The eve of a new release is always a good time to take history lessons, so

I read the changelog in an editor...


git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@12303 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2

1 files changed, 423 insertions, 302 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1d19030f75..7a171ed766 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mplayer (1.0)
+MPlayer (1.0)
 
   pre4: "Niu ririsu" Apr 26, 2004
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     * builds out of the box under GNU Hurd
     * SSE optimizations enabled under MinGW
     * SSE support under OpenBSD
-    * Altivec support under NetBSD
+    * AltiVec support under NetBSD
     * GCC 3.4 support (due to changed behaviour in ASM code snippets)
 
     Demuxers:
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ mplayer (1.0)
       vd/8bps, vd/msrle, vd/msvideo1, vd/rpza, vd/smc
     * workaround for buggy codecs in ad/acm (support for Sharp G.726)
     * fixed chroma-swapping in Hauppauge Macroblock decoder
-    * Altivec optimized resampler in liba52
+    * AltiVec optimized resampler in liba52
     * support for VP5 and VP6 DLL decoders
     * support for Alparysoft lossless video codec (through DLLs)
     * HE-AAC working through libfaad
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     * vf_rgbtest: rgb test pattern generator for developers
     * vf_qp: qp change filter
     * vf_noformat: the same as vf_format but with reversed meaning
-    * Altivec optimized SWScaler
+    * AltiVec optimized SWScaler
     * vf_phase: phase shift fields
     * vf_divtc: duplicate frame removal from deinterlaced telecined video
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     * many H264 improvements
     * more robust MJPEG startcode search mechanism
     * better WMV8 decoding
-    * native SPARC VIS optimizations
+    * native Sparc VIS optimizations
 
     Others:
     * -codecs-file option for specifying alternative codecs.conf file
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     * a lot of Mac OS X fixes
     * prefer TOOLS/cpuinfo over linuxemu's /proc/cpuinfo under FreeBSD/x86
     * Darwin XMMS libs supported
-    * support newer Darwin versions in Altivec detection code
+    * support newer Darwin versions in AltiVec detection code
     * support for newer Apple GCCs
 
     Codecs and demuxers:
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     * accurate 2-4-8 DCT
     * much faster DV encoding (beats libdv)
     * support Cinepak files with funky (not divisible by 4) resolutions
-    * Altivec optimized FDCT
+    * AltiVec optimized FDCT
     * XvMC speedups
     * initial ZyGoVideo decoding
     * RGB support in FFV1
@@ -338,12 +338,15 @@ mplayer (1.0)
 
     Ports:
     * initial Amiga/MorphOS (through GeekGadgets) support
-    * FreeBSD 5.x (libkse/libthr) support in win32 DLL loader
-    * finally fixed the compilation on non-mvi capable alpha CPUs
-    * better altivec detection in configure
+    * FreeBSD 5.x (libkse/libthr) support in Win32 DLL loader
+    * finally fixed the compilation on non-mvi capable Alpha CPUs
+    * better AltiVec detection in configure
     * OSD menu now works on MinGW
     * slave mode, vobsub and MEncoder support on Windows
     * MinGW 3.1.0 supports MPlayer out of the box!
+    * VIDIX and libdha ported to Windows
+    * SDL on IRIX support
+    * vo_gl2 video output ported to Windows
 
     Codecs and demuxers:
     * support for QuickTime version 6.3 DLLs
@@ -356,7 +359,7 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     * improved seeking inside Matroska
     * some bugs with DMO codecs have been fixed
     * fix for MOV files with bogus user data length
-    * fixed some demuxers which read after the EOF
+    * fixed some demuxers which read after EOF
     * better RTP synchronisation
     * FLAC support through imported libmpflac
 
@@ -395,13 +398,10 @@ mplayer (1.0)
 
     Drivers:
     * VIDIX driver for nVidia cards
-    * VIDIX and libdha ported to Windows
-    * SDL on IRIX support
     * directfb2 fixed for latest directfb
-    * opengl video output for Windows
     * smoother audio playback with alsa9
     * fullscreen and geometry support in directx
-    * fullscreen support with opengl drivers
+    * fullscreen support with OpenGL drivers
     * OSD fixed with svga
     * new cvidix and winvidix drivers
     * user settable colorkey
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     * CPU detection code now measures speed on x86
     * unrarlib cleaned up a bit
     * updated the list of known x86 CPUs (including Opteron!)
-    * alignment and smart line splitting option on subtitles
+    * subtitle alignment and smart line splitting options
 
 
   pre1:  "Development" on the beach Sept 1, 2003
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     * postproc/postproc* files moved to libavcodec
     * old libmpeg2 replaced with patched version of the 0.3.1 release
     * docs priority & installation (--language=ab,cd,ef,all and so on)
-    * yuv2rgb conversion removed from most vo drivers (like fbdev, gif89 etc)
-    * -vop option obsoleted by reverse-order -vf, big config layer changes
+    * yuv2rgb conversion removed from most vo drivers (like fbdev, gif89, etc)
+    * reverse-order -vop option obsoleted by -vf, big config layer changes
     * stream layer "cleanup", -dvd -> dvd:// etc
     * autosub fuzziness, it tries to load all subs with similar filenames
     * removed the whole old config reader, leaving only the newer one
@@ -448,24 +448,24 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     Ports:
     * HP-UX fixes
     * Ported to Darwin / Mac OS X (with extra accurate Darwin timers)
-    * Ported to Win32/MinGW (including network, timers, getch etc)
-    * win32 codecs DLL support on Win32/Cygwin (and MinGW, too!)
+    * Ported to Win32/MinGW (including network, timers, getch, etc)
+    * Win32 codecs DLL support on Win32 (Cygwin and MinGW)
     * fixed mpdvdkit on Cygwin and MinGW
-    * Lots of PPC (including Altivec) optimizations
+    * Lots of PPC (including AltiVec) optimizations
     * Some ARM fixes
     * Alpha fixes (especially non-gcc3 support)
     * Initial Hitachi SuperH support (SH3/SH4)
 
