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author | Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org> | 2009-09-23 22:33:31 +0300 |
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committer | Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org> | 2009-09-23 22:33:31 +0300 |
commit | ec63b63ada3521e61df4a2d75d9aefa210781679 (patch) | |
tree | a54b9cadce8ad59abcf1f4a3dcb6bf1d5e39402e | |
parent | 3528779eedb9448d13b87af2545d9823adbef539 (diff) | |
download | rygel-ec63b63ada3521e61df4a2d75d9aefa210781679.tar.gz |
core: More corrections to release logRYGEL_0_4
-rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 41 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 20 deletions
@@ -6,19 +6,17 @@ Brief summary of changes since 0.3: - Rygel is no more just a MediaServer but rather a collection of DLNA (UPnP AV) services (devices in UPnP speak). - Port to new GUPnP APIs. The biggest advantage of that is that we now have - dynamic network support, i-e rygel can attach/detach to/from a network + dynamic network support, i-e Rygel can attach/detach to/from a network interface as it goes up/down. - Support for time-based seeking in transcoded streams. -- Folder plugin renamed to MediaExport. -- Nice default title for Tracker and MediaExport. - Random tweaks to transcoding pipelines. - Provide a DBus service providing two functionalities: - * Ability to tell rygel to shutdown. Starting of Rygel is automatically + * Ability to tell Rygel to shutdown. Starting of Rygel is automatically handled by D-Bus since a .service file is provided by Rygel. * Ability to tell Rygel (MediaExport plugin actually) to (un)export URIs on the fly. - Implement enabling/disabling of UPnP in the preferences. -- Configuration through commandline options. +- Configuration through command-line options. - Use a .ini configuration file rather than gconf. - Special default configuration for Maemo. - Don't spam the user's config directory and instead keep the description files @@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ Brief summary of changes since 0.3: - Remove integrated DVB plugin as DVBDaemon now implements the external plugin interface and hence dynamically glues to Rygel, just like PulseAudio. - New classes to further ease the plugin implementation. -- MediaExport now uses the new Rygel clases to extract and save media metadata. - (Un)pause the SoupMessage at the right time. This was causing a lot of delays when playing media on Sony PS3. - Bitrate is supposed to be in bytes/second. Not really but tell that to writers @@ -40,38 +37,42 @@ Brief summary of changes since 0.3: - Provide "contentFeatures.dlna.org" header in the HTTP responses. - Provide DLNA transferMode header in the HTTP responses. - Only advertise internal URIs on local loopback interface. -- Replace 'ip' config by 'interface' so users can bind rygel to interfaces +- Replace 'ip' config by 'interface' so users can bind Rygel to interfaces rather than IP. - Allow plugins to provide thumbnails. - Add thumbnails (if available) for each item if none provided by plugins. This - works both on the destkop and maemo. -- Supress all C compiler warnings by default. These warnings are mostly useless + works both on the desktop and Maemo. +- Suppress all C compiler warnings by default. These warnings are mostly useless for us since almost all C code is generated. -- Provide simple and easy options to add and remove files and folders to - MediaExport in the Preferences UI. -- Use Glade to it's max. - Preference dialog is now more like a GNOME preferences dialog. - Provide .desktop file for preferences dialog. - Shave the build output. -- External plugin: - - actually use 'DLNAProfile' property. - - Don't load the plugin more than once. - - Utilize optional MediaItem properties. - - Fetch items on demand. - - Fix critical warnings. +- GstLaunch: New plugin that exposes gstreamer pipelines described using + familiar gst-launch syntax in the user configuration. - Tracker plugin: + - Nicer default title. - Better detection of Tracker availability. Apparently ubuntu folks think that providing a .service file is wrong. - Better titles for top-level folders. - More usable hierarchy: Browsing by artists, albums and tags. -- MediaExport plugin: +- Folder plugin: + - Rename to MediaExport. + - Nicer default title. + - Use the new Rygel classes to extract, export and save media metadata. - notify about updates to containers. - Skip files/folders starting with '.'. - Avoid crash if unknown file is found. - Delete gone directories on new start. - React on deletion of files. - Add recursive file monitoring. - - Export Metadata + - Provide simple and easy options to add and remove files and folders from the + preferences UI. +- External plugin: + - actually use 'DLNAProfile' property. + - Don't load the plugin more than once. + - Utilise optional MediaItem properties. + - Fetch items on demand. + - Fix critical warnings. - Mediathek plugin: - Fix crash if no config is available. |