File Release Notes and Changelog
Release Name: 1.9.0
Notes:
This version of Freevo has dropped support for Python-2.4 but added support for Python-2.6
The three kaa packages are required for Freevo-1.9
kaa-base-0.6.0.tar.gz
kaa-imlib2-0.2.3.tar.gz
kaa-metadata-0.7.6.tar.gz
Optionally you may also install the kaa display package
kaa-display-0.1.0.tar.gz
Have Fun
Changes:
== Release 1.9.0 (2009-05-26) ==
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svn co svn://svn.freevo.org/freevo/tags/REL-1_9_0/freevo freevo-1.9.0
* '''Added support for Python-2.6'''
* '''Removed support for Python-2.4'''
* New audio icecast plug-in (F#2680204)
* New audio shoutcast plug-in (F#2680192)
* New convert_favorites_txt help to convert a favorites.txt to a favorites.pickle (F#2512372)
* New skinable dialogs (F#2308911)
* New "freevo cache" option --cropdetect to detect and add crop options to fxd files (F#2791887)
* New rtorrent module to allow torrents to be downloaded from freevo (F#2580403)
* New OSD dialog screen designer (F#2621369)
* New screen-saver module, "life" (F#2371097)
* New screen-saver module, "flames" (F#2376752)
* New tv guide plug-in "categories" (F#2743961)
* New zoneminder plug-in (F#2790321)
* Updated autoshutdown plug-in to allow a configurable start-up delay (F#2784634)
* Updated command plug-in to allow images to be specified in the fxd file (F#2778822)
* Updated dvdbackup plug-in to allow the audio codec to be specified (F#2791303)
* Updated encoding crop detection (F#2500046)
* Updated encoding server uniquely identify different re-enoding of files (F#2489762)
* Updated encoding server to run jobs as nice (F#2763076)
* Updated French translation (F#2784895, F#2795784)
* Updated ivtv_xine_tv plugin with a record menu screen, xine-ui patch required (F#2373921)
* Updated play state dialogues with time elapsed / total time (F#2594055)
* Updated recordings manager with 'Add to Favorites' and 'Search for more' (F#2661790)
* Fixed alsamixer mute variable error (B#2497746)
* Fixed busy not being removed correctly (B#1928513)
* Fixed button bar pop-up menu paging in (B#2788067)
* Fixed caching permission problems (B#2580201)
* Fixed command plug-in that tried to read a non-existent log file (B#2486033)
* Fixed cd_burn plug-in for spaces in directory names and location of temp files (B#2473568)
* Fixed cd_burn plug-in auto-detection of writeable drives (B#2778925)
* Fixed imdb returning XML numeric entities (B#2796344)
* Fixed livepause error and backend server error (B#2788099)
* Fixed OSD drawing of transparent text (B#2482964)
* Fixed record client for changes to kaa.base (B#2721256)
* Fixed record server automatic re-encoding (B#2482703,B#2458849)
* Fixed record server timing problems (B#2692397)
* Fixed recordings manager not to overwrite the fxd files (B#2688691)
* Fixed rom_drives mounting problem for non-root users (B#2502039)
* Fixed reencode video plug-in; incorrect calls to the encoding server (B#2483017)
* Fixed skin info; infinite loop in video style 3 (B#2662476)
* Fixed TV XML processing when the XML file does not have valid timezones (B#2550109)
* Fixed video thumbnails to allow for flash music videos being too short (B#2663492)
* Fixed wiimote plug-in config errors (B#2494315)