------------------------------
1107 - fix logging bug for loglevel > VERBOSE
1109 - correct timings for vbr mp3s
1110 - modular audio format support
1111 - ogg-vorbis support (experimental)
1112 - new server option: autoplay
1114 -----------------------------------------
1115 0.0.99: (2004-07-25) "harmonic deviation"
1116 -----------------------------------------
1118 - rename projectname from icc to paraslash (play, archive, rate
1119 and stream large audio sets happily)
1120 - paraslash is no longer restricted to one particular audio
1122 - new dbtool commands (stradd, strq, strdel) for easy stream
1123 managment w/o configuration file. That obsoletes stream_defs
1124 file/config option for dbtool.
1125 - picadd accepts jpeg data from stdin
1126 - new server commands: ps (select previous stream), sc (song change)
1127 - new default pictures for sdl_gui
1128 - gui: new key_map option for binding commands and internal
1129 functions to arbitrary keys, nice help screen, rip out
1130 soundcard/linux specific stuff, avoid noise artefacts while jumping,
1131 show silly logo on startup
1132 - new executables: para_fade for fading volume, para_dbadm for
1133 manipulating attributes
1134 - cdb adds _all_ tables to mysql database
1135 - revised and beautified documentation
1136 - sample dbtool rewritten in C
1139 ---------------------------------------------
1140 0.0.98: (2003-12-26) "incremental smoothness"
1141 ---------------------------------------------
1143 - kick icecast in favour of poc. That removes some races and reduces
1144 core code considerably.
1145 - cbr/vbr is displayed by stat and gui/sdl_gui. New status flags
1146 give finer info on afs' status.
1147 - gui can start decoder (see config options). Further new gui
1148 commands: refresh (^L), jmp (F1-F10)
1149 - gui rereads conf on SIGUSR1 instead of SIGHUP. SIGHUP
1150 terminates gui. This fixes dead instances consuming memory
1152 - new dbtool command: verb for sending verbatim sql queries.
1153 - fix pid_list races (by removing pid_list)
1156 --------------------
1157 0.0.97: (2003-10-26)
1158 --------------------
1160 - installation prefix now defaults to /usr/local
1161 - new commands for gui: snozze, sleep and reread config
1162 - config file for gui and sdl_gui
1163 - fix problems with filenames containing funny characters
1164 (reported by Thomas Forell)
1165 - improved signal handling for gui, now it rereads conf on SIGHUP
1166 - new dbtool command: cdb (create database)
1167 - switch from argtable to gengetopt
1168 - major code cleanup and speed improvements
1169 - fix several potential buffer overflows
1170 - many small fixes and cleanups
1176 - easy stream_defs syntax
1177 - sdl_gui can display images associated to the file being played
1178 - Major feature enhancements for icc_gui including dynamic text
1179 placement and the top/bottom window design
1180 - vrfy/clean now also checks for NULL values in attributes as
1181 well as for invalid picture pointers
1182 - fix long outstanding case sensitivity bug
1183 - many small fixes and cleanups
1189 - sdl gui runs much faster
1190 - new dbtool command: ca (copy attributes)
1191 - count and display number of times the song has been played
1192 - new feature: scoring
1193 - command line options for sdl_gui
1194 - simpler syntax of streams file
1195 - decrease network traffic of stat
1197 - many small fixes and cleanups
1203 - new server command: ns (next stream)
1204 - new icc_gui command: c (change stream)
1206 - stat shows also id3 tag info
1208 - log flodding bug fixed
1209 - many small fixes and cleanups
1215 - colors for icc_gui
1216 - icc_gui sets volume directly (linux only)
1217 - proper locking that fixes some races
1218 - fix security bug that caused commands to be executed even
1219 with unsufficient permissions
1220 - new command: hup to make all servers reread their configuration file
1221 - icecast meta data streaming
1222 - many small fixes and cleanups