     Codecs/demuxers support:
-    * realaudio win32 DLLs support
-    * various realaudio/realvideo fixes, including WxH bugs, Sipr etc
+    * RealAudio Win32 DLLs support
+    * various RealAudio/RealVideo fixes, including WxH bugs, Sipr, etc
     * various realmedia a-v sync fixes
-    * realaudio v4 demuxer
-    * realaudio 14_4 and 28_8 codecs support (both binary DLLs and native code)
-    * realmedia rtsp:// support (independent from the live.com rtsp stuff!)
-    * Matroska demuxer
+    * RealAudio V4 demuxer
+    * RealAudio 14_4 and 28_8 codecs support (both binary DLLs and native code)
+    * realmedia rtsp:// support (independent from the live.com RTSP stuff!)
+    * Matroska demuxer (C++ version)
     * demuxer: enabling MPEG4-ES autodetection, H264-ES support
-    * .wav extradata parsing (for truespeech, atrac3 etc)
+    * WAV extradata parsing (for truespeech, atrac3, etc)
     * MPEG-TS (Transport Stream) and TIVO demuxers
     * DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) input driver
     * hwac3: DTS passthru support
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     * DivX.com 5.0.5 libs support
     * support for latest XviD en/decoder features
     * decoder for Hauppauge PVR 250/350 MB-YUV format (fourcc HM12)
-    * support for Vanguard's win32 H264 etc codecs
+    * support for Vanguard's Win32 H264 etc codecs
     * Video for Linux 1: various bugfixes, video eq support
     * Video for Linux 2 support
     * TV support: kick-ass image format handling
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     * x11_common: extended fstype config options
     * x11_common: smooth window moving
     * tdfx_vid driver (3dfx cards overlay with AGP support)
-    * vo_xover: general x11 overlay driver, currently only tdfx_vid uses it
+    * vo_xover: general X11 overlay driver, currently only tdfx_vid uses it
     * mga_vid: various fixes, 16MB G400 detection, support for multiple cards
     * new svgalib vo driver
     * vo_directfb2: triple buffering support, configuration sys changed, fixes
@@ -538,15 +538,15 @@ mplayer (1.0)
 
     Others:
     * gcc can now detect badly called mp_msg()s
-    * a lot of config/cmdline parsing fixes (some of them were at least 100000l bugs)
+    * manyconfig/cmdline parsing fixes (some of them were at least 100000l bugs)
     * configure: enable VIDIX for PPC
-    * configure: full featured PPC optimizations and rewritten architecture handling
+    * configure: full featured PPC optimizations, rewritten architecture handling
     * spudec.c: Fix "invalid fragment" handling, Improved subtitle queueing
     * network streaming layer: IPv6 support
     * FTP support
     * playtree parsing speedup :)
     * various URL parsing fixes
-    * crashing on broken config files finally fixed!
+    * Crash on broken config files finally fixed!
     * GUI: PPC (reverse byteorder) fixes
     * GUI: revert to 'default' skin if configured skin failed
     * TOOLS/plotpsnr.pl: PSNR plotting tool using gnuplot
@@ -555,12 +555,12 @@ mplayer (1.0)
     * spelling/grammar fixes in numerous files
 
 
-mplayer (0.90)
+MPlayer (0.90)
 
   rc4:  "FlameCounter" Feb 9, 2003
 
     DOCS:
-    * some clarification and updates in the English DOCS
+    * some clarifications and updates in the English DOCS
     * massive translation and help-file updates
 
     Fixes:
@@ -570,10 +570,10 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * rage128 VIDIX PPC fixes
     * libmenu: one crash fixed, some cleanup
     * fixed ./configure --cc="ccache gcc"
-    * -loop fixes, now -loop 2 plays it twice :)
-    * the volume symbol of OSD fixed (|\ -> /|)
+    * -loop fixes, now -loop 2 plays a file twice :)
+    * (mirrored) OSD volume symbol fixed (|\ -> /|)
     * 32bpp QT-RLE support
-    * Altivec on non-Darwin systems support
+    * AltiVec on non-Darwin systems support
     * QuickTime reference file support fixes
     * mp3lib: layer-2 decoding fixes
     * updates to extension->demuxer mapping table
@@ -592,9 +592,9 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * -ao pcm bogus WAV header fixed
     * -vo x11 + -wid fixed
     * auto-insert the 'palette' filter if needed, support fixed in filters
-    * the sig11 when playing second audio-only file fixed
-    * configure: detection of cdda, nas, i18n, svgalib, faad2, lame fixed
-    * -af/-af-adv support in mencoder fixed
+    * sig11 when playing second audio-only file fixed
+    * configure: detection of CDDA, nas, i18n, svgalib, FAAD2, lame fixed
+    * -af/-af-adv support in MEncoder fixed
     * libmpdvdkit2: upgraded to use libdvdcss 1.2.5
 
