Re: Oggcodecs release 0.82.16930

Sergei Steshenko <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.multimedia.ogg.vorbis.general,gmane.comp.audio.compression.flac.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>

--- On Mon, 2/22/10, Cristian Adam <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Cristian Adam <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Vorbis] Oggcodecs release 0.82.16930
> To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
> Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 4:39 PM
> Oggcodecs release 0.82.16930
> ----------------------------
> 
> Oggcodecs is a set of DirectShow filters for playing Ogg
> Vorbis, Speex,
> Theora and FLAC files in Windows Media Player and other
> players.
> 
> This release contains a number of bugfixes, particularly to
> Theora
> and FLAC. Added support for Windows 7, and a HTML5
> <video> tehnical 
> preview for Internet Explorer.
> 
> Availability
> ------------
> 
> Source code: 
> http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/oggdsf/oggcodecs_0.82.16930-src.7z
> 
> Windows 32bit installer:
> http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/oggdsf/oggcodecs_0.82.16930-win32.exe
> 
> Windows x64 installer:
> http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/oggdsf/oggcodecs_0.82.16930-x64.exe
> 
> The installers are digitally signed with a certificate
> provided by 
> Unizeto Certum (http://www.certum.eu/)
> 
> Changelog for Version 0.82.16930
> --------------------------------
> 
> * Updated Theora to version 1.1.1
> * Updated Vorbis to version 1.2.3
> * Windows 7 suppport (note that contextual menu entries in
> Windows
>    Explorer is not yet available - Ticket
> #1619)
> * Added support for Theora 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 color sampling
> formats.
> * Added HTML5 <video> tag support for Microsoft
> Internet Explorer. This
>    component is not enabled by default in
> the installer and it is only a
>    technical preview - only basic playback
> (play/pause by left click
>    button), no seeking, no controls and no
> HTML5 <video> interfaces
>    support.
>    To use it this functionality in Internet
> Explorer simply add
>    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/video" to the
> <video> tag.
> * Added 7.1 channels support for FLAC and support for files
> bigger than
>    2GBytes.
> * Prefixed all DirectShow filters with "Xiph.Org". This
> should simplify
>    usage for GraphEdit/GraphStudio users.
> * Fixed #1474: The installer for 64-bit Stable Version
> (0.81.15562) -
>    06.12.2008 it's NOT working properly
> * Fixed #1475: Typo in README
> * Fixed #1490: Theroa video resumes after starting to play
> in wmp 9
>    (win xp)
> * Fixed #1491: oggcodecs doesn't work with 6-channel FLACs
> * Fixed #1497: Ogg Theora Video is upside down/flipped in
> Windows Media
>    Player (v6.4.09 and v7.10)
> * Fixed #1500: directshow filters messes up windows media
> player
>    file open dialogue
> * Fixed #1546: OGV file(s) are crashing WMP (12)
> * Fixed #1563: DirectShow filter installer does not add
> proper
>    "PerceivedType" REG_SZ to HKCR\.ext key
> * Fixed #1603: Theora Videos Encoded At Around 480x360
> Crash Directshow
>    Filter
> 
> HTML5 <video> technical preview
> -------------------------------
> 
> Can be used as follows:
> 
> Internet Explorer versions 6.0 and 7.0
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> <html xmlns:html5>
> <head>
>     <object id="videoFactory" 
> classid="clsid:7cc95ae6-c1fa-40cc-ab17-3e91da2f77ca"></object>
>     <?import namespace="html5"
> implementation="#videoFactory"?>
> </head>
> <body>
> 
> <html5:video src="video.ogv">
> </html5:video>
> 
> </body>
> </html>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Internet Explorer version 8.0
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> <html>
> <body>
> 
> <video src="video.ogv"
>         xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/video">
> </video>
> 
> </body>
> </html>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Internet Explorer 8.0 syntax is simpler, all the details
> are stored
> in Windows Registry. The xmlns attribute is required to
> link the <video> 
> tag to the actual implementation.
> 
> 
> Support
> -------
> 
> Please submit bug reports to the bug tracker:
> https://trac.xiph.org/newticket?component=oggdsf&version=trunk
> 
> License
> -------
> 
> Oggcodecs is Free Software, available under a BSD style
> license.
> 
> 
> Enjoy
> 
> --
> Cristian Adam
> 
> 
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> 

Just curious regarding the license (i.e. BSD). IIRC FLAC ( flac.sf.net )
is under GPL.

Or the codecs have an independent FLAC implementation ?

Thanks,
  Sergei.
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