mpg321-announce — Release and other announcements

[mpg321-announce] mpg321 is moving

[Stephen D. <sb...@wo...>]

mpg321 is moving to a new development home.

With the addition of a new development member, the mpg321 project is moving=
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a new development home.  The primary reason for this move is to move from C=
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to subversion.

Please take a look at http://mpg321.depooter.org for the new project web si=
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bug tracker, and source repository.

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last 2 years, and there should soon be a new release integrating many of th=
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bug fixes and patches that have accumulated.

Thanks to all the users who have used mpg321 and provided the valuable bug=
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reports and patches.
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Stephen Depooter <sb...@wo...>

[mpg321-announce] mpg321 0.2.10 released

[Joe D. <hos...@wo...>]

Version 0.2.10 of the Free drop-in replacement for mpg123, mpg321, has
been released. This version contains several important bugfixes to
version 0.2.9, as well as one new feature. As before, this release is
targetted at Debian Woody, but is not feature-complete for version
0.3.0.
 
Highlights of this release include:
* mpg321 no longer segfaults on mp3s with an incomplete set of id3 tags.
* Fix the -k option, which was broken in 0.2.9.
* mpg321 now tries all other output devices if its default device 
  can't be opened. If esd is using your sound card, mpg321 will
  now fall back on esd for output.
 
To find out more about mpg321, or to download it, visit
http://mpg321.sourceforge.net .

To be informed of future releases of mpg321, subscribe to the
mpg321-announce mailing list: either send an email with 'subscribe' in
the body or subject to mpg...@li... ,
or visit http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mpg321-announce .
 
If you like mpg321, I ask kindly that you make a donation to the
Electronic Frontier Foundation, which helps ensure that writing software
of any kind  remains legal. You can find more information at
http://www.eff.org .

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[mpg321-announce] mpg321 0.2.9 released

[Joe D. <hos...@wo...>]

Version 0.2.9 of the Free drop-in replacement for mpg123, mpg321, has
been released. This version contains several new features, as well as
fixes to several in previous versions of mpg321. This release is
targetted at Debian Woody, but is not feature-complete for version
0.3.0.
 
Highlights of this release include:
 * Shoutcast support, contributed by Luc Saillard.
 * ID3 tag support, contributed by Giuseppe Corbelli
   <co...@lu...>.
 * A fix to the bug which caused gtoaster to break with mpg321.
 * Better network support, bugfixes, and other enhancements.
 
mpg321 now has a webpage, available at http://mpg321.sourceforge.net .
Thanks to Olli Rajala, who created the pages.
 
mpg321 can be downloaded from 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36274 .
 
To be informed of future releases of mpg321, subscribe to the
mpg321-announce mailing list: either send an email with 'subscribe' in
the body or subject to mpg...@li... ,
or visit http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mpg321-announce .
 
If you like mpg321, I ask kindly that you make a donation to the
Electronic Frontier Foundation, which helps ensure that writing software
of any kind  remains legal. You can find more information at
http://www.eff.org .
 
I am looking for people to help with everything involved in creating
mpg321, particularly in creation of .spec files and RPMs for various
RPM-based distributions. If you are interested in this or any other
task, please read the TODO file or send me an email.
 
mpg321 still lacks a few features that mpg123 has; namely
 * buffering
 * proxy support
 * Very low resource usage/high-speed decoding and downsampling
 
The first two items are being targetted for version 0.3.0. The last can
be helped by further optimizing MAD, in particular. Any and all
contributions are welcome.
 
ABOUT MPG321:
 
mpg321 was created to alleviate the dependency many people had on the
non-free command-line mp3 player mpg123. It allowed many front-ends to
mpg123 to move to the official Debian archive, rather than being
relegated to the 'contrib' section. 
mpg321 is based on the MAD MPEG decoder library by Rob Leslie. In
particular, this means that mpg321 uses only integer instructions to
decode mp3 files, which is a huge win on any processor which lacks a
floating point unit (FPU) like the ARM. It also means that mpg321 has
very high output quality, since MAD is a Full Layer III ISO/IEC 11172-3
audio decoder, as defined by the standard. See
http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/ for more information.
mpg321 uses the libao audio library, developed mainly for the Ogg Vorbis
project, for output, which allows it (unlike mpg123) to switch output at
runtime. libao natively supports ESD, ALSA (both 0.5 and 0.9), aRts, and
OSS output, among others. See the mpg321 manual page for more details. 
 