     Features:
@@ -608,21 +608,22 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * new noise removal filter: -vop denoise3d
     * per-channel gamma and MMX-opt'ed bri/cont/saturation support in -vop eq2
     * live.com lib support cleanup, support for more stream types
-    * importing the playtree into the Gui instead of gui's own playlist hack
-    * support for the XviD and DivX4/5linux libraries at the same time
+    * playtree imported into the GUI instead of the GUI's own playlist hack
+    * support for the XviD and DivX4/5Linux libraries at the same time
     * -fstype option: override priority/layer of the fullscreen switch methods
-    * libavcodec: some B-frames related encoding failures/crashes fixed
+    * libavcodec: some B-frame related encoding failures/crashes fixed
+
 
   rc3:  "BugfixCounter" Jan 19, 2003
 
     DOCS:
     * English man page & HTML docs updates
     * audio filter documentation
-    * help_diff.sh doesn't depend on BASH any more
+    * help_diff.sh doesn't depend on bash any more
     * Hungarian, French, Italian, German, Polish(?) docs synced
 
     Important fixes:
-    * X11 fullscreen switching (yes, again...) rewritten, some x11 code cleanup
+    * X11 fullscreen switching (yes, again...) rewritten, some X11 code cleanup
     * Voxware and QuickTime DLLs finally work (was broken in some contexts)
     * VIDIX Radeon support cleanup, should really solve the pink screen bugs
     * Cygwin: -vo directx crashes and garbled picture with some files fixed
@@ -631,184 +632,187 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * ffwma2 fixed (better error resilience)
     * SPU queueing - fixes missing or early disappearing DVD subtitles
     * the mysterious DVD audio delay (150-300ms) fixed
-    * extension-based fileformat detection fixed the .mp3 vs. MPEG-PS conflict
-    * cache2 keeps buffer for non-seekable media, fixes quicktime streaming
+    * extension-based fileformat detection fixed the MP3 vs. MPEG-PS conflict
+    * cache2 keeps buffer for non-seekable media, fixes QuickTime streaming
 
     Fixes:
     * mp3lib CPU detection part cleanup, 'decwin' linker problem fixed
-    * various cddb:// fixes, support of netbsd-1.6
+    * various cddb:// fixes, support of NetBSD 1.6
     * libmpdvdkit2: Fix DVD authentication on Solaris 9
     * libmpdvdkit2: libdvdcss upgraded to 1.2.4 (keeping the key cache patch)
-    * libmpdvdkit2: fixed decryption from multiple VOB files (hdd or darwin)
+    * libmpdvdkit2: fixed decryption from multiple VOB files (hdd or Darwin)
     * -ao arts, -ao oss: Fix 8-bit sound support
     * -vop expand + FFmpeg codecs conflicts solved, some other -vop bugs fixed
     * -ac ffmp2 with MPEG files (sig11) fixed
     * QT Qclp audio codec initialization fixed
-    * mplayer exit codes cleanup (0 for quit/eof, 1 for error)
+    * exit codes cleanup (0 for quit/eof, 1 for error)
     * -ao win32 sync problems solved, -autosync 100 is still recommended
     * -vo gif89a uninit sig11 fixed
     * the usual compiler warning fixes :)
     * use -pphelp instead of -vop pp=help
     * various bigendian fixes
-    * 16bpp packed yuv fixes in crop, mirror, rotate filters
-    * some -fixed-vo and vo_preinit fixes, -vo sdl,xmga,mga should work...
+    * 16bpp packed YUV fixes in crop, mirror, rotate filters
+    * some -fixed-vo and vo_preinit fixes, -vo sdl, xmga, mga should work...
     * various Solaris compatibility fixes (should work out of the box)
     * mms:// port fixes, tries 1755 if 80 failed
     * libavcodec: various ME fixes, B frames fixes, WMV2 slice decoding fixes
-    * -ao alsa9 audio-file playback high cpu usage fixed
+    * -ao alsa9 audio-file playback high CPU usage fixed
     * libaf updates, 2-pass initialization to get better filter path
     * better detection of playlists, support for [Reference]-style format
-    * handle quicktime reference media files as playlist
-    * cddb:// & cdda:// cdrom device name fixes on linux and *BSD
+    * handle QuickTime reference media files as playlist
+    * cddb:// & cdda:// CD-ROM device name fixes on Linux and *BSD
 
