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mplayer (0.90)

  rc3:
    DOCS:
    * english manpage & html docs updates
    * help_diff.sh doesn't depend on BASH any more
    * hungarian, french, polish(?) docs synced

    Fixes:
    * mp3lib CPU detection part cleanup, 'decwin' linker problem fixed
    * 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)
    * -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
    * libaf: big (audio filter layer) updates, floating point support
    * QT Qclp audio codec initialization fixed
    * mplayer exit codes cleanup (0 for quit/eof, 1 for error)
    * X11 fullscreen switching (yes, again...) fixes, code cleanup
    * OGM/Ogg seeking (broken frames) fixed

    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
    * PNM:// streaming support (ported from Xine)
    * Muxer layer: mencoder now can write to 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)
    * libaf: 3 new filters: panning, compressor/limiter and a noise gate
    * per-mediafile config file support (for file-specific options)
    * iconv (codepage conversion) supoprt for OGM (Ogg) subtitles
    * v4l: user friendly channel tuning
    * Freetype & old-style RAW font support usable (compilable) at the same time
    * vo_directfb2, vo_dfbmga: DirectFB 0.9.16 support


  rc2:
    General:
    * DOCS/tech/encoding-tips.txt and tech/directfb.txt
    * 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
    * 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')
    * -slang support for VobSub files
    
    VO:
    * X11 fullscreen switching code changed again (esp. for gnome2/kde3.1)
    * 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
    * 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
    * 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)

  rc1:  "CodecCounter"
    Docs:
    * new French translation
    * Irix section
    * varous 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 !!!
    * 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)
    * 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
    * 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)
    * 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
    * -ao alsa9 surround fixes, 8-bit PCM fixed
    * -vo dfbmga: -dr support, fixed OSD flickering
    * -stop-xscreensaver fixed, support for KDE screensaver too
    * More compiler warning fixes
    * Altivec (G4) support

  pre10:  "BirthdayCounter"
    Docs:
    * 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.
    * -vo png fixed (removed builtin YV12 support, removed OSD)
    * 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
    * 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
    * 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
    * screensaver/dpms re-enabling fixed
    * realvideo demuxer fixes - asf-style stream detection method
    
    Features:
    * -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!)
    * libavcodec: various MJPEG decoding fixes - now it decodes all sample files!
    * 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)
    
    Filters:
    * -af/-af-adv options cleanup
    * 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 il - (de)interleave fields
    * -vop swapuv - guess what :)
    * -vop boxblur - box blur...
    * -vop perpective
    * -vop sab
    * -vop smartblur

  pre9:
    Docs:
    * man page rewritten again :)))
    * man page updated to latest options, including lavc options
    * Chinese docs translation added
    * Hungarian translation is (was? :)) up-to-date again
    
    Cleanup:
    * divx4_vbr.c is now really GPL - with the permission of the DivX.com guys!
    * cyuv decoder restructuring, now supports planar YUV formats, too
    * 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
    * 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
    * removed fork() from LIRC input module
    * libfame removed from main tree/release - libavcodec is faster, better etc.
    
    Fixes:
    * Some fullscreen switching fixes, including Metacity vs KDE 3.1
    * Many GUI bug fixes
    * -vo DGA fixes, cleanup
    * -dvdkey sig11 fixed
    * k6-3'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)
    * various v4l and ALSA capturing fixes
    * 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
    * 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)
    * mms:// audio (radio) streaming fixed
    * DVB: -vop lavc=bitrate is working again
    * various big endian fixes

    Features:
    * new audio filter layer (libaf) - automatic samplerate conversion
    * experimental -vo directx driver for cygwin build
    * unrarlib included for rar'ed vobsubs
    * 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
    * 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)
    * GUI: cache, autoq settings, start in fullscreen, toggle button in menu
    * New video filter to overlay images over video: -vop bmovl
    
    Libavcodec:
    * RV10 codec cleanup (2nd level demuxer moved to demuxer layer)
    * MPEG4 interlaced DCT _en_coding support
    * luma masking support (encoding)
    * runtime selectable IDCT algo
    * faster MPEG1/2 decoder
    * DV decoding (both PAL and NTSC)
    * MPEG1 2-pass encoding support
    * better/cleaner error resilience (done in a 2nd pass after decoding)
    * h263/MPEG4 out of order slice decoding
    * -lavdopts bug= reworked, now uses flags, autodetects most of them
    * complete MPEG4 GMC decoding support
    

  pre8:
    Docs:
    * manpage has been rewritten, now has better indenting, and convertable 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
    * 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