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[mpg321-announce] mpg321 0.2.3 tar file updated

[Joe D. <hos...@wo...>]

There was an error in uploading the mpg321 source archive, leaving it
truncated. I've just corrected this error, and you can get the full file
at

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mpg321/mpg321-0.2.3.tar.gz

I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

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[mpg321-announce] mpg321 0.2.3 released

[Joe D. <hos...@wo...>]

Version 0.2.3 of the Free drop-in replacement for mpg123, mpg321, has
been released. This version contains fixes to several bugs and deficiencies
in previous versions of mpg321.

Highlights of this release include:
* All streams are now played to their actual end, regardless of what the 
  calculated estimate of their length is
* Integration of a patch from Martijn Vernooij implementing line buffering
  in remote control mode (front-ends need no longer consider the remote
  control interface serial, though it is probably still possible to over-
  whelm it)
* An implementation of the --stereo command-line switch, which forces stereo
  output on all streams
* Various mpg123-correctness and portability fixes
* Various bugfixes, including several segfaults

mpg321 now has a webpage, available at http://mpg321.sourceforge.net .
Thanks to Olli Rajala, who created the pages.

mpg321 can be downloaded from 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36274 .

To be informed of future releases of
mpg321, subscribe to the mpg321-announce mailing list: either send an email
with 'subscribe' in the body or subject to 
mpg...@li... , or visit
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mpg321-announce .

If you like mpg321, I ask kindly that you make a donation to the Electronic
Freedom Frontier, which helps ensure that writing software of any kind 
remains legal. You can find more information at http://www.eff.org .

I am looking for people to help with everything involved in creating
mpg321, particularly in creation of RPMs for various RPM-based
distributions. If you are interested in this or any other task, please read
the TODO file or send me an email.

mpg321 still lacks a few features that mpg123 has; namely
* ID3 tag support
* Extremely robust and well-tested networking support
* Very low resource usage/high-speed decoding and downsampling

The first two items are being targetted for version 0.3.0. The last can
be helped by further optimizing MAD, in particular. Any and all
contributions are welcome.

ABOUT MPG321:

mpg321 was created to alleviate the dependency many people had on the
non-free command-line mp3 player mpg123. It allowed many front-ends to
mpg123 to move to the official Debian archive, rather than being
relegated to the 'contrib' section. 
mpg321 is based on the MAD MPEG decoder library by Rob Leslie
<ro...@ma...>. In particular, this means that mpg321 uses only integer
instructions to decode mp3 files, which is a huge win on any processor
which lacks a floating point unit (FPU) like the ARM. It also means that
mpg321 has very high output quality, since MAD is a Full Layer III
ISO/IEC 11172-3 audio decoder, as defined by the standard. See
http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/ for more information.
mpg321 uses the libao audio library, developed mainly for the Ogg Vorbis
project, for output, which allows it (unlike mpg123) to switch output at
runtime. libao natively supports ESD, ALSA, aRts, and OSS output, among
others. See the mpg321 manual page for more details. 

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Joe Drew <hos...@wo...> <dr...@de...>

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[mpg321-announce] mpg321 0.2.2 released

[Joe D. <hos...@wo...>]

Version 0.2.2 of the Free drop-in replacement for mpg123, mpg321, has
been released. This version contains only a fix for a "brown paper bag" bug
introduced in version 0.2.1.

Highlights of this release include:
* Functioning mono output

mpg321 version 0.2.2 can be downloaded from 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36274 .

To be informed of future releases of
mpg321, subscribe to the mpg321-announce mailing list: either send an email
with 'subscribe' in the body or subject to 
mpg...@li... , or visit
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mpg321-announce .

If you like mpg321, I ask kindly that you make a donation to the Electronic
Freedom Foundation, which helps ensure that writing software of any kind 
remains legal. You can find more information at http://www.eff.org .