     Features:
     * -ao esd: new EsounD audio driver
     * -vo dxr3: new NORM option
     * XAnim & RealPlayer binary Codecs working on PPC
     * Radeon 9000 support in VIDIX, colorkey restoring for all Radeons
-    * Initial PPC (Big-Endian) support in VIDIX Rage128 driver
+    * initial PPC (big-endian) support in VIDIX Rage128 driver
     * PNM:// streaming support (ported from xine)
-    * Muxer layer: mencoder can now write MPEG-PS format, too (EXPERIMENTAL!)
-    * libavcodec: wmv2 decoder (buggy/untested)
+    * muxer layer: MEncoder can now write MPEG-PS format, too (EXPERIMENTAL!)
+    * libavcodec: WMV2 decoder (buggy/untested)
     * DVB "HEAD" (aka. NEWSTRUCT) drivers support
-    * Subtitles background bounding-box support (optional grey-level & opacity)
+    * subtitle background bounding-box support (optional grey-level & opacity)
     * libaf: 3 new filters: panning, compressor/limiter and a noise gate
     * per-mediafile config file support (for file-specific options)
     * iconv (codepage conversion) support for OGM (Ogg) subtitles
     * v4l: user friendly channel tuning
-    * Freetype & old-style RAW font support usable (compilable) at the same time
+    * freetype & old-style RAW font support usable (compilable) at the same time
     * vo_directfb2, vo_dfbmga: DirectFB 0.9.16 support
     * libavcodec: motion estimation pre pass, qpel encoding, trellis quantization
-    * libavcodec, liba52, mp3lib: Altivec optimizations
-    * keep window's aspect ratio at resizing (x11, xv), requires WM support
+    * libavcodec, liba52, mp3lib: AltiVec optimizations
+    * keep window aspect ratio at resizing (x11, xv), requires WM support
     * -geometry option, also accepts X11 syntax
     * real .bin+.cue (S)VCD images support (-vcd 2 -cuefile xxx.cue)
     * postprocess: YUV 411/422/444 support, stride fixes
-    * jumping of overlapping subs fixed, sorting is automatical, iconv fixes
-    * MPEG2 telecine detection and automatic inverse telecine (mplayer only)
+    * jumping of overlapping subs fixed, sorting is automatic, iconv fixes
+    * MPEG2 telecine detection and automatic inverse telecine (MPlayer only)
 
-    Gui:
+    GUI:
     * correct GTK widget destroy event handler
     * fullscreen switching fixed (sync with x11_common)
-    * fix gtk submenu
+    * fix GTK submenu
     * new font render engine
     * added persistant history patch
     * SDL Audio configure window
     * add overlapping to preferences
-    * add play bar for subwindow
+    * add playbar for subwindow
     * add vertical potmeter for skin
     * fixed 'single pixel bug'
     * fixed some possible crashes
 
+
   rc2: Dec 24, 2002
     General:
     * DOCS/tech/encoding-tips.txt and tech/directfb.txt
-    * Some DOCS corrections/updates/sync/html fixes
+    * some DOCS corrections/updates/sync/HTML fixes
     * GUI: fixed three submenu bugs and several other problems
     * more compiler warning fixes
-    * NetBSD: cpu sse/sse2 detection & VCD reading fixes
+    * NetBSD: CPU SSE/SSE2 detection & VCD reading fixes
     * fixed possible v4l capturing crash
-    * Merged the EDL 0.5 patch - using & creating Edit-Lists (runtime cut&skip)
-    * Subtitle lines alignment changeable: top/bottom/middle (key 'i')
+    * merged the EDL 0.5 patch - using & creating edit-lists (runtime cut&skip)
+    * subtitle alignment changeable: top/bottom/middle (key 'i')
     * -slang support for VobSub files
 
     VO:
-    * X11 fullscreen switching code changed again (esp. for gnome2/kde3.1)
+    * X11 fullscreen switching code changed again (esp. for GNOME2/KDE 3.1)
     * VIDIX: svgalib kernelhelper support (as libdha alternative)
     * VIDIX driver for trident cyberblade card
     * VIDIX: 8 pixel shift & pink window bugs fixed in the RADEON driver
-    * New, rewritten version of vo_svga (vidix support etc) and vo_gif89
+    * new, rewritten version of vo_svga (VIDIX support etc) and vo_gif89
     * yuv4mpeg vs. framedrop/frameskip fixed
 
     Codecs:
     * libavcodec: fixed possible 20% speedloss bug
     * support for the experimental (and buggy) dev-api-3 XviD CVS branch
     * fallback to built-in codecs.conf if no compatible external file found
-    * experimental Sorenson 1/3 encoding (using quicktime DLLs)
-    * More accurate video bitrate calculation for AVI files
-    * Presets support for libmp3lame encoding
+    * experimental Sorenson 1/3 encoding (using QuickTime DLLs)
+    * more accurate video bitrate calculation for AVI files
+    * presets support for libmp3lame encoding
     * CDDA seeking fixed
     * Win32/RealPlayer codecs DLL & 64bit Alpha Linux RealPlayer codecs support
     * XMMS Input plugins (demuxer & codec) support
-    * Fixed a bug in MMX optimized mp3lib (triggered by OpenBSD)
+    * Fixed a bug in MMX optimized mp3lib (triggered by OpenBSD).
+
 
   rc1:  "CodecCounter" Dec 7, 2002
     Docs:
     * new French translation
-    * Irix section
-    * varous updates (both English & Hungarian)
+    * IRIX section
+    * various updates (both English & Hungarian)
 
