[Dirac-announce] Dirac 0.7.0 released

[Dirac <di...@rd...>]

This is a major release complying with Dirac   ByteStream Specification
1.0.0_pre4. The specification is available on the Dirac Homepage on
Sourceforge. Major features of this release are

- Compliance with latest Dirac Specification
- Added support for Constant Bit Rate Coding. 
- Improved quality of encoded pictures at low  
  bit-rates and for difficult sequences. 
- Improved arithmetic coding and motion vector  
  data partitioning  
- Encoder and Decoder API header files have  
  changed so applications using the old API will  
  have to be recompiled. 
- Released patches to MPlayer, FFmpeg to comply  
  with this release. Earlier patch to transcode  
  can be used with this release. 
- DirecShow Filter released to be able to play  
  back Dirac v0.7.0 files in Windows Media  
  Player. 
- Bugs fixed: 1362673, 1508532, 1588191 
- Patches applied: 1537623
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