I am looking for people to help with everything from hard coding tasks 
(optimization) to easy non-coding tasks (creation of webpages). If you are 
interested, please read the TODO file or send me an email.

mpg321 now has a sourceforge project. It can be viewed at 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpg321 .

mpg321 still lacks a few features that mpg123 has; namely
* ID3 tag support
* Extremely robust and well-tested networking support
* Very low resource usage/high-speed decoding and downsampling

The first two items are being targetted for version 0.3.0. The last can
be helped by further optimizing MAD, in particular. Any and all
contributions are welcome.

ABOUT MPG321:

mpg321 was created to alleviate the dependency many people had on the
non-free command-line mp3 player mpg123. It allowed many front-ends to
mpg123 to move to the official Debian archive, rather than being
relegated to the 'contrib' section. 
mpg321 is based on the MAD MPEG decoder library by Rob Leslie
<ro...@ma...>. In particular, this means that mpg321 uses only integer
instructions to decode mp3 files, which is a huge win on any processor
which lacks a floating point unit (FPU) like the ARM. It also means that
mpg321 has very high output quality, since MAD is a Full Layer III
ISO/IEC 11172-3 audio decoder, as defined by the standard. See
http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/ for more information.
mpg321 uses the libao audio library, developed mainly for the Ogg Vorbis
project, for output, which allows it (unlike mpg123) to switch output at
runtime. libao natively supports ESD, ALSA, aRts, and OSS output, among
others. See the mpg321 manual page for more details. 

-- 
Joe Drew <hos...@wo...> <dr...@de...>

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[mpg321-announce] mpg321 0.2.1 released

[Joe D. <hos...@wo...>]

Version 0.2.1 of the Free drop-in replacement for mpg123, mpg321, has
been released. This version of mpg321 is intended to be suitable for release
with Debian woody.

Highlights of this release include:
* Much higher sound quality. A new, experimental dithering routine has been
  contributed by Rob Leslie. Thoughts and feedback are appreciated.
* Added (non-mpg123) option to skip printing frame status in verbose modes:
  --skip-printing-frames
* BSD and other portability and compilation fixes
* Other bug-fixes and enhancements.

Source and Debian packages of this release can be downloaded from the
Sourceforge project at 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36274 .

If you like mpg321, I ask kindly that you make a donation to the Electronic
Freedom Foundation, which helps ensure that writing software of any kind 
remains legal. You can find more information at http://www.eff.org .

I am looking for people to help with everything from hard coding tasks 
(optimization) to easy non-coding tasks (creation of webpages). If you are 
interested, please read the TODO file or send me an email.

mpg321 now has a sourceforge project. To be informed of future releases of
mpg321, subscribe to the mpg321-announce mailing list: either send an email
with 'subscribe' in the body or subject to 
mpg...@li..., or visit
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mpg321-announce .

The sourceforge project for mpg321 can be viewed at 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpg321 .

mpg321 still lacks a few features that mpg123 has; namely
* ID3 tag support
* Extremely robust and well-tested networking support
* Very low resource usage/high-speed decoding and downsampling

The first two items are being targetted for version 0.3.0. The last can
be helped by further optimizing MAD, in particular. Any and all
contributions are welcome.

ABOUT MPG321:

mpg321 was created to alleviate the dependency many people had on the
non-free command-line mp3 player mpg123. It allowed many front-ends to
mpg123 to move to the official Debian archive, rather than being
relegated to the 'contrib' section. 
mpg321 is based on the MAD MPEG decoder library by Rob Leslie
<ro...@ma...>. In particular, this means that mpg321 uses only integer
instructions to decode mp3 files, which is a huge win on any processor
which lacks a floating point unit (FPU) like the ARM. It also means that
mpg321 has very high output quality, since MAD is a Full Layer III
ISO/IEC 11172-3 audio decoder, as defined by the standard. See
http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/ for more information.
mpg321 uses the libao audio library, developed mainly for the Ogg Vorbis
project, for output, which allows it (unlike mpg123) to switch output at
runtime. libao natively supports ESD, ALSA, aRts, and OSS output, among
others. See the mpg321 manual page for more details. 

-- 
Joe Drew <hos...@wo...> <dr...@de...>

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