     Codecs:
-    * New codec pack download page (there are several packs for various IFs)
-    * Win32/Quicktime codec plugin DLL support -> SVQ3 + QDMC/QDM2/Qclp !!!
+    * new codec pack download page (there are several packs for various IFs)
+    * Win32/QuickTime codec plugin DLL support -> SVQ3 + QDMC/QDM2/Qclp !!!
     * Win32/DMO codec DLL interface support -> Windows Media Audio/Video 9 !!!
     * MJPEG 2000 support (using Morgan & Imagepower VfW DLLs)
     * libavcodec: optimized HuffYUV en/decoder, with experimental YV12 support
-    * libavcodec: mjpeg-b support (need more samples)
+    * libavcodec: MJPEG-B support (need more samples)
     * more xvidencopts
     * VorbisGain tag support, tremor (fast vorbis decoder lib) support
     * BIG libavcodec messups & codmetics & cleanups & API changes & fixes
     * dynamic plugin support for libmpcodecs (for future binary codec releases)
 
-    Gui:
-    * general code cleanup, more robust gtk code
-    * preferences: Screensaver, Autosync settings
+    GUI:
+    * general code cleanup, more robust GTK code
+    * preferences: screensaver, Autosync settings
     * cache=4 fixed (caused jerky/lagging/slow playback with gmplayer)
 
     Others:
     * new config/cmdline parser code (optional)
-    * OSD menu system (preferences, shell, file selector etc)
+    * OSD menu system (preferences, shell, file selector, etc)
     * libaf: runtime cpudetection, volume, equalizer, better format conversion
     * subtitle overlapping can be disabled, added subtitle sorting
     * subtitle dump to JACOsub and SAMI formats
     * displays URLs from 'Reference Media' type MOV files, dump generic data
     * find best (longest) streams in MOV files (twotowers...)
-    * get position/length function in demuxers - for slavemode & -indentify
+    * get position/length function in demuxers - for slavemode & -identify
     * -ao alsa9 surround fixes, 8-bit PCM fixed
     * -vo dfbmga: -dr support, fixed OSD flickering
-    * -stop-xscreensaver fixed, support for KDE screensaver too
+    * -stop-xscreensaver fixed, support for KDE screensaver, too
     * More compiler warning fixes
-    * Altivec (G4) support
+    * AltiVec (G4) support
+
 
   pre10:  "BirthdayCounter" Nov 11, 2002
     Docs:
-    * DVD auth, VCD# sections extended (DOCS/cd-dvd.html)
-    * unified *BSD sections, extended cygwin
+    * DVD auth, VCD sections extended (DOCS/cd-dvd.html)
+    * unified *BSD sections, extended Cygwin
 
     Fixes:
     * LIRC error message (Error while reading cmd fd X : Success) fixed
-    * playback of some (streamed?) DivX files fixed, starting with non-I frames.
+    * playback of some (streamed?) DivX files starting with non-I frames fixed
     * -vo png fixed (removed builtin YV12 support, removed OSD)
-    * some .mp3 playback/seek segfaults fixed
-    * vidix mach64 colorkey on PPC fixed
+    * some .MP3 playback/seek segfaults fixed
+    * VIDIX Mach64 colorkey on PPC fixed
     * -ao sdl now handles "featureless" soundcards
     * -vo zr fixes
     * fixed sig11 if vo init failed
-    * various dxr2 and dxr3 fixes
+    * various DXR2 and DXR3 fixes
     * v4l buffering fixed
     * fixed multiple reads caused by byteswapping macro (mjpeg.c, mach64_vid.c)
     * cleanup of postprocessing code - now it's threadsafe and can be shared
     * ported to GNU/Hurd
     * cleanup of AVI pts (timestamp) handling - no more BPS hack in mplayer.c
-    * small cleanup of A-V sync code - using relative timers instead of absolute
+    * small cleanup of A-V sync code - using relative instead of absolute timers
     * GUI code cleanup, obsolete files/dirs removed
-    * various small bugfixes, endianess fixes
-    * mencoder: -pass option removed, use -divx4opts pass=N / -lavcopts vpass=N
-    * mencoder: "ff_rate_estimate_qscale: Assertion `q>0.0' failed" fixed!
-    * mencoder: -ovc xvid fixes, cleanup, enhancements
+    * various small bug fixes, endianess fixes
+    * MEncoder: -pass option removed, use -divx4opts pass=N / -lavcopts vpass=N
+    * MEncoder: "ff_rate_estimate_qscale: Assertion `q>0.0' failed" fixed!
+    * MEncoder: -ovc xvid fixes, cleanup, enhancements
     * screensaver/dpms re-enabling fixed
-    * realvideo demuxer fixes - ASF-style stream detection method
+    * RealVideo demuxer fixes - ASF-style stream detection method
 
     Features:
-    * -ao win32 (for windows port)
-    * libavcodec: native WMA v1/v2 (aka. DivX audio) decoder
+    * -ao win32 (for Windows port)
+    * libavcodec: native WMA v1/v2 (aka DivX audio) decoder
     * hw-accelerated video eq for -vo x11 and gl2, using DirectColor colormap
     * overlapping subtitles support, jacosub (*.js) format support
     * -vo dxr3 got a new syncengine, ':sync', also added native overlay support,
       activate with ':overlay', read the manual for more info on how to set up
-    * QDMC/QDM2/MACE audio codec support, using quicktime 5 win32 DLLs (libwine!)
+    * QDMC/QDM2/MACE audio codec support, using QuickTime 5 Win32 DLLs (libwine!)
     * libavcodec: various MJPEG decoding fixes - now it decodes all sample files!
-    * mencvcd updates, sox/toolame support etc
+    * mencvcd updates, sox/toolame support, etc
     * -vo dfbmga - play video on Matrox G400's second head using directfb 0.9.14
     * RealAudio ATRC (sony atrac3) audio support (using binary plugin)
 
