new xine-lib, xine-ui and gxine releases

Guenter Bartsch <[email protected]> Sun, 9 Mar 2003 12:38:00 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.xine.announce
Message-ID <[email protected]>
hi folks,

many new releases to download and try this weekend:

xine-lib 1-beta8 is a bugfix release which should fix dvd menu
highlighting problems discovered in beta7.

xine-ui 0.9.19 has many bugs fixed and contains lots of detail
improvements. Please note that it uses ~/.xine/config now to store your
config settings. from the xine-ui changelog:

xine-ui (0.9.19) unstable; urgency=low

  * deinterlace and aspect ratio from command line 
    (patch from Dan Dennedy <[email protected]>),
  * FreeBSD compilation fixes (patch from [email protected]
  * <[email protected]>),
  * main panel don't show 00:00:00 time when stream length is unknown
  * (streaming),
  * faster exit,
  * smil playlist parser,
  * handle new discoverer ASX playlist format (ASF <url>),
  * construct better filenames for snapshots,
  * need xine-lib beta5 (don't forward/get completion X event),
  * support reference streams (useful with Qt trailers and many wrong
  * urls),
  * add menu widget (right click in video window),
  * reuse ~/.xine/config file,
  * new 'Ok' button in setup window (it save values and dismiss window),
  * don't display engine status (upper left corner) when the engine is
  * already started,
  * fix XVidMode modeline deletion bug,
  * fix a problem with xinerama fullscreen which caused the fullscreen
  * to
    occur not always on the right screens
  * do not save unsupported controls (hue, sat, etc) on config,
  * fix image controls for latest SiS driver,
  * fix root window mode (big thanks to XPenguins project, they same me
  * a ton of    investigations),
  * .po updates (thanks to ALL translators), usual various bugfixes.

gxine 0.3.1 contains lots of bugfixes as well and brings new features
such as an enhanced playlist, multiple selections in file dialogs and
drag&drop support - just to name a few. The browser plugin has also been
improved, so make sure you re-run the setup wizards to have the latest
version installed. From the gxine changelog:

0.3.1:  * make sure dialog widgets are not destroyed when closed
          using the window manager's close button
        * exit from fullscreen mode via ctrl-f is now possible
          (simply pressing f still works)
        * playlist repeat and random modes
        * playlist add button
        * multiple selections possible in file dialog
        * filter out numlock / scroll lock / shift lock from key events
        * fix dvd menu navigation keyboard shortcuts
          (delete your ~/.gxine/keybindings for this to take effect)
        * browser plugin bugfixes (make sure you run the setup wizard
        * again
          to have the new plugin copied to your ~/.mozilla/plugins)
        * fix handling of verbose (-v) command line option
          make sure multiple -v options are handled correctly (more
verbosity)
        * drag&drop support (drop files from nautilus on gxine for
        * playback)
        * javascript engine bugfix for ppc by manfred tremmel
        * mediamarks import function
        * implement deinterlacer setting
        * subtitle channel selection moved to view menu

enjoy,

   guenter


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