xine-lib 1-rc6a released

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The latest version of xine-lib, 1-rc6a, is now available for download.
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This version contains important fixes, usability improvements and
additional features since our last release. A few big changes to
note. The win32 frontend has been removed and placed into its own
module. Work on the win32 port is moving along nicely and should be
ready for the 1.0 release.

NOTE: Workaround for the using xine-lib on xorg 6.7.0 with a ATI Rage,
Intel or Matrox G450 video card/chips. People reported seeing a
blue-screen within the xine gui. This was caused by a bug in the xorg
server which did not allow for enough memory to be allocated for
offscreen pixmaps. [See Bug 474 - freedesktop.org]

As usual, you can download from
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 http://xinehq.de/index.php/releases
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The MD5 sum of this release is:

    32b231beb9b2194606a18ed7bcf2bcb3 xine-lib-1-rc6a.tar.gz

    NOTE: xine-lib-1-rc6 was never released.

Bug Fixes:

  - Fixed Xv initialization to enable multiple instances of the Xv
plugin

  - Added ability to Restore initial xv port attributes on exit
    [bugs #965572, #957599]

  - Fixed brightness drift problem (loss of color) [bugs #947520,
#963587]

  - Fixed rare heap overflow with some DVD subpictures [bug #923843]

  - Fixed stack overflows in the VCD plugin

  - Fixed another win32 dll crash (after playing several files)

  - Fixed wrong, very bright overlays on some DVDs [bug #1018193]

  - Fixed WIN32 replacement of gettimeofday [bug #995961]

  - Fixed a long standing bug: streams were not played till their very
    end, because finished event was sent to frontend before the output
    fifos were empty.

New Features:

  - Added support for Annodex bitsream format. The Annodex bitstream
    format is a subset of the Ogg encapsulation format: it's basically
    Ogg with extra timing information, so that time-based stream
    manipulation can be performed in a codec-neutral fashion.

  - Added support for VobSub-in-Matroska (Vobsub is raw subtitle
    stream from a DVD. This patch enables support for VobSub
    information in a Matroska file).

  - Added support for 44100Hz DTS in .wav files

  - Added experimental time stretching plugin: play stream faster or=20
    slower than original speed, optionally preserving pitch

  - Added configure option for building xine with external ffmpeg
library

  - Added api for finer playback speed control (requires frontend
support)

  - Added support for QuickTime 6.3 DLLs

  - Added support for mp3 audio in mp4 files

  - Added support for using utf-8 for matroska subtitles

Changes:

  - Upgraded internal copy of goom (goom2k4-dev18)

  - Moved win32 frontend into separate module.

  - Removed XInitThreads() call from some video out plugins because it
    might lead to undefined behaviour. Calling XInitThreads() is
entirely
    the frontend's job.

  - Added quality improvements for full frame rate deinterlacing modes

  - Improved response time on video grabber ports

  - next stage of MINGW port - engine library compiles now

  - Improved DVD MRL handling.

  - Improved Transport stream handling.

  - Removed unistd.h from public header

  - Enable support for guessing and using Windows encoding as
    default for external subtitles.

Workarounds:

  If you are getting a blue screen in xine gui when playing a video
  using the xorg X server you need to make the following change to
  your xorg.conf file:

  Section "Device"
        ... other video card settings ...
        Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps"
  EndSection

Stephen

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