@@ -817,8 +821,8 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * now auto-inserting -vop lavc for MPEG-only vo's
     * video filter API documented :)
     * better deblocking filter (-vop pp), pp/npp syntax changed!
-    * -vop 2xsai - 2x scaler for drawn images (low color cartoon anims)
-    * -vop unsharp - an sharp/blur filter, nice, but very slow
+    * -vop 2xsai - 2x scaler for drawn images (low color cartoon animations)
+    * -vop unsharp - a sharp/blur filter, nice, but very slow
     * -vop il - (de)interleave fields
     * -vop swapuv - guess what :)
     * -vop boxblur - box blur...
@@ -826,6 +830,7 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * -vop sab
     * -vop smartblur
 
+
   pre9: Oct 24, 2002
     Docs:
     * man page rewritten again :)))
@@ -839,11 +844,11 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * removed obsolete variables, like has_audio, has_video, allow_dshow, fifo
     * help_mp-XX.h files moved to help/ subdirectory, removed obsolete entries
     * the obsolete 0x1ff eof hack removed from MPEG-ES demuxer and decoders
-    * stheaders.h cleanup, removed unneeded wine includes from mplayer core
+    * stheaders.h cleanup, removed unneeded wine includes from MPlayer core
     * tons of compiler warning fixes, including some 10l ones
     * mga/xmga vo shared code, vesa and svga drivers cleanup
     * major vo drivers are now -fixed-vo compliant: x11, xv, xvidix, xmga, gl2
-    * cleanup of libmpdemux option handling - now it's mplayer-independent again
+    * libmpdemux option handling cleanup - now it's MPlayer-independent again
     * removed fork() from LIRC input module
     * libfame removed from main tree/release - libavcodec is faster, better etc.
 
@@ -852,17 +857,17 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * Many GUI bug fixes
     * -vo DGA fixes, cleanup
     * -dvdkey sig11 fixed
-    * k6-3's 3dnowex vs mmxext sigill fixed in mp3lib
+    * K6-III's 3dnowex vs mmxext sigill fixed in mp3lib
     * -vo gif89, jpeg U-V swapping fixed
     * RTC setup fixes, more verbose messages, hints
-    * mencoder: demuxer/codec uninit order fixed (solves some sig11)
+    * MEncoder: demuxer/codec uninit order fixed (solves some sig11)
     * various v4l and ALSA capturing fixes
-    * demux_mov: fixed crash with MPEG4 on SPARC, decoding on big endian
+    * demux_mov: fixed crash with MPEG4 on Sparc, decoding on big endian
     * various NAS ao fixes
     * libvo: optional stride support for packed YUV / RGB formats
-    * mencoder: set keyframe flag on audio packets, fixes Windows seeking problems
-    * loader: fixed 2 10l bugs, ATI VCR2 DLL now working. using new style CS code.
-    * demux_avi: always use block counter, even if dwSampleSize!=0, fixes some files
+    * MEncoder: set keyframe flag on audio packets, fixes Windows seeking
+    * loader: fixed 2 10l bugs, ATI VCR2 DLL now works. using new style CS code.
+    * demux_avi: always use block counter even if dwSampleSize!=0, fixes samples
     * SPU decoder (DVD/VOB subs): fixed 2 major bugs causing lost subtitles
     * various memory leak fixes (valgrind rulez :)
     * fixed RealAudio SIPR(O) codec (the wrapper didn't find the dspr.so.6)
@@ -872,18 +877,18 @@ mplayer (0.90)
 
     Features:
     * new audio filter layer (libaf) - automatic samplerate conversion
-    * experimental -vo directx driver for cygwin build
+    * experimental -vo directx driver for Cygwin build
     * unrarlib included for rar'ed vobsubs
-    * native XviD encoding (-ovc xvid) interface for mencoder
+    * native XviD encoding (-ovc xvid) interface for MEncoder
     * new softeq filter with gamma support: -vop eq2
-    * -ao/-vo accepts list of drivers and can fall back to one, just like -ac/-vc
+    * -ao/-vo accepts list of drivers and can fall back to one, like -ac/-vc
     * audio/video codec selection (-ac/-afm) rewritten, now uses codec/fm list
     * get_delay() smoothing (-autosync) - should help buggy sound drivers
     * smb:// URL support (disabled by default, ./configure part not yet done!)
     * support for 1/4/8bpp raw video (requires -vop palette / -vop 1bpp)
-    * support for quicktime alaw/agsm audio codecs, 3IV2, 3VID video codecs
-    * swscale can now output to YUY2 format, upscaled (default) or unscaled (-sws 0)
-    * Vidix with LinuxPPC support (mach64 is confirmed to work)
+    * support for QuickTime alaw/agsm audio codecs, 3IV2, 3VID video codecs
+    * swscale can now output YUY2 format, upscaled (default), unscaled (-sws 0)
+    * VIDIX with LinuxPPC support (Mach64 is confirmed to work)
     * GUI: cache, autoq settings, start in fullscreen, toggle button in menu
     * New video filter to overlay images over video: -vop bmovl
 
