iceWing

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 0.9

Notes:
After more than a year a new iceWing version, version 0.9, with lots
of new features is ready.


Changes:
Most important changes compared to V0.8.1:
  - Added icewing-plugingen, the plugin template generator.
  - Added icewing-control command line tool to remote control iceWing.
  - Saving of images in the vector format SVG.
  - Support for the FFmpeg library to load a variety of video formats.
  - Added new unicap grabbing driver.
  - Enhanced V4L2 grabbing driver.
  - Different GUI enhancements in the preview windows and the main window.
  - Show original image values in the info window.
  - Rendering of HSV images, speed enhancements during rendering.
  - Enhanced bayer and stereo decoding support.
  - Added configurable timer to measure plugin execution times.
  - Support images with more than 3 planes.
  - Possibility to replace widgets in the GUI.
  - OpenCV image display and conversion support.
  - Various documentation enhancements.
  - Different API cleanup's.
  - And an enhanced about window ;)

Changes compared to V0.9rc2:
  - Enhanced V4L2 driver:
      - Added "-sg v" start option to disable video input guessing.
      - Added options 'input', 'format', 'propX', and 'debug' to
        select video input and pixel format, set properties and show
        current settings.
      - Additional support for the pixel formats
        UYVY, YUV422P, YUV420, YUV411P, Y41P, YUV410, YVU410, RGB24,
        BGR24, RGB32, BGR32, RGB565, RGB565X, RGB555, RGB555X, GREY,
        and HI240.
      - Automatically select a possible pixel format.
      - Try /dev/video0 if /dev/video is not available.
      - Check the kernel driver for a maximum grabbing size below
        768 x 576 instead of assuming this size.
      - Support half field grabbing.
  - In the unicap driver support the pixel formats
    H240, Y160, RGBO, RGB5, RGBQ, RGBP, RGB6, RGBR, RGB3, and Y422.
  - Added plug_register() to allow language bindings to register new plugins.
  - Allow buttoncb-buttons to be "set" via opts_value_set() and opts_load().
  - Enhanced about window ;)

  - Bug fixes:
    - Do not leak a callback after loading a plugin from the GUI.
    - Set a file name for the RGB image in the grabbing plugin only if
      one is really available.
    - Better distinguish between empty lists and lists with default
      values during creation and loading/saving of lists.
    - Check for the firewire and the unicap driver if they should be
      used before issuing a warning if the drivers are not included.