    Fixes:
    * the http:// infinite memleak bug has been fixed, some WMS9 mms:// fixes
    * various sparc/sun, hpux 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)
    * 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
    * libavcodec: support for interlaced mpeg-4 _de_coding
    * libavcodec: aspect ratio encoding support (mpeg4, mjpeg, h263?)
    * win32 DLL loader merged/synced with avifile CVS
  
  pre7:
    Cleanup:
    * libvo2, old input code & sis_vid removed, other code cleanups
    * tons of compiler warning fixes, some configure/makefile improvements
    * more messages are translated, many translations updated
    * 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: mpeg4/xvid en/decoding support improved, rv10 decoding fixes
    * various realvideo demuxer and video codec fixes, sipr audio support
    * new video filters: soft eq (brightness), halfpack (deinterlacer), film noise  
    * .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.conf locale bug fixed (hopefully)
    * gui preferences menu extended, runtime subtitle loading support
    * gui: drag'n'drop support
  
  pre6:
    * WMV1, Sorenson v1 (SVQ1) and RealPlayer 8.0 (RV20/30, Cook) codecs support
    * libavcodec M1 direct rendering
    * IPB support with Xv
    * libavcodec improvements, bugfixes (encoder and decoder side)
    * Raw DV demuxer
    * libdv-based DV audio/video decoder
    * Various MOV/MP4, RM and ASF/WMV demuxer bugfixes, improvements
    * Detection of AVI files which needs -ni
    * 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
    * Massive directfb updates
    * 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)
    * 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 :))

  pre5:
    Documentation:
    * 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! :)))

    Code changes:
    * subreader (ASCII subtitle file parser) fixes
    * spudec (VOBsub) cleanup/fixes
    * new (faster, better) scaler
    * bbox support
    * mmst:// streaming support
    * .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)
    * introduced codecs.conf versioning to avoid problems caused by too old conf

    Display:
    * some more X11 cleanup, icewm fullscreen fixes, -vo gl/gl2 fixed
    * 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
    * DVB A/V sync fixes, libfame updated to 0.9.0
    * native -ao arts driver
    * AC3 passthrough support for -ao alsa9
    * -ao nas fixed

    Miscellaneous fixes:
    * 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)

  pre4:
    * X11 fullscreen toggle fixes with various windowmanagers, multifile playback
    * DXR2 support
    * Output into animated GIF
    * "cropdetect" video filter to autodetect needed size to crop
    * libavcodec marked as default encoder for MEncoder
    * manpage rewrite
    * lot of other fixes

  pre3:
    * 3DNow optimization of AC3 4ch downmix fixed, optims 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
    * MACOS-X (Darwin) port?
    * buggy v4l audio grabbing disabled, we cannot fix, but patches are welcomed!
    * various mjpeg improvements in libavcodec

  pre2:
    * 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
    * -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
    * divx audio dll sig11 with glibc 2.1.(2|3) fixed
    * includes libmpdvdkit - patched kit of dvd libraries (enabled for linux+freebsd)
    * manpages 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
    * -vop lavc, using new fast best libavcodec for realtime mpeg1 transcoding
    * fixed gtk gui crash with --disable-mencoder
    * no more black vobsub subtitles :)

  pre1:
    * 100% GPL - yeah, so what?
    * runtime CPU detection code - any x86 MPlayer binary can run on "any" other x86 CPU
    * video filter layer - with numerous plugins (crop, expand, etc, see the documentation)
    * ability to view or encode DVD/vobsub and/or text subtitles into the output AVI
    * prelimenary dvdnav support (experimental)
    * Direct Rendering - can't be used with libavcodec yet, sorry
    * ability to display subtitles under the image, on black bands
    * FFmpeg (included) now supports decoding MPEG4v2 (MP42) and DivX 5.0 files too
    * greatly enhanced MPEG4 encoder (libavcodec)
    * audio-only (wav/mp3/wma/ogg) file playback (console only)
    * playing/encoding audio from separate wav/mp3 file
    * support for more fileformats, including the new and very popular .ogg
    * multiple files playback from console, including various playlist formats
    * and of course, faster than ever... :)


mplayer (0.60) "The RTFMCounter"

  release:
    * minor bugfixes for realmedia/nuppelvideo demuxers
    * docs updates
    * help file translation updates

  pre2:
    * build fixes (install codecs.conf)
    * dvd subtitles improved (stability and pts fixes)
    * new options: -alang, -vlang, -rootwin, -npp ... (rtfm)
    * dxr3 fixes
    * ac3 passthrough fix
    * docs updates
    * make install

