2013-07-02 21:17:19 initial version: "MobileMate-0.1a42.1 release notes"
2014-07-26 09:58:23 updated: added "MobileMate-0.1b1 release notes"
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MobileMate-0.1b1 release notes:
This is the second public release of MobileMate video and audio converting tool.
Based on MobileMate-0.1a42.1, the main changes of MobileMate as below:
1, Code, comment and format optimization:
Rewrote the "MobileMate" main program(/opt/mobilemate) Follow the
"Google Shell Style Guide Revision 1.25"
(google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/shell.xml?p=100).
2, Rewrote logging system:
Added "ERROR", "INFO", "DEBUG", "TRIVAL" logging level. "ERROR" and "INFO" is
always available, "DEBUG" and "TRIVAL" can be set in "conf/common.conf", changed
use a single log file to use the separate log file for every task.
3, Updated "libmp3lame.so.0.0.0" from version 3.98.2 to 3.99.5:
Old version will cause MobileMate always report encode failed message in spite
of encode mp3 success or fail. Updated to new version fix this bug.
4, Enhanced output file naming:
Align digit in output file name, keep the original input source suffix in the
output file name.
5, Added several options in "conf/common.conf":
Can choose if backup task files(TASKBACKUP) and specify task backup directory
(TASKBAKBASE), can specify log directory(LOGBASE).
6, Fixed some MobileMate main program bugs:
Fixed the bug of convert the video include subtitile stream to "mkv" file fail
by disabled subtitle conversion temporarily;
Fixed "negative pad value" bug when choose Libav decoder sometimes;
Fixed wrong Display Aspect Ratio(DAR) bug when choose Mencoder decoder sometimes;
Fixed the bug when the specified section end before the splitting segment then
converting will beyond the specified end time.
7, Fixed some MobileMate OS bugs:
Fixed the repository tcz package search function invalid problem
(Caused by TinyCore Linux repository server side for old TinyCore) by modify
"/usr/bin/search.sh" and "/usr/bin/provides.sh";
Fixed the bug of "appbrowser" interface internationalization bug, and this bug
also cause tcz package search function bug;
Added "src/fltk_projects_unicode-3.7.1.modi.20140723.tar.gz", it based on
"src/fltk_projects_unicode-3.7.1.modi.20130618.tar.gz", fixed package search bug,
enhanced "mkpatch.sh", added script of compile and install "fltk-1.3" in
"Makefile" and "Common.Mk" for fix the bug of install "fltk-1.3-dev.tcz" from
repository will cause "fltk_projects_unicode" build fail;
Added "src/flwm_topside_unicode-3.7.1.modi.20140723.tar.gz", it based on
"src/flwm_topside_unicode-3.7.1.modi.20130618.tar.gz",added script of compile
and install "fltk-1.3" in "Makefile" and "Common.Mk" for fix the bug of install
"fltk-1.3-dev.tcz" from repository will cause "flwm_topside_unicode" build fail.
8, Integrated "mirrors.tcz", changed default mirror from
"http://mirrors.163.com/tinycorelinux/" to
"ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/tinycorelinux/".
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MobileMate-0.1a42.1 release notes:
This is the first public release of MobileMate video and audio converting tool.
Based on TinyCore Linux 3.7.1, the main changes of MobileMate as below:
1, Kernel image and modules:
Keep "CONFIG_HAVE_IDE=y" and set "CONFIG_IDE is not set", dropped IDE support(so
"hda" became "sda", and CD became "sr0", "sr1",...), added
PATA and NLS_CODEPAGE_936 modules, etc..
2, Disk mount:
Make disk mount automatically, use udev rules to detect hot plug driver, and
use own script to detect CD drive activity.
3, Internationazition:
Added UTF-8 support and supplement some Simplified Chinese translation for some
desktop environment software.
4, MobileMate video and audio converting tool:
This is the main application in the tool, currently, has the main features:
It use Bash to glue some open source tools such as MPlayer, FFmpeg(Libav),
Zenity, Grep, Sed, etc., easy to modify fit your own needs;
You can choose Mencoder or FFmpeg(Libav) to decode video or audio file, if
confirm FFmpeg can decode all the files Mencoder can, maybe drop Mencoder in the
future;
Wizard mode for configuring and converting;
Based on config file;
Bulk converting;
Running several instances of tool and processing several tasks in an instance
concurrently, dig the power of multicore CPU or multiprocessor machine;
Resume unfinished converting job.
5, Other usage:
MobieMate V0.1 is customized on TinyCore Linux 3.7.1, so the common usage of
MobileMate please read TinyCore Wiki at: http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/ .
6, Note:
Because the change of TinyCore Linux, the tcz package search function failed in
MobileMate-0.1a42.1, but you can still use Appbrowser or command "tce-load" to
install tcz packages.