@@ -903,61 +908,63 @@ mplayer (0.90)
 
   pre8: Sep 18, 2002
     Docs:
-    * manpage has been rewritten, now has better indenting, and convertable to html
+    * man page rewritten, now has better indenting, and can be converted to HTML
     * AUTHORS, MAINTAINERS converted back to separate text files, and updated.
     * ChangeLog file is included again (was removed after 0.18)
-    * some new tech docs on libmpcodecs, updates/fixes in others, manpage-howto
+    * some new tech docs on libmpcodecs, updates/fixes in others, manpage.txt
     * more updates in translation files (help_mp-XX.h)
     * removed obsolete/unused entries from help_mp-en.h
 
     Cleanup:
     * XAnim interface merged & fixed, now uses mpi and supports direct rendering
     * cleanup of libmpdemux stream layer, especially of TV and MF parts
-    * some more unused files removed: vo_fsdga, vo_odivx, vd_rle, timer.c, ttf_load
+    * more unused files removed: vo_fsdga, vo_odivx, vd_rle, timer.c, ttf_load
 
     Fixes:
     * the http:// infinite memleak bug has been fixed, some WMS9 mms:// fixes
-    * various sparc/sun, hpux and netbsd/openbsd portability fixes
+    * various Sparc/Sun, HP-UX and NetBSD/OpenBSD portability fixes
     * -vop palette fixes, CRAM and QPEG colors are OK now
     * demuxer fixed for >2GB nuppelvideo files
-    * mencoder: -ss fixed for 3-pass encoding
-    * gui.conf locale bug fixed (again... hope this time it's ok)
+    * MEncoder: -ss fixed for 3-pass encoding
+    * gui.conf locale bug fixed (again... hope this time it's OK)
     * X11 fullscreen switching fixed, when d_width == screenwidth
     * MOV files edit-list handling fixed - solved 'short read' issue
 
     Features:
-    * new demuxer for .PVA files (fileformat of TV/DVB apps on win32)
-    * -mf now supports TGA (24/32bpp uncomp/rle) images
+    * new demuxer for .PVA files (file format of TV/DVB apps on Win32)
+    * -mf now supports TGA (24/32bpp uncompressed/rle) images
     * libavcodec: support for interlaced MPEG4 _de_coding
     * libavcodec: aspect ratio encoding support (MPEG4, MJPEG, H263?)
-    * win32 DLL loader merged/synced with avifile CVS
+    * Win32 DLL loader merged/synced with avifile CVS
+
 
   pre7: Sep 5, 2002
     Cleanup:
     * libvo2, old input code & sis_vid removed, other code cleanups
-    * tons of compiler warning fixes, some configure/makefile improvements
+    * tons of compiler warning fixes, some configure/Makefile improvements
     * more messages are translated, many translations updated
-    * docs review continued, html cleanups
+    * docs review continued, HTML cleanups
     * option -vfm/-afm now uses names instead of numbers, driver IDs removed
 
     Code:
     * vfw/vfwex cleanup, support for runtime csp queries, 8bpp support
     * new native mszh/zlib codec
-    * libavcodec: 2-pass control code rewritten, now everything customizable
+    * libavcodec: 2-pass control code rewritten, now everything is customizable
     * libavcodec: MPEG4/XviD en/decoding support improved, rv10 decoding fixes
-    * various realvideo demuxer and video codec fixes, sipr audio support
+    * various RealVideo demuxer and video codec fixes, sipr audio support
     * new video filters: soft eq (brightness), halfpack (deinterlacer), film noise
-    * .ogm subtitles support
+    * OGM subtitles support
     * optional freetype 2.1+ support for runtime-scalable .ttf font rendering
     * various networking and mms:// fixes, live.com support improved
     * various v4l video capturing and audio capturing fixes, audio input layer
     * libmpdvdkit2 - based on libdvdcss 1.2.2 + libdvdread 0.9.3 + key cache
     * alsa: iec958-init completly rewritten - better SP/DIF AC3 support
 
-    Gui:
+    GUI:
     * gui.conf locale bug fixed (hopefully)
-    * gui preferences menu extended, runtime subtitle loading support
-    * gui: drag'n'drop support
+    * preferences menu extended, runtime subtitle loading support
+    * drag'n'drop support
+
 
   pre6: Aug 6, 2002
     * WMV1, Sorenson v1 (SVQ1) and RealPlayer 8.0 (RV20/30, Cook) codecs support
@@ -971,24 +978,25 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * workaround for some Nandub bugs
     * Support for live.com RTP/RTSP streaming libraries
     * Support to rip DVD subs in VobSub format
-    * bugfixes of mpsub/srt converter
-    * Closed Captioning (ascii subs on RC1 DVDs) support
+    * bug fixes of mpsub/srt converter
+    * Closed Captioning (ASCII subs on RC1 DVDs) support
     * Massive directfb updates
-    * Vidix fixes/updates, including fixes of all known radeon bugs
+    * VIDIX fixes/updates, including fixes of all known Radeon bugs
     * dithered 1/4/8 bpp support with -vo svga (EGA rulez:))
     * alsa9 fixes/improvements
     * native ARTS driver
-    * various endianess and 64-bit fixes (including mencoder and -ao pcm)
-    * tons of small compatibility/portability fixes (better cygwin, darwin support)
+    * various endianess and 64-bit fixes (including MEncoder and -ao pcm)
+    * many small compatibility/portability fixes (better Cygwin, Darwin support)
     * GUI fixes (playlist, audio/video equalizer, preferences)
-    * Skins (fixed many small glitches, few new skins)
-    * 'mencvcd' script (creating VCD/SVCD with mencoder)
-    * html DOCS updates
-    * manpage & README restructured (again :))
+    * Skins (fixed many small glitches, a few new skins)
+    * 'mencvcd' script (creating VCD/SVCD with MEncoder)
+    * HTML DOCS updates
+    * man page & README restructured (again :))
+
 