  pre1:
    * new file formats (MOV, FLI/FLC, VIVO, RealMedia, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, yuv4mpeg2)
    * more native codecs (CRAM, CVID, FLI, generic ADPCM (and IMA) decoder, g723, xanim)
    * mencoder (a tool for encoding video to divx4+mp3)
    * rewritten configure script (better autodetect, cleaner messages)
    * MMX/SSE optimizations
    * faster postprocessing filter, syntax change (deinterlacing support)
    * directshow code in C
    * software YV12 scaling
    * aspect ratio fixes
    * input cache for smoother network/DVD playback
    * GUI fixes and new skins
    * DVD subtitles
    * playing in root window (-rootwin)
    * liba52
    * audio filters (surround, 5.1, up/downsample, etc)
    * new homepage design
    * grabbing from TV through v4l
    * hardware MPEG decoder support (DXR3, Siemens DVB)


mplayer (0.50) "The Faszom(C)ounter"

  release:
    * documentation updates
    * non-linux build fixes

  prex?:
    * some pre-beta nationalization support
    * HTMLized documentation, splitted to sections
    * lot of bugfixing
    * new AAlib driver (independent of SDL, SUB/OSD support)
    * DivX DirectShow equalizer over keyboard
    * dynamic setting of DivX postprocessing quality (-autoq)
    * updated FAQ section on the homepage

mplayer (0.18) "The BugCounter"

  pre 1-5:
    * mp3lib even more optimized to 3DNow!/MMX
    * GGI driver
    * ICCCM patch

    * skin support
    * GUI support

    * Introduced libao2 (null, oss, alsa, sdl)
    * ASF seeking fixed
    * option to force audio playback samplerate (-srate)
    * Framedropping for MPEG files as well
    * X11 driver works on remote display (without SHM)
    * A-V sync for AVI files fixed (both -bps and -nobps)


mplayer v0.17a "IdegCounter++" : Apr 27  2001
  - first 0.17 release failed - buggy files outdated docs etc :(
    it's (hopefully) fixed now.
    
mplayer v0.17 "IdegCounter" : Apr 27  2001
  * DVD playing (libcss)
  * OSD and subtitles with antialiased fonts
  * new Win32 codecs (WMV1,AP42,ASV2 etc)
  * new VO drivers (SVGAlib,fbdev,DGA,SDL etc)
  * source cleanup, most part of the code rewritten

* jumped to 0.17 * (why 17? oh. chass just got a new 17" monitor :))

  - faster memcpy() routine (MMX/3DNow!/SSE optimized)
  - new stream selection code (autodetected)
  - pre-devel-alpha DVD code (libcss)
  - subtitle code 100% (perfected timing code)
  - new output drivers (SVGAlib, FBdev)

mplayer v0.11-pre27-CVS:
  - updated libmpeg2 source to libmpeg2-0.2.1-CVS version
  - updated OpenDivX encore/decore to 4.0 alpha48
  - cmdline/configfile handler by szabi
  - added DirectShow support (now DivX-only)
  - bugfix: stream.c/stream_new() uninitialized variables

mplayer v0.11-pre26-CVS:
  - updated libmpeg2 source to libmpeg2-0.2.0 version
  - small fixes

mplayer v0.11-pre25-CVS:  yeah, we moved to SourceForge CVS!
  - DOCS updated (email address changed from arpi@* -> maillist)
  - LIRC fix, mplayer_lirc changed back to mplayer [Andreas Ackermann]
  - stream.c: unsigned int fixes, required for some strange .asf files
  - asfheader.c: using w=h=b=1 for audio_concealment_none
  - VCD-related stuff moved from stream.c to vcd_read.c
  - added DGA driver by Andreas Ackermann
  - added debian/ subdir for the debian package makers... see DOCS/DEBIAN
  - new Makefile/dependency system
  - added check_events() to libvo, x11 stuff moved to x11_common.c

mplayer v0.11-pre24: Feb 19  2001
  small fixes again :(
  - DOCS/LIRC changed: users *must* enable lirc support manually, it is
    not autodetected yet.  (./configure --enable-lirc)
  - the {prefix} bug fixed by Gabucino
  - added manpage by Gabucino
  - manpage -vo fixes by A'rpi

mplayer v0.11-pre23: Feb 18  2001
  lirc support, text updates, mailinglists
  - added "-ni" option to force usage of the non-interleaved AVI parser
  - DOCS/* updated by Gabucino
  - new homepage by Gabucino
  - mplayer users & announce mailing lists by Dariusz Pietrzak (see README)
  - LIRC support by Andreas Ackermann (see DOCS/LIRC)
    enable with ./configure --enable-lirc
    TODO: ./configure should detect LIRC installed and better Makefile handling
  - added AVI_NINI parser for broken (no index) non-interleaved files

mplayer v0.11-pre22: Feb 16  2001
  last