   pre5: Jun 8, 2002
     Documentation:
-    * lot of fixes, updates, cleanups
+    * a lot of fixes, updates, cleanups
     * new README containing quick install guide
     * tech level docs on libavcodec encoding options
     * HTML doc is now IE 6.0.2600 compatible! :)))
@@ -999,12 +1007,12 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * new (faster, better) scaler
     * bbox support
     * mmst:// streaming support
-    * .ogm (Ogg) audio/video stream selection
+    * OGM (Ogg) audio/video stream selection
     * native Micro$oft MPEG4v1 (MPG4) codec, error concealement for all MPEG4s
     * various libavcodec encoding improvements
     * MPEG1 && -vo x11 crash fixed when movie's height%16!=0
     * raw (uncompressed) video fixed (AVI & MOV)
-    * flickering/blocking fixed for old vfw codecs (indeo3, cinepak etc)
+    * flickering/blocking fixed for old VfW codecs (indeo3, cinepak etc)
     * introduced codecs.conf versioning to avoid problems caused by too old conf
 
     Display:
@@ -1012,7 +1020,7 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * xscreensaver disabling support (optional, disabled by default)
     * pan&scan support in xv, xmga, xvidix
     * Xv YV12 stride problems fixed when width%8!=0
-    * vidix r128/radeon driver synced with mplayerxp, various xvidix fixes
+    * VIDIX Rage128/Radeon driver synced with MPlayerXP, various xvidix fixes
     * DVB A/V sync fixes, libfame updated to 0.9.0
     * native -ao arts driver
     * AC3 passthrough support for -ao alsa9
@@ -1022,90 +1030,98 @@ mplayer (0.90)
     * GUI: VCD and URL support, some bugs fixed
     * some cleanup of messages (less debug stuff) printed by MPlayer
     * gcc 3.1 support
-    * various portability fixes (cygwin, darwin, 64bit sparc/alpha)
+    * various portability fixes (Cygwin, Darwin, 64bit Sparc/Alpha)
+
 
   pre4: May 13, 2002
-    * X11 fullscreen toggle fixes with various windowmanagers, multifile playback
+    * X11 fullscreen toggle fixes with many window managers, multifile playback
     * DXR2 support
     * Output into animated GIF
-    * "cropdetect" video filter to autodetect needed size to crop
+    * "cropdetect" video filter to autodetect necessary cropsize
     * libavcodec marked as default encoder for MEncoder
-    * manpage rewrite
-    * lot of other fixes
+    * man page rewrite
+    * a lot of other fixes
+
 
   pre3: May 3, 2002
-    * 3DNow! optimization of AC3 4ch downmix fixed, optims re-enabled
+    * 3DNow! optimization of AC3 4ch downmix fixed, optimizations re-enabled
     * DGA error/fail after 1 second of playing fixed
     * big A-V desync for some AVI files fixed
     * image distortions when seeking in some MPEG files fixed
     * libmpdvdkit + gcc 3.x issue solved (our CFLAGS triggered a gcc3 bug...)
     * GUI aspect ratio and fullscreen switch fixes, cleanups
-    * low FPS .wmv playback fixed
+    * low FPS WMV playback fixed
     * Mac OS X (Darwin) port?
     * buggy v4l audio grabbing disabled, we cannot fix, but patches are welcomed!
     * various MJPEG improvements in libavcodec
 
+
   pre2: Apr 30, 2002
     * hwac3 fixes (try AFMT_AC3 first), bigendian fixes for PCM audio
     * 2-pass encoding with libavcodec (-lavcopts vpass=x), B frames support
-    * faster .ogg seeking (use -forceidx for slow but accurate one)
-    * audio-only with gui fixed
+    * faster Ogg seeking (use -forceidx for slow but accurate one)
+    * audio-only with GUI fixed
     * -rootwin fixed for x11, xv, xmga, xvidix
     * aspect ratio fix for ffmpeg12
     * MPEG-ES detection fixed
     * runtime cpudetect disabled by default
-    * support for many new win32 codecs, including mss1, tm20, ucod, truespeech
+    * support for many new Win32 codecs, including mss1, tm20, ucod, truespeech
     * DivX audio dll sig11 with glibc 2.1.(2|3) fixed
-    * includes libmpdvdkit - patched kit of DVD libraries (enabled for linux+freebsd)
-    * manpages updated
+    * includes libmpdvdkit - patched kit of DVD libs (enabled for Linux+FreeBSD)
+    * man pages updated
     * 'f' (fullscreen switch) fixed for some WMs, still has problems
-    * various freebsd and openbsd portability patches
-    * options -xy,-zoom,-flip usable with mencoder too, -xy keeps aspect
+    * various FreeBSD and OpenBSD portability patches
+    * options -xy,-zoom,-flip usable w